Node JS Workshop

#Objectives
Understand NodeJS platform along with its core modules. Creating web applications using Express JS over NodeJS as web server.
#Audience
This course is for Web developers who are experienced in javascript.
#Pre-requisite
Prior experience developing web applications using HTML, CSS and Javascript
#Outline
####Day 1 – Session 1
#####Getting Started with Node.js

• Installing Node js
  ####Developing a simple application on Node
• Node’s event loop
• Writing asynchronous code
  #####Modules and NPM
• Accessing built-in modules
• Using require() to modularize
• Understanding callback execution in the event loop
• Using NPM to find 3rd party modules
• Maintaining projects using NPM command
• Creating Modules with getters and setters
• Understanding module caching and scopes
  #####Events and Streams
• Events and EventEmitter class
• Returning an EventEmitter from a function
• Inheriting from EventEmitter
• Readable and Writable Streams, the Pipe function
• Piping Between Streams
  ####Day 1 – Session 2
  #####Accessing the Local System
• Process Object
• Interacting with the file system
• Buffers
• OS Module
  #####Interacting with the Web
• Making web requests in Node
• Web server in Node
• Real time interaction with Socket.IO

#####Scaling node application

• The Child Process module
• Exec function
• Spawn function
• Fork function

####Day 2 – Session 1
#####Using Express Framework

• Starting Express applications
• Handling GET requests returning JSON
• Navigating large datasets
• Modifying data through PUT requests
  #####Testing and Debugging
• The Assert module
• Testing with Mocha and Should.js
• Simulating HTTP requests with SuperTest
  #####Sessions and Databases
• Connecting to MongoDB via Mongoose
• Designing schemas for collections in Mongoose
• Querying MongoDB collections
• Persisting Express sessions through MongoDB and mongo-connect

####Day 2 – Session 2

#####Command-Line interfaces

• Controlling the built-in REPL
• Constructing a custom REPL
• Building command line tools
  #####Overview of Grunt JS
• Installing Grunt
• Configuring Tasks
• Creating Grunt tasks
• Writing custom Grunt task
  #####Overview of MEAN stack
• Install MEAN stack
• Hands-on case study building web application on MEAN stack
  #Hardware & Network Requirements
• All participants to have individual desktops with at least dual core or higher CPU with 2GB RAM
• All participants’ system to be connected to internet
  #Software Requirements
• Windows 7 /8 Linux Operating System
• IDE – SublimeText / Bracket
• Web browser – Mozilla Firefox with firebug, Google Chrome
• Web server either Apache HTTP server or Apache Tomcat server