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The document provides comprehensive notes on Node.js, covering its definition, purpose, and how it works, including its core modules and asynchronous programming patterns. It also includes sections on setting up the environment, working with databases, user authentication, API development, testing, deployment, and advanced topics like performance optimization and scalability. Additionally, it discusses the Node.js ecosystem and theoretical knowledge related to software architecture.

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The document provides comprehensive notes on Node.js, covering its definition, purpose, and how it works, including its core modules and asynchronous programming patterns. It also includes sections on setting up the environment, working with databases, user authentication, API development, testing, deployment, and advanced topics like performance optimization and scalability. Additionally, it discusses the Node.js ecosystem and theoretical knowledge related to software architecture.

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Node.

js Notes
🔹 I. Introduction to Node.js
1. What is Node.js?
 Definition & Purpose
 Node.js vs Browser JavaScript
 Why use Node.js? (Non-blocking I/O, Event-driven)
 Use Cases: APIs, Microservices, Real-time apps
2. How Node.js Works
 Single-threaded Event Loop
 Call Stack, Callback Queue, Event Loop Phases
 Non-blocking I/O with Libuv
 V8 Engine

🔹 II. Setting Up
3. Environment Setup
 Installing Node.js & npm
 Version Management (nvm)
 Creating first Node.js file
 REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop)

🔹 III. Core Modules


4. Node.js Core Modules
 fs (File System)
 http & https
 path
 url
 os
 events
 stream
 crypto
 buffer
 zlib
 dns
 child_process
 timers
 assert
 util

🔹 IV. Modules and Package Management


5. Modules
 CommonJS vs ES Modules
 require and import
 Exports & Imports
 Module Caching
 Third-party modules
6. npm (Node Package Manager)
 package.json and package-lock.json
 Installing, updating, uninstalling packages
 Global vs Local packages
 Semantic Versioning
 Creating and publishing your own packages

🔹 V. File System (fs) Module


7. Working with Files
 Reading & Writing Files (Sync & Async)
 Creating, Renaming, Deleting Files
 Directories
 Streams with FS
 File Descriptors
 Buffer Basics

🔹 VI. Events and EventEmitter


8. Events
 EventEmitter class
 on, emit, once, off
 Custom Events
 Inheriting EventEmitter

🔹 VII. Streams
9. Working with Streams
 Types of Streams: Readable, Writable, Duplex, Transform
 Piping streams
 Stream vs Buffer
 Backpressure
 Real-time use cases (video/audio streaming)

🔹 VIII. HTTP Server & Networking


10. Building Servers
 Creating HTTP/HTTPS Server
 Routing basics
 Handling requests & responses
 MIME types
 Status codes
 Custom headers
 Parsing POST data
11. Advanced HTTP
 Redirects
 Compression (gzip)
 Security headers
 Cookie handling
 Streaming large responses

🔹 IX. Asynchronous Programming in Node


12. Asynchronous Patterns
 Callbacks
 Promises
 Async/Await
 Error Handling
 Callback Hell
 Event Loop Deep Dive

🔹 X. Express.js (Node Framework)


13. Express Basics
 Setting up server
 Routing
 Middleware
 Request/Response Objects
14. Advanced Express
 Error Handling
 Logging
 Static files
 Templating engines (EJS, Pug)
 RESTful API Design
 CRUD Operations

🔹 XI. Working with Databases


15. Database Integration
 MongoDB with Mongoose
 MySQL / PostgreSQL with mysql2, pg
 SQLite
 Connecting & Querying
 ORMs (Sequelize, Prisma)

🔹 XII. Authentication and Security


16. User Authentication
 Sessions vs JWT
 Passport.js
 OAuth Basics
 Securing Routes
17. Security Practices
 HTTPS & SSL
 Helmet.js
 Input Validation & Sanitization
 CORS
 Rate Limiting
 Preventing XSS, CSRF, SQL Injection

🔹 XIII. API Development & Best Practices


18. REST API Design
 Status codes
 Pagination
 Filtering, Sorting
 API Versioning
 Throttling
19. GraphQL with Node.js
 Setting up Apollo Server
 Queries & Mutations
 Resolvers

🔹 XIV. Testing in Node.js


20. Testing Frameworks
 Mocha
 Chai
 Jest
 Supertest (for HTTP endpoints)
 Sinon (mocks, spies, stubs)
21. Testing Concepts
 Unit Testing
 Integration Testing
 E2E Testing
 Code Coverage

🔹 XV. Deployment & DevOps


22. Environment Management
 .env files
 dotenv package
 Config per environment (dev, prod)
23. Process Management
 pm2
 Logs & Monitoring
 Clustering & Load Balancing
24. Deployment Options
 Cloud Providers: Vercel, Render, DigitalOcean, Heroku, AWS EC2
 Docker with Node
 CI/CD Basics

🔹 XVI. Node.js Architecture & Internals


25. Behind the Scenes
 Call Stack
 Callback Queue & Task Queue
 Microtasks vs Macrotasks
 Libuv internals
 C++ bindings
 Garbage Collection

🔹 XVII. Advanced Node.js


26. Performance Optimization
 Memory leaks
 Profiling & Debugging
 V8 optimizations
 process.memoryUsage()
 Caching
27. Workers & Threads
 Worker Threads API
 Use cases vs clustering
28. Native Add-ons
 Writing Node modules in C++
🔹 XVIII. Node.js Ecosystem
29. Popular Tools & Libraries
 Nodemon
 Winston (logging)
 Morgan (HTTP logging)
 Joi / Zod (validation)
 Multer (file uploads)
 Bcrypt / Argon2 (hashing)

🔹 XIX. Theoretical Knowledge


30. Software Architecture in Node
 MVC Pattern
 Clean Architecture
 Monolith vs Microservices
 REST vs GraphQL
 API Gateway concepts
31. Scalability
 Load balancing
 Statelessness
 Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling
 Rate Limiting & Throttling

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