Practical Node.js: Building Real-World Scalable Web Apps by Azat Mardan (Jul 15, 2014) is available from these vendors:
Practical Node.js was designed to be a one-stop source for going from hello-world examples to building apps in a professional manner. The libraries covered in Practical Node.js greatly enhance the quality of code and make developers more productive.
Build web apps with Express.js 4, MongoDB, and Jade template engine
Use various features of Jade and Handlebars
Use the Mongoskin and Mongoose ORM libraries for MongoDB
Build REST API servers with Express.js 4 and Hapi.js
Utilize token and session-based authentication
Build WebSocket apps using Socket.IO and DerbyJS libraries
Get started with Nginx, Upstart, Varnish, and other tools on an AWS instance
Write your own Node.js module, and publish it on NPM
@azat_co Thx for the PM! Very kind of you. I've been anxiously waiting for your book, every other one is outdated (Express 3 at the most) :)
— José Luis Bolos (@joseluisbolos) July 18, 2014@azat_co Thanks for the info man - picked up the alpha version of the book - so far so good. Really hoping I grok the authentication stuff.
— Travis Libby (@TravisLibby) June 20, 2014Practical Node.js is Ready! http://t.co/ZLVqqtQkqU #nodejs
— Vitor Vieira (@thevitorvieira) July 15, 2014
"Node.js is taking over both enterprise and amateur development worlds"
Azat Mardan has over 12 years of experience in web, mobile and software development. With a Bachelor’s Degree in Informatics and a Master of Science in Information Systems Technology degree, Azat possesses deep academic knowledge as well as extensive practical experience.
Currently, Azat works as a Team Lead / Senior Software Engineer at DocuSign, where his team rebuilds 50 million user product (DocuSign web app) using the tech stack of Node.js, Express.js, Backbone.js, CoffeeScript, Jade, Stylus and Redis.
Recently, he worked as an engineer at the curated social media news aggregator website, Storify.com (acquired by LiveFyre) which is used by BBC, NBC, CNN, The White House and others. Storify runs everything on Node.js unlike other companies. It’s the maintainer of the open-source library jade-browser.
Before that, Azat worked as a CTO/co-founder at Gizmo — an enterprise cloud platform for mobile marketing campaigns, and has undertaken the prestigious 500 Startups business accelerator program.
Prior to this, Azat was developing he developed mission-critical applications for government agencies in Washington, DC, including the National Institutes of Health, the National Center for Biotechnology Information, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as well as Lockheed Martin.
Azat is a frequent attendee at Bay Area tech meet-ups and hackathons (AngelHack hackathon ’12 finalist with team FashionMetric.com).
In addition, Azat teaches technical classes at General Assembly, Hack Reactor, pariSOMA and Marakana (acquired by Twitter) to much acclaim.
In his spare time, he writes about technology on his blog: webAppLog.com which is number one in “express.js tutorial” Google search results. Azat is also the author of Express.js Guide, Rapid Prototyping with JS and Oh My JS; and the creator of open-source Node.js projects, including ExpressWorks, mongoui and HackHall.
