Node.js

• Intro to Node.js
  • History of Node.js
  • Non-Blocking I/O
  • Node.js Benefits
  • Node.js Place in the Tech Stack
  • Evolution of Node.js Frameworks

• Node.js Basics
  • Node.js Global
  • Node.js Process
  • Modules and Require in Node.js
  • Core Node.js Modules
  • Node.js Module Patterns
  • Node.js Command-Lne Interface Arguments
  • Running Node.js Scripts
  • Node.js Shell (REPL)
  • Node.js File System Module

• Node.js—It's All About JavaScript
  • Building “Hello World” in Node.js
  • Node.js Core Modules
  • Node Package Manager
  • Deploying “Hello World” to PaaS
  • Deploying to Heroku
  • Message Board REST API: Run-Time Memory Version
  • Test Case for Message Board

Express.js

• Express.js—The Most Popular Node.js Framework
• Installation
• Express.js 4 Generator
• Configuration
• Routers
• Main Middleware
• Jade Template Engine
• Stylus CSS library
• RESTful API

• Express.js API
• GET, POST, PUT and DELETE
• Request
• Response
• Error Handlers
• Scaling

MongoDB

• MongoDB and NoSQL
  • NoSQL and CAP Theorem
  • MongoDB Database
  • MongoDB shell (mongo)
  • MongoDB Native Driver (mongodb)
  • MongoDB on Heroku: MongoHQ
  • MongoDB BSON data types
  • Message Board REST API: MongoDB Version

React.js

• React and JSX Basics
• What is React?
• React.js Benefits
• Downloading React.js
• Hello World, React.js
• React.createElement Method
• ReactDOM.render Methods
• JSX and React
• Babel Transformer for JSX
• React's Standard Components
• React's Composable Components
• Nesting React's Components
• Properties in React's Components
• Outputting Variables in JSX and React

• React.js Features
• React States
• Setting Initial State in React.js
• Updating States
• Outputting React.js States
• React.js Props vs. States
• Creaing and Calling React Component Methods
• React Component Events
• React Patterns for Using Props
• React Component Lifecycle Events

• Advanced React.js
• Testing with Jest
• Reflux—Data Flow for React.js
• React.js Router Demo
• React Native Demo
• Isomorphic React.js with Express.js

NodeProgram.com Office Hours

NodeProgram.com is a customized learning experience. We want you to tell us what questions you’d like answered. We will address them one-on-one during the office hours segment.

Required Software & Materials

To maximize the benefits from NodeProgram.com, we advise that you prepare the following items in advance (see the event pages for more details):

• Laptop (MacBook/Linux recommended)
• Git installed and GitHub account
• Heroku account (optional)
• Code editor
• The latest stable Node.js installed with npm
• MongoDB installed 
• CURL, Postman or a similar tool for making HTTP requests

Prerequisites

The class is aimed at an intermediate to advanced JavaScript front-end developers and/or back-end engineers fluent in non-JS programming language(s). Recommended reading/exercises: 

• Understanding of basics of Git and more Git (we'll use Git during the class, but the concept and the bulk of this tool won't be covered during the class)
• Understanding of TDD and BDD (the concepts itself won't be covered during the class)
• Understanding of REST API (the concept itself won't be covered during the class)
• Watching the Ryan Dahl's video

Innovative Approach to Teaching

The years spent teaching JavaScript and Node.js at HackReactor, General Assembly, pariSOMA, Marakana and The New Circle have taught me that the best learning experience requires five basic components:

• Lectures, mentors, books
• Hands-on projects, self-study
• Paired programming, peers and discussions
• Time to digest and process, allowing the knowledge to sink in
• Interleaved Learning

At NodeProgram.com we take this approach seriously, and provide you with the first three parts: mentorship, time for personal projects, paired programming and discussions. Then, students have a week to digest the information and come back for a follow-up session where we'll do office hours to answer questions, review code and look at your projects' demos. We'll be there for you to answer your questions and help you process the information after the event. The office hours will be conducted one week after the training to answer any follow up questions.

Another difference compared to other educational formats is that NodeProgram.com is a customized learning experience. Basically treat us as your consultants. During the registration, you can ask us up to five questions before the course even starts! And during the course, you can work on your project and use our instructors as coaches. We also provide guidance to the applicants whose level is not advanced enough to get the full benefit of the program.