Node.js

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Resources

• Beginning Node JS - https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Node-js-Basarat-Syed/dp/1484201884
• Firebase Google Cloud Functions (serverless, nearly-free hosting) - https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/
• AWS Lambda Functions (serverless, nearly-free hosting) - http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/programming-model.html
• Topical Articles - https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection

Notes

Exports Alias

function a() {}

module.exports = {a: a}

// Same as

exports.a = function a() {}

Globals (Core Constructs)

• https://nodejs.org/api/globals.html
  • process.argv (command line args)

Libs

• Underscore (Common utility functions) - http://underscorejs.org
• Shell JS (cli for all OS) - https://github.com/shelljs/shelljs
• Moment (Date/Time formatting)

Debugging with Chrome DevTools for Node

• https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/debugging-node-js-with-google-chrome-4965b5f910f4

Ensuring Uptime

• Express - Express keeps going even if a handler fails. You can also define custom errorHandlers: http://expressjs.com/en/guide/error-handling.html
• Forever - Start and restart scripts to ensure they keep running: https://github.com/foreverjs/forever

Adding Workers - Cluster

• Cluster (spawn workers with the same script) - https://nodejs.org/api/cluster.html