Node.js for C# Developers

Introduction

• Why Node.js matters and why you should care

1. About Node.js

• History
• Installing Node.js

2. Package Management

• Installing packages
• Publishing packages

3. JavaScript Fundamentals

• Defining prototypes and classes in Node.js
• Using Babel to transpile from ES6 (ES2015)
• Asynchronous programming

4. Building Our First Web API

• Introducing Express
• Mimicking ASP.NET Core with Express

5. Unit Testing

• Installing Jasmine to test Node.js
• Mocking test classes with Jasmine

6. Continuous Integration

• Introducing Gulp
• Adding support for async/await in Babel
• Creating a CI pipeline in Visual Studio Team Services
• Deploying our web app to Azure

Conclusion

• Summary