Jamie Corkhill has written this wonderful post about Node and I think it’s perhaps one of the best technical articles I’ve ever read. Not only is it jam-packed with information for folks like me who aren’t writing JavaScript everyday, it is also incredibly deliberate as Jamie slowly walks through the very basics of JavaScript (such as synchronous and asynchronous functions) all the way up to working with our very own API.
Jamie writes:
What is Node in the first place? What exactly does it mean for Node to be “asynchronous”, and how does that differ from “synchronous”? What is the meaning “event-driven” and “non-blocking” anyway, and how does Node fit into the bigger picture of applications, Internet networks, and servers?
We’ll attempt to answer all of these questions and more throughout this series as we take an in-depth look at the inner workings of Node, learn about the HyperText Transfer Protocol, APIs, and JSON, and build our very own Bookshelf API utilizing MongoDB, Express, Lodash, Mocha, and Handlebars.
I would highly recommend this post if JavaScript isn’t your day job but you’ve always wanted to learn about Node in a bit more detail.