node-modules
This package contains the some popular modules that are built-in to Node.js for newbies to learn from.
Modules
- util: Utilities for inspecting and formatting objects
- events: Event emitter
- path: Path utilities
- fs: File system utilities
- http: HTTP server and client
- net: TCP and UDP networking
- os: Operating system utilities
- crypto: Cryptographic utilities
- stream: Stream utilities
- child_process: Child process utilities
- cluster: Cluster utilities
- readline: Readline utilities
Note: In this modules, only popular usage of each module is included. For more information, please refer to the official documentation.
Note 2: Also there are more modules that are built-in to Node.js (like zlib for compression), but they are not included in this package. We will just discuss most popular modules.
Contributing
Feel free to open an issue or pull request if you find any errors or have any suggestions.
Suggestions
- Learn very well (events, path, fs, stream) before you move to other modules. These modules almost used in every Node.js project. For other modules, you can learn them as you need.
- Advanced Topics for General:
- ESModules vs CommonJS
- Node.js Event Loop
- Node.js Worker Threads
- If you interested in REST API, here are some advanced topics:
- What is the difference between Monolilith and Microservices?
- What is the difference between REST and GraphQL?
- What is the difference between JWT and OAuth?
- If you interested in Socket, here are some advanced topics:
- What is the difference between Socket.io and WebSocket?
- What is the difference between TCP and UDP?
- What is the difference between HTTP and HTTPS?
- If you interested in command-line applications
- If you interested in operating system, my personal suggestion is don't use NodeJS, try low-level compiled languages like C, C++, Rust, Go, etc. NodeJS is not suitable for operating system development. You can use it but you will have to deal with some performance issues.
Main suggestion is don't listen NodeJS fans, they will tell you NodeJS is the best on every topic. Research every benchmarks. Also don't listen any other language fans, they will tell you their language is the best on every topic. Choose the best language for your project.