Take your web development skills from browser to server with Node - and learn how to write fast, highly scalable network applications on this JavaScript-based platform. With this hands-on guide, you"ll quickly master Node"s core fundamentals, gain experience with several built-in and contributed modules, and learn the differences and parallels between client- and server-side programming. Get up to speed on Node"s event-driven, asynchronous I/O model for developing data-intensive applications that are frequently accessed but computationally simple. If you"re comfortable working with JavaScript, this book provides numerous programming and deployment examples to help you take advantage of server-side development with Node. Explore Node"s unique approach to asynchronous development; Build sample Node applications with the Express framework and Connect middleware; Use NoSQL solutions such as Redis and MongoDB - and explore Node"s relational database modules; ...