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How To Code in Node.js

How To Code in Node.js

Introduction

Node.js is a popular open-source runtime environment that can execute JavaScript outside of the browser. The Node runtime is commonly used for back-end web development, leveraging its asynchronous capabilities to create networking applications and web servers. Node also is a popular choice for building command line tools.

In this series, you will go through exercises to learn the basics of how to code in Node.js, gaining powerful tools for back-end and full stack development in the process.

Tutorials in series

Tutorial

How To Write and Run Your First Program in Node.js

  • August 14, 2019
  • 9 min read

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How To Use the Node.js REPL

  • September 18, 2019
  • 10 min read

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How To Use Node.js Modules with npm and package.json

  • November 27, 2019
  • 19 min read

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How To Create a Node.js Module

  • December 3, 2019
  • 11 min read

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How To Write Asynchronous Code in Node.js

  • February 5, 2020
  • 19 min read

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Tutorial

How To Test a Node.js Module with Mocha and Assert

  • March 17, 2020
  • 34 min read

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Tutorial

How To Create a Web Server in Node.js with the HTTP Module

  • April 10, 2020
  • 46 min read

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Tutorial

Using Buffers in Node.js

  • May 1, 2020
  • 13 min read

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Using Event Emitters in Node.js

  • May 29, 2020
  • 21 min read

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