Related Reading and Resources
Other Node.js Frameworks
The Express.js framework is no doubt the most mature, popular, robust, tested and used project for Node.js web services. As of this writing, Express.js is also the most starred NPM repository with 2x more stars that request and async libraries. There are plenty of real production apps that rely on Express 2.x and 3.x including Storify (acquired by LiveFyre), DocuSign, new MySpace, LearnBoost, Geekli.st, Klout, Prismatic, Segment.io and more.
Express.js is also the most starred NPM repository.
Nevertheless, there are plenty of alternatives for which we created our analog of todomvc.com collection: nodeframework.com. By the way, some of the more comprehensive frameworks depend on Express.js (i.e., SailsJS). So it’s great that our readers know Express.js by now!
Node.js Books
For more core Node.js overview and/or other components of the Node.js stack, such as databases and websockets, please consider these resources:
- Rapid Prototyping with JS: Agile JavaScript Development (Azat Mardanov) — beginner-to-intermediate book on Node.js, MongoDB and Backbone.js
- JavaScript and Node FUNdamentals: A Collection of Essential Basics (Azat Mardanov) — short read on simple but important concepts of browser JS and Node
- Pro Node.js (Colin J. Ihrig) — ISBN: 978-1-4302-5860-5, comprehensive low-level book on Node.js sans any non-core modules
- Node.js in Action (TJ Holowaychuk et al) — ISBN: 9781617290572 not yet published (est. end of 2013). Book about Express.js from the creators of the framework
- Learning Node (Shelley Powers) — ISBN: 978-1-4493-2307-3 book covers Express, MongoDB, Mongoose and Socket.IO
- Node Cookbook (David Mark Clements) — ISBN: 978-1-84951-718-8 book covers databases and websockets
- Node: Up and Running (Tom Hughes-Croucher et al) brief overview of Node.js
- Smashing Node.js (Guillermo Rauch) covers Express.js, Jade, and Stylus from the creator of Mongoose ORM for MongoDB
JavaScript Classics
For deeper understanding of the most misunderstood and most popular programming language, please make sure to read these proven classics:
- Eloquent JavaScript: programming fundamentals in the JavaScript coating
- JavaScript: The Good Parts: tricky part of the language
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