Granted, Hands-on Node.js costs $6 versus Beginner's free. But in my opinion it's worth it. And a sizable portion of Hands-on Node.js is free in a sample download which I what I started with before deciding to buy it.
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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 you: http://leanbundle.com/bundles/node
I actually bought the bundle! :) great work! PDFs and ePub looks great on my nook color.
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#23I read this book and the Hands-on Node.js book by Pedro Teixeira of NodeTuts. I have to say, while The Node Beginner Books is a tremendous effort that deserves congratulations, I did learn more from buying Hands-on Node.js for those interested. Granted, Hands-on Node.js costs $6 versus Beginner's free. But in my opinion it's worth it. And a sizable portion of Hands-on Node.js is free in a sample download which I what…
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#25Color me interested. I only did a super short-and-quick scan, but it looked nice for newbs trying to get up to speed. My #1 hurdle to adopting server-side Javascript is the terrible, utterly lacking documentation for anything CommonJS related. If you've got any kind of reference for that stuff, then triple bonus points!
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#28function sleep(milliSeconds) { var startTime = new Date().getTime(); while (new Date().getTime() Someone likes feeding the garbage collector.
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#29Sure it's just sample code, but I spilled my coffee when I saw this: function sleep(milliSeconds) { var startTime = new Date().getTime(); while (new Date().getTime() Someone likes feeding the garbage collector.