Play by Play: NodeJS with Tim Caswell
In this course, open source trailblazer Tim Caswell demonstrates lightweight, high performance Node.js web servers (his final app runs in only 1ms!), building middleware, writing a test suite with built-in modules, using Apache bench for benchmarking, adding structure to an application as it develops, debugging, and the good feeling of writing Open Source software.
What you'll learn
Tim Caswell (@creationix) is an open source trailblazer. He was one of the first users and contributors to Node.js. He started howtonode.org where many people learned how to use early versions of Node.js. He now works at Cloud9, a browser-based IDE. He has authored over a hundred open source projects. We gave Tim the task of building a simple function that parses directions, durations, and distances from a set of instructions for trail hikers. He built a simple Node.js web app to demonstrate the feature. You'll see Tim work with: lightweight, high performance Node.js web servers (his final app runs in only 1ms!), building middleware, writing a test suite with built-in modules, using Apache bench for benchmarking, adding structure to an application as it develops, debugging, and the good feeling of writing Open Source software.
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About the authors
Tim is the Owner of Creationix. He focuses on building out frameworks, educating the masses, and being an evangelist for the node.js platform. He regularly speaks at conferences and organizes node.js-related meetups.