Jim Wilson - Node.js 8 the Right Way: Practical, Server-Side JavaScript That Scales

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Im so grateful to have had the opportunity to write this book.And Im especially thankful for my editor, Jackie Carteryour thoughtful feedback made this book what it is today.

Thank you, dear reader, and readers of the Beta releases.Your errata reports made the book better than it would have otherwise been.

Id also sincerely like to thank the whole team at The Pragmatic Bookshelf.Thanks for your kind patience, and all of your hard work to polish this book and find all of my mistakes.

Id like to thank all of my reviewers.Your keen observations have helped make this book even more technically correct (the best kind of correct).In no particular order:

And I want to thank my amazing family, too.Dear Ruthy, you are my inspiration; never stop fighting!Emma and Jimmy, even though youre both growing up too fast, I cant wait to see all the great things youll do.

For anyone I missed, I hope youll accept my apologies.Any omissions were certainly not intentional, and I have nothing but gratitude for you in my heart.

In recent years, two big shifts have happened in the practice of writing softwareand Node.js has been at the forefront of both.

First, software is becoming increasingly asynchronous .Whether youre waiting on a Big Data job, interacting with end users, steering a quadcopter, or simply responding to an API call, chances are youll need asynchronous programming techniques.

Second, JavaScript has quietly become the worlds standard code-execution environment.Its everywhere: in web browsers, modern NoSQL databases, DIY robots, and now on the server as well.