This chapter teaches you about creating a project and package manager of node, installation of global vs local packages, configuration of package.json and the automation tasks with a gulp.

• The Node Package Manager

• Creating a project

• The package.json configuration file

• Global vs. local package installation

• Automating tasks with Gulp

What is HTTP Protocol?, how to built an HTTP server, configuring TLS, processing query strings and rendering a response are covered in this module.

• The HTTP protocol

• Building an HTTP server

• Rendering a response

• Processing query strings

• Using Representational State Transfer

• Configuring TLS

This chapter describes the file system functions consisting of file I/O and directory I/O functions. All of the file system functions offer both synchronous and asynchronous versions.

• Synchronous vs. asynchronous I/O

• Path and directory operations

• __directory name and __filename

• Asynchronous file reads and writes

Learn, how to use buffers for binary data, configuring event handlers, streaming I/O from files and processing streams asynchronously.

• Using buffers for binary data, Flowing vs. non-flowing streams

• Streaming I/O from files and other sources

• Processing streams asynchronously

• Configuring event handlers

Know about the modularization, creating a package and different specifications, how to define modules with exports, building unit tests and testing it are covered in this module.

• Modularization

• The CommonJS and RequireJS specifications

• Defining modules with exports

• Modules are singletons

• Creating a package

• Module scope and construction

• Unit testing frameworks

• What to test and how to test it

• Building unit tests with Mocha

Understanding the model-view-controller pattern, defining different templates and routes, building handlebars helpers and front-end controller and many more are learnt in this chapter.

• The model-view-controller pattern

• Defining Jade and Handlebars templates

• Building a front-end controller

• Defining routes

• Creating actions

• Configuring Express to use Handlebars

• Using REST and Reading POST data

• Building Handlebars helpers

• Adding middleware

How Node.js connects to different databases, performing CRUD operations and building client requests to web services are included in this session.

• How Node.js connects to databases

• RDBMS databases and NoSQL databases

• Connecting to RDBMS and NoSQL databases

• Performing CRUD operations

• Building client requests to web services

• Here we conclude all the modules that you have learnt in the previous modules and also includes a real time project.