JavaScript: Node.js Course (April 12-13 at Hackbright Academy)

Get introduced to Node.js and understand its core strengths.

This Hackbright Academy course is for professional developers to gain an understanding of how to work effectively with Node.js.

Key Course Takeaways:

• Node.js installation and development environment
• When to use Node.js
• Why Node.js offers benefits compared with other approaches
• Writing Node.js HTTP servers and clients
• Node.js streams
• Node.js package manager (NPM)
• Express (routing, middleware, etc.)
• Deploying Node.js for production
• Testing in Node.js
• Error handling
• Programming patterns
• Using Socket.io

Instructor: Tom Croucher is an experienced developer and architect and has been building web sites for over a decade. Tom has contributed to projects for companies and organisations like Change.org, Yahoo!, NASA, Walmart, Comcast, MySpace to name a few. Tom worked at Joyent on the Node.js team, and is the co-author of the O'Reilly book "Up and Running with Node.js". He is currently a software engineer at Uber.

Schedule: Program runs 10am to 6pm on Saturday and Sunday, including an hour break for lunch.

Prerequisites: One year programming experience, software engineering fellowship, or equivalent.

Employee Sponsorship: In the past, employers have sponsored their employees to take Hackbright Academy courses. Dedicating time outside of the office is an effective way to skill up. Ask us for a template letter to send to your manager if you'd like to request employer sponsorship.

Need Financial Assistance? We offer scholarships on a need basis. To apply for a scholarship, please fill out the form here.

Have Questions? Email your questions to Angie at a@hackbrightacademy.com