Skip to content

README.md

Latest commit

 

History

History
90 lines (75 loc) · 2.96 KB

README.md

File metadata and controls

90 lines (75 loc) · 2.96 KB

📘 Node.js - JavaScript on the Server Side

Welcome to the Node.js section of this guide! Node.js is a powerful, open-source runtime that lets you execute JavaScript code outside the browser. It’s designed for building scalable network applications and is the backbone of modern web backends and full-stack JavaScript development. ⚙️🌐⚡

With a fast event-driven architecture and non-blocking I/O, Node.js is perfect for creating real-time apps, RESTful APIs, command-line tools, and more.

This guide will take you from understanding how Node works under the hood to building advanced backends and APIs. 🌲🛠️💡

✅ Basic Topics 📗🔰💡

Get started with the core fundamentals of Node.js:

  • What is Node.js?
  • Installing Node.js & npm
  • Understanding Node.js Architecture
  • Running Your First Node Script
  • Global Objects in Node.js (__dirname, __filename, require, module)
  • Node.js REPL
  • The Node.js Event Loop (Basics)
  • Core Modules:
    • fs (File System)
    • path
    • http
    • os
    • events
  • Creating a Simple HTTP Server
  • Understanding CommonJS Modules (require, module.exports)
  • npm vs npx
  • Creating & Using Your Own Modules
  • Basic Package.json Usage

🚀 Intermediate Topics 📘🛠️📦

These topics build up practical backend development knowledge:

  • File System Operations (async vs sync)
  • Working with Buffers and Streams
  • Understanding Asynchronous Programming
    • Callback Functions
    • Promises
    • async/await
  • Process & Environment Variables
  • Using External Packages (chalk, lodash, dotenv, etc.)
  • Nodemon and Hot Reloading
  • Event Emitters (Advanced)
  • Middleware Concept
  • Express.js Basics (for routing, middleware)
  • Creating RESTful APIs with Express
  • CRUD Operations
  • Handling HTTP Methods & Status Codes
  • Error Handling Middleware
  • Postman for API Testing
  • Connecting to Databases (MySQL, MongoDB)
  • Serving Static Files
  • CORS & Security Headers
  • Deployment Basics (Render, Railway, etc.)

🧠 Advanced Topics 📦🔥🧠

Take your Node.js skills to the senior-dev level:

  • Node.js Event Loop Deep Dive
  • Clustering & Worker Threads
  • Streams: Readable, Writable, Transform
  • Child Processes
  • File Upload Handling (with multer)
  • JWT Authentication
  • OAuth Integration (Google, GitHub, etc.)
  • Session vs Token Auth
  • Express.js Routers & Controllers Architecture
  • MVC Pattern in Node
  • Using ORMs/Query Builders (Prisma, Sequelize, Knex)
  • Performance Optimization & Profiling
  • Rate Limiting & Throttling
  • Using Redis for Caching & Sessions
  • WebSockets with ws or socket.io
  • Server-Side Rendering Basics (with template engines like EJS/Pug)
  • CI/CD Pipelines (GitHub Actions, etc.)
  • Writing Unit & Integration Tests (Mocha, Chai, Supertest)
  • Error Logging & Monitoring (Winston, Morgan, Sentry)
  • Environment-Based Config Management
  • Securing Node.js Apps (Helmet, XSS, CSRF)
  • Production Best Practices (PM2, Load Balancing)
  • Understanding Node.js Memory Leaks & Garbage Collection