Node University

Node University podcast is a series of short lectures which you can listen anywhere and learn topics which will increase your productivity and understanding of software development with Node.js, full stack JavaScript and React.js.

Node University Short Lectures and its creator Azat Mardan tells you about advantages of using Node.js and why its such an absolutely, positively, amazingly awesome technology.

Non-blocking I/O, which is one of the best things of Node, is finally explained in a simple and short form to demystify why non-blocking I/O is good and how it works.

Understand what is LTS and what Node version to use such as 4, 6, 8, 10 or maybe 7, 9. as well as learn Node code names.

Learn the main differences between browser JavaScript and Node.js.

Learn three ways to execute Node.js code while, I bet, most Node developers are not even aware of the two of these methods.

Learn about Node.js modules with require and module.exports, module patterns and what require can import besides just JavaScript files.

Learn about the main core Node.js modules such as fs, path, http, http2, crypto and cluster.

Learn about Node.js package manager, registry and the command-line tool used for back-end and front-end JavaScript development.

Learn the main npm commands and its options.

Learn about the package.json file and how this is the most important file for all Node.js projects, as well as open source Node and browser JavaScript modules.

Learn how npm determines the project root and thus where to install Node.js modules.

Learn how to debug Node.js code.

Learn about the best code editors for Node.js and JavaScript: VS Code and Atom and about their differences.

Learn about more efficient workflow with the main Node.js code reloaders and their differences.

Learn about networking in Node with net, http, https and http2.

Learn why Node developers almost never use core http module for web apps but rely on frameworks such as Express instead.

Contrasting four top Node.js frameworks Koa, Hapi, Loopback and Express to give you their main benefits and disadvantages.

Learn how to implement CRUD in REST API, how HTTP request is structured and why you need an ID in the URL.

Learn about differences between PUT vs POST vs PATCH and why most of developers implement PUT wrong and how to make it right according to the standard.

Learn what is OAuth and what is the difference between 2-legged and 3-legged OAuth.

Learn about differences between five OAuth 2 grant types and when to use what: grant_type=authorization_code vs. grant_type=password vs. grant_type=client_credentials vs. grant_type=refresh_token vs. response_type=token.

Learn how to avoid error "Not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin", enable CORS and what is JSONP.

Learn about benefits of GraphQL over RESTful API and why GraphQL will kill REST API just like REST killed SOAP 10 years ago.

Learn what you need to do to implement a GraphQL API in Node.

Learn why serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS) is so popular, what benefits it has over traditional cloud platforms and what are some serverless services which will allow you to get started with developing your own serverless architecture for free.

Learn what are microservices in the most simple and easy way. Understands the benefits of microservices and the drawbacks and some negative aspects of using microservices.

Learn about benefits of using container technologies and why they are better idea than just having virtual machines or no virtualization at all.

Learn about the differences between four main categories of cloud computing: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) vs Platform as a Service (PaaS) vs Backend as a Service (BaaS) vs Functions as a Service (FaaS).

Learn about different web protocols for services REST vs SOAP vs RPC vs GraphQL vs CQRS.

Learn about the differences between ES6 (ES2015) module import statement, Node's require(), Node's ESM support and the new dynamic import() method.

"this" is a common interview question and a very common source of bugs. Learn the purpose of "this" and understand how to avoid common mistakes.

Learn about three ways to create functions in Node.js and their differences: named, anonymous and fat arrow functions.

Learn about dependency management with three npm and Node.js files and why one of them is better: shrinkwrap.json vs. package-lock.json vs. package.json in Node and npm.

Are programmers born or self-made? Learn the truth and why you might want to think one versus the other depending on your situation and career to help yourself and be more successful.

Learn about events (observer pattern) in Node and why NO new styles can compare, i.e., promises or generators or async function would never do what events can do for Node coding.

Learn the difference between Callbacks vs. Promises vs. Generators vs. Async Functions in Node and JavaScript and why what I recommend for Node developers.

Learn my recommendations and the differences between the best Node editors: Atom, VS Code and Webstorm.

Learn about the differences between Const vs. Let vs. Var in Node.js and JavaScript and why use one over the others.

Learn about important differences between categories of software, technology and IT professionals.

Learn about the main Node.js use cases.

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