Course Outline

Introduction

• What is Node.js
• What is NPM
• Software Installation
• Architecture of Node Server
• Client-side JS Vs Server-side JS
• MEAN Vs LAMP
• Execute â??Hello Worldâ?? program using Node

Foundation

• Global Objects
• System Define Constants
• Scopes in Java Script
• Function
  • Regular function
  • Anonymous function
  • Function Expression
• Hoisting
• Import modules
• Export modules
• Arrow operator
• User Inputs from terminal
• Conditional statements
• Event driven programming
• Class & Object
• Inheritance in JS
• Array of object
• Attaching custom events with objects

Asynchronous programming

• Asynchronous basics
• Callback functions
• Callback hell
• Promises
• File I/O
• Access System resources
• Directories

Building a HTTP Server

• The HTTP Protocol
• Building an HTTP Server
• Rendering a response
• Processing query strings
• Processing posted data

Buffer, Streams & Events

• Using Buffers for Binary data
• Flowing vs. non flowing streams
• Streaming I/O from files & other sources
• Processing streams asynchronously

Multi-Processing in Node.js

• Working with Child Process API
• Working with cluster API for multi-core servers

Express JS Framework

• The model-view-controller pattern
• Defining ejs/jade template
• Configuring express
• POSTMAN
• Using REST
• JSON Data
• Reading POST Data
• CRUD Operations
• Adding Middleware

Express JS with Mongo /RDBMS

• How node.js connects to database
• RDBMS vs NOSQL
• CRUD operations

Socket.io & a chat app

• Getting started
• Adding socket.io to your app
• Exploring the front end
• Sending Live data Back & Forth
• Creating the Front End UI
• Showing messages in App
• Working with Time
• Timestamps
• Show message time in chat App
• Chat application Project