Getting Started with Node.js
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Overview of Node.js architecture and practical startup steps with demos: explains the libuv event loop layered on Chrome V8, notes the 1.7 GB V8 memory limit and the clustering workaround that forks workers to match CPU cores, shows building a tiny HTTP server with the built‑in HTTP module, package.json + NPM workflow and the exact command npm install --save colors to add a dependency, and demos IDE debugging in VS Code to set breakpoints and inspect async state — all examples run live and succeed.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:36Asynchronous processing
- 8:31Benefits of Node.js
- 12:01Node.js Web-Enabled Hello World
- 12:53Node Architecture
- 15:37Node's Asynchronous Event Loop
- 16:28Installing Node
- 17:38Verifying Node Install
- 18:04Demo: A Quick Node App
- 21:08Picking an IDE
- 27:54Node App Basic Lifecycle
- 29:23Demo: Initializing a Node app
- 32:25Demo: Adding Project Modules from NPM
- 34:31What did we learn?
