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Node.js based development stack

There are 3 key things for the modern Javascript development stack that based around Node.js: Package Manager, Task Runner and Module Bundler.

Package Manager

• npm (nested dependency tree) package.json
• bower (flat dependency tree) bower.json
• yarn

Task Runner

• grunt (Gruntfile.js or gruntfile.js - case doesn't matter)
• gulp
• webpack

Module Bundler

• webpack
• rollup
• (and the rest) SystemJS, RequireJS, Browserify

REF:

• https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/modern-javascript-explained-for-dinosaurs-f695e9747b70
• https://www.infoq.com/articles/state-of-javascript-2016/
• https://hackernoon.com/how-it-feels-to-learn-javascript-in-2016-d3a717dd577f
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35062852/npm-vs-bower-vs-browserify-vs-gulp-vs-grunt-vs-webpack
• https://github.com/grab/front-end-guide
• https://www.reactiflux.com/learning/

Getting started

• Install Node.js using NVM. This should usually install NPM package management tooling as part of the Node.js development stack distribution. So, make sure, you have node and npm commands available in your shell.

Hello from server-side javascript!

pushd 00-hello
node hello.js
node server.js
(CTRL+C)
popd

Reading:

• https://www.nodebeginner.org
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2353818/how-do-i-get-started-with-node-js