Introduction to Node.js and Express.js

By Jennifer Bland

Elevator Pitch

Node is one of the fastest growing platforms for building scalable web applications. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to get started using Node, use modules, and create a multi-page Express application using routing. By end of the workshop, attendees will have created a functioning website.

Description

Node.js is an interesting new phenomenon to hit the development scene. Companies like Netflix, Walmart, Sams Club, PayPal, Medium, LinkedIn and Uber are just a few of the companies that are using it in production. Node.js is a server technology used to build and run web applications. In this class, we’ll learn the basics of working with Node.js. You will build a web application using Node.js that will have multiple pages and features.

What are the requirements? * Laptop (Macintosh or Windows) * Text Editor atom Sublime Text Brackets Visual Studio Code * Must have Node installed on your laptop

What will I learn from this workshop? * The basics of working with Node.js * How to write and run a simple web server using Node.js * Build a web application using Express.js