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Scott Ware

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Jul 21, 2011, 2:36:47 PM7/21/11
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Hello, Node.js community!

I am looking for a good place to start learning about node.js. It seems very cool, and really cutting-edge. Are there any tips/suggestions you would offer to a newbie?

Thank you!

C M

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Jul 21, 2011, 5:07:53 PM7/21/11
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What kind of a development background do you have?  I'd hesitate to make a suggestion without a sense of what you already know.

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C M

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Jul 21, 2011, 5:14:03 PM7/21/11
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http://howtonode.org/
These are some basic resources in the meantime.

Sam Frons

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Jul 21, 2011, 5:28:12 PM7/21/11
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this is a pretty good video where this guy walks you through building this cool geo location app and it's pretty fun. $12 required donation tho.  

Karl Tiedt

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Jul 21, 2011, 5:31:26 PM7/21/11
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Thats called a fee, or cost ;)

There is no such thing as "required tips", "required donations" or
"required gratuities" If you have no choice in the matter then you are
paying for a service, not offering tips, donations etc.

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Sam Frons

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Jul 21, 2011, 5:43:57 PM7/21/11
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oxymoronic semantic joke. i guess it didn't work. 

mscdex

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Jul 21, 2011, 6:34:07 PM7/21/11
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http://nodebeginner.org/
http://nodetuts.com/
http://nodeguide.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo_B4LTHi3I
http://howtonode.org/

Sam Strasser

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Jul 21, 2011, 4:54:23 PM7/21/11
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If you have programming experience, I recommend http://www.nodebeginner.org/, I think it's very approachable for a someone new.

Best of luck

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David Herron

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Jul 21, 2011, 9:14:46 PM7/21/11
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I'm in the final stages of a book with Packt:

http://www.packtpub.com/node-javascript-web-development/book

It's explicitly targeted at "where to start" ... I'm probably the
wrong person to tell you that it's a good book ;-)

+ David Herron
http://davidherron.com/

Scott Ware

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Jul 21, 2011, 9:29:19 PM7/21/11
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Thanks for all the replies! My programming background includes Perl & TCL which I'm very comfortable with. PHP I worked a lot with a few years ago...but haven't really touched it since. As well as some JavaScript...but still on the novice to beginner level on that. Maybe advanced beginner if I'd have to clarify.

As far as what I want to develop...I haven't really thought of that too much. Just want to start learning and creating things as I go that will help. Blogs, simple web-apps, probably, as I get more familiar with the language.

Thanks again for all the tips! I'll be sure to check them out!

ekryski

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Jul 22, 2011, 12:49:45 AM7/22/11
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All are very good resources but I'm also surprised no one added
http://nodetuts.com/

alessio_alex

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Jul 22, 2011, 3:35:31 AM7/22/11
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This is easy.

I suggest with the video tutorials on:

http://nodetuts.com

Some code might be old in some episodes, but I've rewritten it to work
properly. Check out here: https://github.com/alessioalex/Nodetuts

Also, there are 2 excellent ebooks that are a MUST: http://nodebeginner.org/

If you follow the videos and make the examples from these 2 books, you
are good to go 100% !

Scott Ware

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Jul 22, 2011, 10:16:09 AM7/22/11
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Thanks, Alex!!

Branko Vukelic

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Jul 22, 2011, 3:41:14 AM7/22/11
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On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:49 AM, ekryski <e.kr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> All are very good resources but I'm also surprised no one added
> http://nodetuts.com/

It was mentioned. ;) Pedro's tuts (nodetuts.com) are really good. I
recommend them as well. Also, there are introductory screencasts on
expressjs.com[1]. Depending on OP's JavaScript experience, the 6-part
Crockford on JavaScript series are highly recommended.[2] I also
recommend reading JavaScript patterns by Stoyan Stevanov[3] as the
ultimate best-practices resource for JavaScript.

[1] http://expressjs.com/screencasts.html
[2] There are 5 parts:
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/video.php?v=crockonjs-1
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/video.php?v=crockonjs-2
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/video.php?v=crockonjs-3
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/video.php?v=crockonjs-4
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/video.php?v=crockonjs-5
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/video.php?v=crockford-loopage
[3] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596806767

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