From the World’s Number One Resource for Web Designers and Developers – The Ultimate Guide to the Technology That’s Taking the Web Development World by Storm

Node.js is a powerful web development framework written in JavaScript that makes it simpler and easier than ever to develop robust, highly-scalable server-side web apps. Smashing Node.js shows you what Node.js is and how to put it to work on your next project. Packed with real-world examples that demonstrate why Node.js is quickly becoming the tool of choice among web developers everywhere, it gets you quickly up and running with the knowledge and skills you need to:

• Make sense of Node’s Event-Loop Architecture, Non-Blocking I/O, and Event-Driven Programming
• Master the Ins and Outs of Node’s Apis
• Effortlessly Implement Real-Time Technologies, Such as Shocket.IO and HTML5 Websockets
• Program Apps That Scale Up to Support Vast Numbers of Simultaneous Connections Across Multiple Servers
• Leverage Node’s Ability to Support an Array of Database and Data Storage Tools
• Write Code That Can Handle Tens of Thousands of Connections at a Time—On One Machine
• Interact in Real-Time With Other Developers on a Companion Web Site Featuring Additional Chapters and More Annotated Examples—Source Code Included

Beautifully illustrated with tons of full-color illustrations and packed with useable source code, Smashing Node.js is your total guide to the revolutionary web development tool.