The node craftsman book : An advanced nodejs tutorial

Preface
        About
        Status
        Notes on code formatting
        Intended audience

Part 1: Node.js basics in detail

    Introduction to Part 1
    Working with NPM and Packages
    Test-Driven Node.js Development
    Object-oriented JavaScript
        Blueprints versus finger-pointing
        A classless society
        Creating objects
        Object-orientation, prototyping, and inheritance
        A classless society, revisited
        Summary
    Synchronous and Asynchronous operations explained
        Visualizing the Node.js execution model
        Blocking and non-blocking operations
    Using and creating Event Emitters
        Introduction
        Creating your own Event Emitter object
        Summary
    Optimizing code performance and control flow management using the async library
        Executing expensive asynchronous background tasks in parallel
        Optimizing code structure with async
    Node.js and MySQL
        Using the node-mysql library
        A first database application
        Using node-mysql’s Streaming API
        Making SQL queries secure against attacks
        Summary
    Node.js and MongoDB
        Some MongoDB basics
        Applying CRUD operations with the low-level mongodb driver
        Retrieving specific documents using filters
        More complex update operations
        Working with indexes
        Querying collections efficiently
        Summary

Part 2: Building a complete web application with Node.js and AngularJS

    Introduction
        The requirements from a user’s perspective
        High level architecture overview
        Setting up the development environment
    Milestone 1: A first passing test against the server
    Milestone 2: The API responds with actual database content
        Abstracting database access
        Ensuring a clean slate for test runs
        Completing the first spec
    Milestone 3: Setting the stage for a continuous delivery workflow
        Introducing automatic database migrations
    Milestone 4: Giving users a frontend
        Setting up frontend dependencies through bower
        Serving the frontend through the backend server
        Adding the frontend code
        Adding AngularJS view templates
    Milestone 5: More work on the backend
        Adding a route for retrieving categories
        Making the backend recognize different environments
    Milestone 6: Completing the backend and finalizing the application
        Creating the route for adding new keywords
        Creating the route for updating keywords
        Creating the route for deleting keywords
    Summary
    Epilogue