Node Cookbook - Fourth Edition

Discover practical recipes to get to grips with Node.js concepts and programming models for delivering a scalable server-side for your applications



Key features

Implement practical solutions for scaling, securing, and testing your Node.js web apps effectivelyBuild and deploy scalable microservices architecture with the power of Node.js 14Discover techniques for debugging and testing Node.js applications

Book Description

A key technology for building web applications and tooling, Node.js brings JavaScript to the server enabling full-stack development in a common language. This fourth edition of the Node Cookbook is updated with the latest Node.js features and the evolution of the Node.js framework ecosystems.



This practical guide will help you to get started with creating, debugging, and deploying your Node.js applications and cover solutions to common problems, along with tips to avoid pitfalls. You'll become familiar with the Node.js development model by learning how to handle files and build simple web applications and then explore established and emerging Node.js web frameworks such as Express.js and Fastify. As you advance, you'll discover techniques for detecting problems in your applications, handling security concerns, and deploying your applications to the cloud. This recipe-based guide will help you to easily navigate through various core topics of server-side web application development with Node.js.



By the end of this Node book, you'll be well-versed with core Node.js concepts and have gained the knowledge to start building performant and scalable Node.js applications.



What you will learn

Understand the Node.js asynchronous programming modelCreate simple Node.js applications using modules and web frameworksDevelop simple web applications using web frameworks such as Fastify and ExpressDiscover tips for testing, optimizing, and securing your web applicationsCreate and deploy Node.js microservicesDebug and diagnose issues in your Node.js applications

Who this book is for

¿The book is for web developers who have knowledge of JavaScript and want to gain a broad understanding of Node.js concepts for server-side development.