The aim of The Node Beginner Book is to get you started with developing applications for Node.js, teaching you everything you need to know about advanced JavaScript along the way on 59 pages.

Praise for The Node Beginner Book:

"This is one of the best tutorials I've read. As a former Java coder, I've always found JavaScript to be a black art, but you have really simplified things with this tutorial."

"I just wanted to drop you a note to say thank you for writing such an excellent introduction to node. Your book's explanation is fantastic!"

"This is one of the few beginner articles I made it all the way through because of how well it's written."

Don't feel like buying just yet? Read the first part at www.nodebeginner.org for free!

The aim of The Node Craftsman Book is to help beginning JavaScript programmers who already know how to write basic Node.js applications in mastering JavaScript and Node.js thoroughly.

It is the official sequel to The Node Beginner Book, digging deeper and covering a lot more topics from the world of Node.js and JavaScript development:

• How can you connect to a database like MongoDB or MySQL from your Node.js application?
• How do you write unit tests and end-to-end tests for your code?
• How do you leverage migrations for setting up a continuous deployment workflow?
• How does the Node Package Manager, NPM, work in detail?
• How does object-orientation actually work in JavaScript?
• How do you keep your code fast and efficient by leveraging asynchronous and non-blocking operations?
• How do you use and create event emitters?
• How do you write full-fledged web applications using REST frameworks?
• How do you integrate Node.js with AngularJS?
• ...and much more!