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Managing Files with Node.js 12

by Nate Taylor

Working with files in Node.js is a powerful but rarely used skill. This course jumps straight into the APIs needed to get you up and running with reading and writing files in Node.js.

What you'll learn

Reading and writing files are powerful features in Node.js but used less frequently. In this course, Managing Files with Node.js, you’ll learn foundational knowledge to efficiently read and write files with Node.js in practice. First, you’ll explore reading files asynchronously and synchronously. Next, you’ll discover how to effectively write files. Finally, you’ll learn how and when to use streams for file manipulation. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of file manipulation needed to read and write files using Node.js.

About the author

Nate's first program was written in QBasic on an 8086 clone his dad built. Since then he's written applications in C++, .NET, and Node.js. He spent the first 12 years of his career writing Windows applications before transitioning to write applications for the web. Regardless of the language or type of application he's written, he strives for writing clean, testable, and maintainable code. In addition to his day job as a developer, Nate also enjoys speaking at various conferences. He will typica... more

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