The Node Beginner Book, an introduction to Node.js, is now complete

Re:The Node Beginner Book, an introduction to Node.js, is no... by draz on Sunday July 10, 2011 @09:52AM (#2747768)

I've read the guide a few weeks ago, and it's absolutely great! I certainly learned a lot, and it saved me a lot of time Googling for answers. I think it would be a great addition to the book to discuss some of the frameworks that take Node.js to the next level: MVC (Express?), debugging, etc., and provide some examples. How does the author actually go about doing real-world projects? (I'm thinking along the lines of the Manning books that not only introduce a language, but also discuss plugins, etc)

As a Java developer, I cannot imagine writing a website with "pure" Java vs. using a framework such as Struts 2, for example.

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Re:The Node Beginner Book, an introduction to Node.js, is no... by ManuelKiessling on Sunday July 10, 2011 @10:03AM (#2747783)

Hi, I'm the author. I would like to add much more relevant content to the book, but I need to be realistic about how much time I can spare for this currently. We will see how it works out.

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Re:The Node Beginner Book, an introduction to Node.js, is no... by draz on Sunday July 10, 2011 @10:11AM (#2747805)

Hi Manuel! I didnt mean for it to sound the wrong way, as if I'm ungrateful for the work you have done. As I've mentioned, it really is good, and it got me up and running and experimenting with Node.js quickly (for which I'm thankful for!).

Maybe other people from HN can pick up the glove? Maybe a book deal with Manning/O'Reilly/Wrox (unless you're not interested in pursuing writing)?

I was just reading the Google+ public "How-to" collaborative doc the internet community has been building (http://bit.ly/qg0Yf6). Maybe the Node.js guide should take this format and make it into a living manual?

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Re:The Node Beginner Book, an introduction to Node.js, is no... by ManuelKiessling on Sunday July 10, 2011 @10:22AM (#2747815)

All cool, didn't sound the wrong way at all!

I think "Hands-on Node.js" by Pedro Teixeira is the perfect "next read" when you're finished with NodeBeginner. Pedro and I have bundled our eBooks at Leanbundle.com, maybe that's interesting for you: http://leanbundle.com/bundles/node

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Re:The Node Beginner Book, an introduction to Node.js, is no... by rawl on Sunday July 10, 2011 @01:04PM (#2748068)

I actually bought the bundle! :) great work! PDFs and ePub looks great on my nook color.

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Re:The Node Beginner Book, an introduction to Node.js, is no... by peterarmstrong on Sunday July 10, 2011 @08:00PM (#2748953)

As a cofounder of Leanpub (which is where both books are published and sold) and LeanBundle (which sells the bundle), this makes me so happy to hear!

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Re:The Node Beginner Book, an introduction to Node.js, is no... by mark_l_watson on Sunday July 10, 2011 @05:37PM (#2748681)

Hello Manual,

I just bought the LeanBundle - both your and Pedro's books look useful. I have played with NodeJS a bit and I am hoping that the two books get me to the point where I can do an "All Javascript" example app that functions like compiled GWT (Java to Javascript) web apps where the entire application lives in memory on the browser with occasional syncing between a server side data store and an in-memory data model.

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Re:The Node Beginner Book, an introduction to Node.js, is no... by the_cat_kittles on Sunday July 10, 2011 @04:12PM (#2748509)

Your technical writing is really phenomenal, you are able to communicate far more than just the hard and fast details in a really relateable way. I haven't seem many things that have adopted a voice like yours in the article, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope you keep writing.

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Re:The Node Beginner Book, an introduction to Node.js, is no... by hezekiah on Sunday July 10, 2011 @10:10AM (#2747800)

You're a good writer, I think you should take it all the way to a full-size book, get O'Reilly to publish or self-publish on Amazon.

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