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Node.js is a platform for doing network applications using [[JavaScript]] on the client and server. Basically, it's like an Apache web server, written in C, and using the Chrome browser's JavaScript engine. The community is well-developed and there are many pre-written 'modules'. [[wp:Node.js]] | == Intro == | ||
[http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/07/what-is-node.html What is node?]<ref>Radar O'Reilly article from 2011 that is a good overview.</ref> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUCHr2H-7_g video with Tom Hughes-Croucher of Joyent] | |||
Node.js is a platform for doing network applications using [[JavaScript]] on the client and server. Basically, it's like an Apache web server, written in C, and using the Chrome browser's JavaScript engine. The community is well-developed and there are many pre-written 'modules'. See the [[wp:Node.js|wikipedia article]] for more. | |||
== Parsoid Web Service API == | |||
https://freephile.org/node is a node.js implementation that powers the [[Visual editor]] for MediaWiki | |||
* {{@todo}} reconstitute the node service | |||
** {{done}} installed nodejs package (note that the package provides npm, so it conflicts with the npm standalone package) '''<code>dpkg-query --status nodejs</code>''' | |||
** {{AI}} configure port | |||
== Links == | |||
* [http://nodejs.org/ Node.js official website] | * [http://nodejs.org/ Node.js official website] | ||
* [http://nodejs.org/api/index.html Node.js API docs] | * [http://nodejs.org/api/index.html Node.js API docs] | ||
* [http://npmjs.org/ npm] - the official package manager for Node.js | * [http://npmjs.org/ npm] - the official package manager for Node.js | ||
* [https://github.com/creationix/nvm nvm] - Node Version Manager. A bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions. Although the packaged node.js for Ubuntu 12.04 is rather old, nvm allows you to instantly use the newest version; and use multiple versions (if your projects have certain dependencies) without problem. | * [https://github.com/creationix/nvm nvm] - Node Version Manager. A bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions. Although the packaged node.js for Ubuntu 12.04 is rather old, nvm allows you to instantly use the newest version; and use multiple versions (if your projects have certain dependencies) without problem. | ||
* [https://nodejsmodules.org/ nodejs modules] | * [https://nodejsmodules.org/ nodejs modules] | ||
* [http://nodeguide.com/index.html Felix's Node.js Guide] | * [http://nodeguide.com/index.html Felix's Node.js Guide] | ||
* [http://browsenpm.org/package.json interactive cheatsheet for <code>package.json</code>] | |||
* Learnable.com has an intro to node.js course which is valuable. | * Learnable.com has an intro to node.js course which is valuable. | ||
* [http://nodeschool.io/ Node School] | * [http://nodeschool.io/ Node School] | ||
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* [https://angularjs.org/ AngularJS] - a 100% JavaScript client-side templating framework that provides data binding. Not related to node.js, but useful on the client-side. | * [https://angularjs.org/ AngularJS] - a 100% JavaScript client-side templating framework that provides data binding. Not related to node.js, but useful on the client-side. | ||
* [http://eirikb.github.io/nipster/ nipster] search for npm modules | * [http://eirikb.github.io/nipster/ nipster] search for npm modules | ||
* http://howtonode.org/ created by Tim Caswell (see https://creationix.com/) | |||
== Front-end Build Tools == | |||
When doing nodejs development or [[front-end development]], you may also wish to employ some sort of build system or task runner for performing repetitive tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, linting, etc. | |||
* While many people have been using '[http://gruntjs.com/ Grunt]' | |||
* I like '[http://slides.com/contra/gulp Gulp]' better because it's code over configuration and more intuitive. | |||
* Meanwhile, Andrew Krespanis of SitePoint shows a great example of how you can simply [http://www.sitepoint.com/using-gnu-make-front-end-development-build-tool/ use GNU Make for a front-end development build tool] (More on [[Make]]) | |||
== Node Happenings == | |||
The people of Node (e.g. [https://github.com/mikeal Mikeal Rogers]) are doing a lot of interesting things. Like [http://jsfest.com/ JSFest] which happened in SanFrancisco 2014, or Node school. | |||
{{References}} | |||
[[Category:JavaScript]] | [[Category:JavaScript]] | ||