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Node Cookbook

You're reading from   Node Cookbook Discover solutions, techniques, and best practices for server-side web development with Node.js 14

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838558758
Length 512 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Preface 1. Chapter 1: Introducing Node.js 14 2. Chapter 2: Handling I/O FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Streams, Streams, Streams 4. Chapter 4: Using Web Protocols 5. Chapter 5: Developing Node.js modules 6. Chapter 6: Exploring Node.js web Frameworks 7. Chapter 7: Working with Databases 8. Chapter 8: Testing with Node.js 9. Chapter 9: Securing Node.js Applications 10. Chapter 10: Performance Optimization 11. Chapter 11: Deploying Node.js Microservices 12. Chapter 12: Debugging Node.js 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 5: Developing Node.js modules

One of the main attractions to Node.js is the massive ecosystem of external third-party libraries. Node.js modules are libraries or a set of functions you want to include in your application. Most modules will provide an API to expose their functionality. The npm registry is where most Node.js modules are stored, where there are over a million Node.js modules available.

This chapter will first cover how to consume existing Node.js modules from the npm registry for use within your applications using the npm command-line interface.

Later in this chapter, you'll learn how to develop and publish your own Node.js module to the npm registry. There will also be an introduction to using the newer ECMAScript modules syntax, that is available in newer versions of Node.js.

This chapter will cover the following recipes:

  • Consuming Node.js modules
  • Setting up your own module
  • Implementing your module
  • Preparing and publishing your...
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