ManuelKiessling

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   by ManuelKiessling 15y ago

   Did you see that it's just code to demonstrate blocking, i.e., to demonstrate how to NOT do it?
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   by ManuelKiessling 15y ago

   You're right, but I suck at CSS - any hints?
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   by ManuelKiessling 15y ago

   All cool, didn't sound the wrong way at all! I think "Hands-on Node.js" by Pedro Teixeira is the perfect "next read" when you're finished with NodeBeginner. Pedro and I have bundled our eBooks at Leanbundle.com, maybe that's interesting for
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   by ManuelKiessling 15y ago

   Hi, I'm the author. I would like to add much more relevant content to the book, but I need to be realistic about how much time I can spare for this currently. We will see how it works out.
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   The Node Beginner Book, an introduction to Node.js, is now complete(nodebeginner.org)

   314 points by ManuelKiessling 15y ago|25 comments
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   by ManuelKiessling 16y ago

   Great, I'll give it a try! Thanks so much!
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   by ManuelKiessling 16y ago

   For your consideration: I've just added the chapter on how to integrate request handlers into the router: http://nodebeginner.org/#routing-to-real-request-handlers
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   by ManuelKiessling 16y ago

   Thanks, I'll give it a try!
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   by ManuelKiessling 16y ago

   Yeah, I hate that too. The only thing even more evil are sites that present you a tiny font on mobile devices AND don't allow you to zoom. But saying this, I have to admit while http://nodebeginner.org can be zoomed on the iPhone, the fon
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    by ManuelKiessling 16y ago

    I'll get back to you when it's pay day ;-)
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    by ManuelKiessling 16y ago

    I too still don't understand 100% what's going on behind the scenes of node/V8 regarding threading/parallelism, but this post here helped me a lot to understand it from a bird's eye perspective: http://debuggable.com/posts/understanding-no
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    by ManuelKiessling 16y ago

    Hi d0m, that's a very valid point, I will work on that soon!
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    by ManuelKiessling 16y ago

    Hi, 6 weeks should be doable, I started the site last friday :-)
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    by ManuelKiessling 16y ago

    Hi thenduks, thanks for this one! I changed the CSS as you suggested and updated the site, it's now scroll-bar free down to 1000px.
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    by ManuelKiessling 16y ago

    Hi yardie, I agree, which is why I only very briefly bring up the Hello World stuff (it's a tradition after all :-)), and then state "Ok, this stuff is boring, right? Let's write some real stuff." And the rest of the tutorial is about build
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    by ManuelKiessling 16y ago

    Hi Ryan, The Node Beginner Book is still work in progress, it's currently about 35% done. So, there is more to come, but bringing people from introduction to mastery is a completely different story of course. We will see how things develop
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    by ManuelKiessling 16y ago

    Hi all, I'm the author of The Node Beginner Book. Thanks for discussing it here. Your input is a great help. I see the points WA makes regarding the bad things. It's true that it's yet another Node tutorial chewing around on the web server