The Node Beginner Book by by Manuel Kiessling is a new Node.js e-book. It’s only about 40% done, and is actually more of a long tutorial than a book at this point.
Kiessling’s work is aimed for developers “experienced with at least one object-oriented language like Ruby, Python, PHP or Java, only little experience with JavaScript, and completely new to node.js.”
Kiessling writes:
Here is the problem: Because JavaScript really lives two, maybe even three lives (the funny little DHMTL helper from the mid-90’s, the more serious frontend stuff like jQuery and the likes, and now server-side), it’s not that easy to find information that helps you to learn JavaScript the “right” way, in order to write node.js applications in a fashion that makes you feel you are not just using JavaScript, you are actually developing it.
Because that’s the catch: you already are an experienced developer, you don’t want to learn a new technique by just hacking around and mis-using it; you want to be sure that you are approaching it from the right angle.
There is, of course, excellent documentation out there. But documentation alone sometimes isn’t enough. What is needed is guidance.
My goal is to provide a guide for you.
See also: 6 Free E-Books and Tutorials for Learning and Mastering Node.js.
If you’re a total beginner looking to get in on the JavaScript revolution, check out our list of 7 Free JavaScript E-Books and Tutorials.
