El Manual definitivo de Node.js

El Manual definitivo de Node.js

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Table of Contents

• Introduction to Node.js
• A brief history of Node.js
• How to install Node.js
• How much JavaScript do you need to know to use Node?
• Differences between Node and the Browser
• The V8 JavaScript Engine
• How to exit from a Node.js program
• How to read environment variables from Node.js
• Where to host a Node.js app
• How to use the Node.js REPL
• Node, accept arguments from the command line
• Accept input from the command line in Node
• Expose functionality from a Node file using exports
• Introduction to npm
• Where does npm install the packages?
• How to use or execute a package installed using npm
• The package.json guide
• The package-lock.json file
• Find the installed version of an npm package
• Install an older version of an npm package
• Update all the Node dependencies to their latest version
• Semantic Versioning using npm
• Uninstalling npm packages
• npm global or local packages
• npm dependencies and devDependencies
• The npx Node Package Runner
• The Event Loop
• Understanding process.nextTick()
• Understanding setImmediate()
• Timers
• Asynchronous Programming and Callbacks
• Promises
• Async and Await
• The Node Event emitter
• How HTTP requests work
• The HTTP protocol
• Build an HTTP Server
• Making HTTP requests with Node
• HTTP requests in Node using Axios
• Using WebSockets in Node.js
• Working with file descriptors in Node
• Node file stats
• Node File Paths
• Reading files with Node
• Writing files with Node
• Working with folders in Node
• The Node fs module
• The Node path module
• The Node os module
• The Node events module
• The Node http module
• Node.js Streams
• The basics of working with MySQL and Node
• The difference between development and production