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Course Outline

Concepts of Node.js

  • What is Node.js
  • Characteristics and capabilities of ECMAScript
  • ECMAScript 5 and future development plans
  • Client-Server and Request-Response architecture
  • ECMAScript on the server and client sides
  • Node.js licensing

Architecture

  • V8 engine
  • Event loop
  • Asynchronous programming
  • Continuation-passing style
  • Node.js platform structure
  • Capabilities of Node.js
  • Security considerations

Installation and Getting Started with the Node.js Console

  • Supported operating systems
  • Available installation methods
  • Installation process on a selected system
  • Initial configuration
  • Node.js console and available commands
  • Modules, arguments, and the 'sf' module

Running a Server on the Node.js Platform

  • HTTP protocol
  • GET/POST/PUT/DELETE methods
  • Requests and responses, headers used in the HTTP protocol
  • Handling HTTP methods using Node.js
  • Displaying web page content
  • Form handling

Building Web Applications Using the Express Framework

  • Available frameworks
  • Basics of MVC architecture
  • Creating a web application with Express

Database Management

  • Available libraries for database handling
  • Overview of DAO and ORM
  • Selecting a DBMS: differences between relational and non-relational databases
  • SQLite, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis

NPM - Package Management

  • Introduction to the NPM package manager
  • Searching and installing packages
  • Overview of selected and most popular packages
  • Creating and publishing your own packages

Application Testing and Quality Assurance

  • Supported testing methodologies
  • Unit and behavioral testing with Node.js
  • Coding standards
  • Available tools to support application quality assurance

Support and Development of Node.js

  • Future development directions
  • Support for Node.js
  • Available development editors (IDE support)
  • Node.js developers and community support

Requirements

  • Proficiency in the ECMAScript (JavaScript) language
  • Basic knowledge of object-oriented and functional programming concepts in JavaScript
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