HRDF Course- Basic Node.js Training

Node.js is a powerful tool for controlling servers, building web applications, and creating event-driven programs. And it takes JavaScript—a language familiar to all web developers—out of the browser. With Node.js, you can build applications that run on your laptop or even the cloud. Learn the essentials of Node.js and start creating your own JavaScript applications in this introductory training course.
The topics include: 

• What is Node.js?
• Installing Node.js
• Understanding the global object and global timing
• Importing the core modules
• Handling events
• Creating child processes
• Reading, writing, and removing files
• Working with file streams
• Making http requests
• Serving files and JSON data
• Installing npm, the node package manager
• Working with Express, the web server framework
• Using WebSockets

Module 1 - Get Started on Node.js

• What Is Node.js?
• Why Node.js
• Installing Node.js
• Test Out Node.js
• REPL Environment

Module 2 - Node.js Built In Modules

• Built In Modules
• Require Directive
• Global Objects
• Path Module
• Http Module
• Event Module

Module 3 - The File System

• Synchronous and Asynchronous Read Files
• Rename and Delete Files
• Directories
• List and Remove Directories

Module 4 - External Modules

• External Module Repository
• Node Package Manager (NPM)
• Install External Modules

Module 5 - Custom Module

• Create a Custom Module
• Package.json
• Export and Import

Module 6 - Express

• What is Express
• Create an Express server
• Serving Static files
• Chat App Demo