Re: [nodejs] Any resources to help one brush up...?

[Tim Caswell]

The official nodejs API docs are great. My experience with most
people learning nodejs is that they didn't know javascript as well as
they had thought. Node makes heavy use of callbacks and closures.
This means that more often the weird aspects of js scoping creep out.

There are many nodejs specific resources out there. There have been
some threads about this recently in this list you can search through.
I haven't heard of anything like the w3schools format (not speaking of
the content quality, just format).

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 5:03 AM, Declan de Wet <impenn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am relatively new to Node.js. I heard and researched about it a long time
> ago. I'm more familiar with Ruby and PHP, but Node.js has really caught my
> attention lately. I am familiar with Javascript for basic interactivity and
> the popular libraries to go with it. I've done some tutorials and so on and
> I've been competent enough to find many guides, books, blogs, screencasts
> and so on for it (this really is a vibing community, I must say) - but I'm
> looking for something a little out-of-the-scope of basic walkthroughs and
> documentation...
>
> I've done some searching but I can't seem to find what I want, and what I
> want is an online exam type app I can use to brush up my knowledge of
> Node.js and drill it into my head by striving to get correct answers after
> reviewing study material. Nothing too complicated like a full on training
> course, though. I know of the Codeschool course and various things like this
> that just teach regular old JavaScript, so I came here hoping that someone
> here would be more likely to know of anything like this (if it exists) for
> Node.js.
>
> So, does such a thing exist yet? If so, where can I find it, and if not,
> would you experienced developers care to make one for us determined newbies?
> :D
>
> Thanks in advance, by the way!
>
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[Declan de Wet]

Quite surprised you responded to this, your efforts have been a great help in my learning haha! It would really nice to have structured quizzes one can complete though. Since my first post here I found an IBM one, but it's more of a "Correct this code then answer this true/false question and then you're finished with the quiz" type thing. Also, I wouldn't really trust IBM quizzes on Node.js after I read a response article to an IBM blog post on the subject... I'm sure you'll know of the one I'm speaking of. So, here's a goal for you devs with free time... structure your knowledge in a quiz! :) It'll be of so much help.

[greelgorke]

you better try some coding kata's :) it's better to get in touch with code instead of answering multiple choice questions :)

how about http://codekata.pragprog.com/ or http://codingdojo.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?KataCatalogue ?

[alessioalex]

Hey,

You should try to search for "JavaScript interview questions" on stackoverflow.com
I'm sure that by responding to those questions you'll get better at JavaScript, which is what Node.js is really about.

Another thing you should definitely check is http://nodetuts.com/ even though it's a bit outdated (you'll be able to adapt the code though).

Last but not least, I would say that the two ebooks from http://www.nodebeginner.org/ are definitely worth it.

If you want more, checkout the following links:

http://stackoverflow.com/tags/node.js/info
https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/_pages