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Working with Node.js

11 Courses
1 Lab
21 Hours
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Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that executes JavaScript code outside of a browser. Node.js enables developers to use JavaScript to write command line tools and to utilize server-side scripting to create dynamic web page content before the page is sent to the user's web browser. This path will take you from the basics of Node.js to writing and testing asynchronous Node.js code.

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Working with Node.js

Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that executes JavaScript code outside of a browser. Node.js enables developers to use JavaScript to write command line tools and to utilize server-side scripting to create dynamic web page content before the page is sent to the user's web browser. This path will take you from the basics of Node.js to writing and testing asynchronous Node.js code.

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Node.js 12: The Big Picture

  • by Paul OFallon
  • 55m
  • Apr 27, 2022
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Node.js 12: Getting Started

  • by Samer Buna
  • 3h 30m
  • Jun 08, 2022
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Getting Started with NPM 4

  • by Joe Eames
  • 59m
  • Jun 29, 2022
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Automating Node.js 6 with NPM Scripts

  • by Brian Clark
  • 2h 32m
  • May 05, 2022
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Using MongoDB with Node.js

  • by Jonathan Mills
  • 1h 18m
  • Dec 23, 2019
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Building Web Applications with Node.js and Express

  • by Jonathan Mills
  • 2h 51m
  • May 25, 2021
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HTTP with Node.js 12

  • by Armen Avanesi
  • 58m
  • Apr 29, 2022
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Understanding OAuth with Node.js

  • by Justin Boyer
  • 1h 10m
  • Dec 11, 2019
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Managing Files with Node.js 12

  • by Nate Taylor
  • 1h 27m
  • Apr 20, 2022
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Async Patterns in Node.js 12

  • by Brice Wilson
  • 1h 27m
  • Apr 19, 2022
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Mocking Node.js with Sinon 8

  • by Nate Taylor
  • 1h 25m
  • Apr 20, 2022
Lab

Build an Image Processing Server

  • by Tom Bell
  • 2h 23m
  • Sep 01, 2025
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What You'll Learn
  • In this path you will learn how to work with NPM packages, mongoDB, and navigate through files and directories while learning about the Node.js framework. You will also learn how to write and test asynchronous patterns in Node.js and begin to understand how Node.js handles cryptography.
Prerequisites
  • HTML
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  • JavaScript
  • HTML
  • Express
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Paul OFallon
Paul OFallon
Paul has more than 28 years experience in the Information Technology industry spanning academic, start-up and enterprise environments. As Associate Vice President, Architecture at Cox Automotive, he currently leads a team of architects providing strategic direction and implementation guidance to the organization. As a Pluralsight course author, Paul has delivered training across a broad spectrum of technologies, including node.js, Apache Cassandra and Java API development.
Samer Buna
Samer Buna
Samer Buna is a polyglot coder with years of practical experience in designing, implementing, and testing software, including web and mobile applications development, API design, functional programming, optimization, system administration, databases, and scalability. Samer worked in several industries including real estate, government, education, and publications. Samer has also authored several technical books and online courses about Node.js, React.js, GraphQL, and Ruby on Rails. He is passion...
Joe Eames
Joe Eames
Joe began his love of programming on an Apple III in BASIC. Although his preferred language is JavaScript, he has worked professionally with just about every major Microsoft language. He is currently a consultant and full time author for Pluralsight. Joe has always had a strong interest in education, and has worked both full and part time as a technical teacher for over ten years. He is a frequent blogger and speaker, organizer of ng-conf, the AngularJS conference (www.ng-conf.org), and a paneli...
Brian Clark
Brian Clark
Brian is a Solution Architect Specialist who has been building and architecting software for many years now. His initial focus was on ASP.NET, C#, SQL and WPF, but has since been leveraging technologies such as Angular, Node.js, JavaScript, HTML and CSS. You can find Brian on twitter @_clarkio or at clarkio.com.
Jonathan Mills
Jonathan Mills
Jonathan is a Pluralsight Author, Technology Advisor, and Business Leader. As a member of the Chief Digital Advisory team at World Wide Technology, Jonathan is able to leverage his unique experiences and skills to drive digital transformation for his clients. As a dedicated developer community leader, Jonathan serves on the board of directors for the Kansas City Developers Conference, is a Microsoft MVP, and is a regular speaker and keynote presenter at conferences around the globe.
Armen Avanesi
Armen Avanesi
Armen is currently a software developer in Melbourne, Australia. Day to day, he helps startups build elegant, scalable applications. He is passionate about traveling, trying new food, and teaching others how to code.
Justin Boyer
Justin Boyer
Justin Boyer writes copy and content for tech companies. He started his IT career as a software developer, then moved into application security, becoming Security+ and CSSLP certified. After almost a decade in the tech industry building desktop, mobile, web, and cloud-based applications, Justin has launched a tech writing business to help software and security companies sell their products and services.
Nate Taylor
Nate Taylor
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...
Brice Wilson
Brice Wilson
Brice Wilson has been a professional developer for over 30 years and has used many tools and programming languages during that time. He has worked as a developer and architect for a number of large companies and enjoys learning, experimenting with, and teaching new technologies. His current interests are centered on server and client-side web development.
Tom Bell
Tom Bell
Tom is a staff author at Pluralsight helping to develop Hands-On content. Tom's background in software development, UI/UX, and instructional design was developed over the years while working as a faculty member at the School of Computing at Weber State University in Utah, and continues to grow as he develops Projects and Labs for Pluralsight. When he's not creating content to allow learners to gain real-life experience, he enjoys spending time with his family.

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