Resources

Getting started

Before we get started on week 4 we expect you to have downloaded node onto your machine. If you have problems installing please get in touch over the weekend or arrive early on Monday so there is time to finish installing before we start.

We would recommend installing node using homebrew. You can find a tutorial on doing this here.

Node can also be downloaded from here: https://nodejs.org/en/.

"Homework"

Optional. If you have time over the weekend:

• Read The Art of Node, a beginners guide to node.
• Have a go at the interactive tutorial learnyounode created by nodeschool.

Further Resources

To come back to over the course of the curriculum:

• Node documentation - comprehensive documentation to node's core modules and features.
• Nodeschool -- A set of interactive tutorials covering many aspects of node & es6.
• Egghead.io -- brilliant set of videos explaining node fundamentals.
• Stream-handbook -- comprehensive guide to streams.
• What the Heck is the Event Loop Anyway? -- a very insightful video covering core asynchronous javascript concepts.
• Heroku: Node.js deployment guide -- a guide for deploying a node.js app on heroku.