Clements - Node Cookbook

David Mark Clements is a web entrepreneur residing in Northern Ireland. From a very early age he was fascinated with programming and computers. He first learned BASIC on one of the many Ataris he had accumulated by the age of nine. David learned JavaScript at the age of 12, moving into Linux administration and PHP as a teenager.

Now (as a twenty-something) he uses his technical skills in business, providing a variety of services ranging from tailored websites, to complete online strategies, to implementing custom warehouse logistics integrated with e-commerce solutions. Node has become a prominent member of his toolkit due to its versatility and powerful interfacing abilities.

When hes not tinkering with computers, hes working in a homeless hostel, playing bass with Living Rivers worship team, or spending time with the love of his life, Maxine, and her Husky-Spitz cross, Jessi.

Many thanks to the Node community, who have caused Node to grow as it has, and Node Google Group, which has been an immense source of information and inspiration.

I cannot conclude without acknowledging Jesus, who makes my life worthwhile and gave me strength to complete this book among all the other commitments, interruptions, and general life events.

Marc Harter is a Senior Web Developer for Applied Data Consultants in Eau Claire, WI. He is actively involved in the JavaScript community from the browser to the server side. He enjoys studying programming languages and paradigms, obsessively changing his theme and background on ArchLinux, and keeping up with the latest in web development. He has a beautiful wife and two beautiful children.

Joachim Larsen is interested in making stuff work. His appetite for learning new skills and applying them in new ways has seen him build total-solution systems for computer cafes; Win95 Active Desktop HTML frontend, Samba backend with save-game propagation, Windows Registry manipulation including CD key pools for optimizing the use of purchased game inventory, networked-based CD image mounting, and more. Being a restless sort, he took to working offshore, building and installing boxes for getting the most out of satellite-based Internet connections while ensuring a hassle-free experience for the individual users.

Currently, his focus is on making the user experience faster, and making it faster to make more user experiences generally, in the context of JavaScript-rich web applications.

He co-hosts the http://javascriptjabber.com/ podcast and dabbles in applying electronics to small-scale food production.

I would like to thank my parents for a very interesting childhood that continues to inspire and inform. I love you guys :)

Joshua Holbrook , who hails from the far North, earned a masters degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he successfully defended his thesis on The measurement of anisotropic thermal conductivity in snow with needle probes . His original background is in MATLAB and Python, but he has since mastered Node.js. He has now moved to sunny California with his bird Korben to work in startups.

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Preface

The principles of asynchronous event-driven programming are perfect for today's Web, where efficient real-time applications and scalability are at the forefront. Server-side JavaScript has been here since the nineties, but Node got it right. With a thriving community and interest from the Internet giants, it could be the PHP of tomorrow.

Node Cookbook shows you how to transfer your JavaScript skills to server-side programming. With simple examples and supporting code, Node Cookbook takes you through various server-side scenarios, often saving you time, effort, and trouble by demonstrating best practices and showing you how to avoid security mistakes.

Beginning with making your own web server, the practical recipes in this cookbook are designed to smoothly progress you to making full web applications, command-line applications, and Node modules. Node Cookbook takes you through interfacing with various database backends, such as MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis, working with web sockets, and interfacing with network protocols, such as SMTP. Additionally, there are recipes on handling streams of data, security implementations, writing, your own Node modules, and different ways to take your apps live.