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| title: "Starters Guide to Node.js" | |||
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This should be "Starter Guide" or "Starter's Guide"
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| ## What is Node.js ? | ||
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| **If you go by docs:** [Node.js®](https://nodejs.org/en/) is a JavaScript runtime built on [Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine](https://developers.google.com/v8/). Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient. Node.js' package ecosystem, [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/), is the largest ecosystem of open source libraries in the world. |
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Since we're saying all these words which sound a bit complex, it is worthwhile to explore them on a basic level at least. A lot of people reading this are new to all this in general, and "event-driven" or "non-blocking" might not make a lot of sense to them
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| **If you go by docs:** [Node.js®](https://nodejs.org/en/) is a JavaScript runtime built on [Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine](https://developers.google.com/v8/). Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient. Node.js' package ecosystem, [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/), is the largest ecosystem of open source libraries in the world. | ||
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| In simple words Node.js is server side programming environment which helps us to create APIs which can be consumed by Mobile devices, Websites etc.. |
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Again, I think some explanation of the word "API" etc might be needed. Maybe add a link to one of the articles which have client/server thing explained (since most people won't know that, but here it will be off topic).
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Node.js is much more than just an environment to create APIs for websites. It's a platform to run javascript outside your web browser. You can possibly do all the things with that you can do in any other programming language.
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| JavaScript is undoubtedly one of the most popular programming languages out there today, and for good reason. It can easily be run in your browser, on a server, on your desktop, or even on your phone as an app. | ||
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| Before Node.js, JavaScript was only client side language meaning it can run only on browsers such as chrome, Mozilla etc. |
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Nit: *Chrome and *Firefox sounds better 😛
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| Before Node.js, JavaScript was only client side language meaning it can run only on browsers such as chrome, Mozilla etc. | ||
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| You can find loads of stuff on the internet which will persuade you to learn Javascript and Node.js, but one reason which I find the most compelling is that you can pursue both frontend and backend development if you learn the above stated. |
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Link them, and create a small summary table like APwhitehat has done on his RoR post. Listing "cons" along with pros is also a plus
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| ## How to get started ? | ||
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| I assume that you know JavaScript but if you don't then you should probably first learn it, [this](http://www.amazon.in/Head-First-JavaScript-Programming-Morrison/dp/144934013X) is a very good book to start with. |
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Nit: I assume that you know JavaScript , but (add a comma)
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| First, Node.js is not a programming language but a minimal framework. Language is Javascript. And it is very easy to learn. | ||
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| To begin with you should have [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) installed on your machine(obviously), npm is installed along with it. There are a bunch of very good tutorials for Node.js available online. But I personally recommend to complete all the tutorials(exercises) of [learnyounode](https://www.npmjs.com/package/learnyounode), this might need a lot of googling and reading of [the docs](https://nodejs.org/api/). But if you are not comfortable with the previously mentioned two thing(which you ideally should be if you want to become a good programmer) the go for [learn all the nodes](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQmX5gaHg2SXyKuT9BQ_nbFIdZ39yeRxH) lecture series. |
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Explain NPM a bit (more about the "largest ecosystem" thing could be said here).
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- comma after "begin with"
- recommend to complete -> recommend completing
- thing( -> thing ( [added a space]
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| To begin with you should have [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) installed on your machine(obviously), npm is installed along with it. There are a bunch of very good tutorials for Node.js available online. But I personally recommend to complete all the tutorials(exercises) of [learnyounode](https://www.npmjs.com/package/learnyounode), this might need a lot of googling and reading of [the docs](https://nodejs.org/api/). But if you are not comfortable with the previously mentioned two thing(which you ideally should be if you want to become a good programmer) the go for [learn all the nodes](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQmX5gaHg2SXyKuT9BQ_nbFIdZ39yeRxH) lecture series. | ||
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| ## So lets get the whole thing started ! |
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@hritwik567 , on the whole, the structure is fine, but you need to explain a few more terms in depth so that people can get a feel of what they are getting into. Address the review comments when you have time, ask me if there are any issues. |
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Sorry for the grammatical mistakes, I'll all this to google docs and then update 😉 |
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