Node.js Ultimate Beginner’s Guide in 7 Easy Steps

Why learn Node.js in 2020? Master the fundamentals of Node in 7 easy steps, then build a fullstack web app and deploy it to a cloud server. Follow along in the full article: fireship.io/courses/javascrip...
1. What is Node?
2. How do you install Node?
3. Hello World
4. Know the Runtime
5. Events
6. File System
7. Modules
8. Build & Deploy
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[@Fireship]

There’s a ton of hype around Deno right now (which is an awesome thing), but be careful jumping on the hottest new trend of the week. If you want to get shit done today, learn Node.

[@dominikotocan1348]

Not only today but at least for another year. People will start using Deno for new projects a bit here and there, but there will still be tons of existing Node projects and jobs, and tons of new Node projects. Most companies are not eager to start using something new, they wan't something that was tested in production countless of times and something they can count on, because their money depends on it. New developers tend to believe that some technology is popular because they see it everywhere on youtube, but that's not always the case. Spring Boot framework for Java can be found in almost every large company, yet it's rare to see tutorials on it and doesn't seem that popular.

[@Fireship]

@@dominikotocan1348 It needs to be 10x better than Node for companies to make an investment to change, right now its only slightly better.

[@davidhusicka8440]

Yes, hype is dangerous when it comes to new technology and the worst thing about new hyped technology is deployment. You cannot deploy deno, actixweb or rocket.rs (which are all amazing technologies) as easily as node. And this is not limited to JavaScript world. The same is with for example Godot engine which has no official support for Google AdSense.

[@dominikotocan1348]

@@Fireship True. But even if it was 10x better than node, companies would still wait a long time before using it. Some of them might start to use it for internal, non-critical projects that won't cause any trouble if they crash. But using new tech to build apps for clients that pay you is a dangerous game. Since deno is new, there is a possibility of it crashing in production with some obscure error that takes days, or even weeks to fix. No one wants to risk that kind of thing, clients are losing money because the app they use to do business is not working and companies are losing money and possibly a client. When both your and your client's business depends on the tech you use, using something that isn't properly tested, used and abused in production is a very bad idea.

[@softwarelivre2389]

@@dominikotocan1348 I believe deno's best use case right now is in simple automation scripts for data analytics, since native fetch and top level await just make things much better, and also because it is very easy to update (just run 'deno upgrade' and you're done) and native typescript support is just neat.

[@MCroppered]

Deno: gets released officially. job posts: need to have 2 years professional deno experience

[@Spinikar]

12+ is more likely.

[@soulninjadev]

ehh its 10 years

[@shivanshpatel4072]

😂😂😂

[@puspamadak]

Lol

[@rageofstate2695]

AT LEAST 2 years, but 5+ years of using Deno for building space-shuttle backends would make you an ideal candidate!

[@abhishekshah11]

"Show off your API to friends and family". I'm sure my mother would be stoked to see my new API :')

[@kushalupreti509]

lmao

[@JaviXT]

show me your API

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Step sister will surely be happy :")

[@69bruh]

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[@brianevans4]

I love how quickly you move through content. It actually makes it bearable to watch. I can't stand the 37 minute videos where most of it is just waiting for the person to type what they've just said

[@LionMister]

yup. we've got controls , we can slow down or pause the video if we need to. following along with the written content makes it even more accessible.

[@cedrics7374]

Not only that, some videos are 1 hour long and basically provide only repetitive content. If you want to show how a mergeMap works, don't show me how you create a new module and routing so you can get on a separate page where you want to do your thing 😞

[@rxtechandtrading]

I hate how quickly he moves through it

[@arsnakehert]

I like to see the KZbin video playback speed controls as an accessibility feature for people with ADHD Lately after realizing I probably have ADHD (but not having gone to a doctor about it yet) I’ve found it to be extremely useful, it’s like I need a certain throughput of information to keep my attention focused on something, and accelerating video really helps me with that

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Yeah, if a video’s gonna be 37 minutes, it better be packed with engaging information. 3 minutes or less of fluff.

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Your style of teaching is most unique. Its like entertaining and informative at the same time..

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Wrote correct "you're" where it wasn't needed.

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I agree :D

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Agreed!

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Ya

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Happy to agree

[@deathysmile]

You are amazing. don't stop with this. One of the few channels that are dense enough in information yet still you don't leave out crucial explanations (or make asaumptions of existing knowledge), and isn't annoyingly slow. Total beginner here and you are catapulting my skills by lightyears right now!!! Keep the pace!! HYYPE!!!!

[@brandymedia]

Love how concise and to the point your videos are. I’ve been developing with node for a few months but reminding myself of the basics with videos like this is so helpful. Thank you. Love the emojis too. 👍🏻

[@ukaszfajger8841]

9:32 'If that's confusing to you, well all I can say is: Welcome to the JavaScript world' 😅 😆 haha exactly

[@pakarpintu4917]

More confusing than Java streets 🤣

[@PatricioHondagneuRoig]

Great video as always. By the way, I'm hiring a Deno developer with at least 5 years of experience.

[@nerdiloo9863]

lol

[@dosomething99]

😂😂

[@denis97romania]

I have 10, am I overqualified and will be instantly ghosted?

[@KAZVorpal]

I've repeatedly gotten calls like that. I've had to say "technology X has only been around for two years, and for the first year it wasn't popular...NOBODY has five years of technology X"

[@filmyguyyt]

Deno is new

[@PossumMedic]

I love how quickly the info is presented! FINALLY tutorials I don't need to speed up! It's great to just get the basics so I can do what I need with them instead of building an entire app to learn a few features.

[@MrMeeseeksPiano]

no need to speed up or understand anything either

[@princeadigwe3764]

@@MrMeeseeksPiano whatt???

[@MrMeeseeksPiano]

@@princeadigwe3764 simple, this video isn't for beginners, in fact, it isn't even a tutorial. It's more like a "curiosities" for people who already have a grasp of the basics.

[@princeadigwe3764]

@@MrMeeseeksPiano plsss, are you conversant with nodejs. Could you point me in direction of resources to learn with. I've been scrolling through youtube and I haven't seen anything tangible *begging emoji here. I'm too lazy to find it*

[@MrMeeseeksPiano]

@@princeadigwe3764 unfortunately I never really got around to node. It had been chosen as the framework for a project initially but got dropped. In any case, node seems to be a framework for javascript anyway, so you can't really skip steps. If you don't know javascript already, maybe you should start by there.

[@parsahosseini4241]

Had forgotten node cause I haven't been coding in it for like a year, and somebody just called me yesterday for a node developer job position. That 16 minutes just refreshed all of it, now I can code in node confidently again. Thanks man👍

[@amitjoshi956]

Best part: "Congratulations! You're now a full-stack Cloud architect" 😆😆🤣🤣

[@huangjason6557]

I've spent some time on coding with node, just to do some simple stuff, and coming back to see video feels like a throwback of my coding problem log, which answer some of my question, much appreciated!

[@hermine4955]

I watched this Video a year ago and it was so helpful. Today I rewatched this video and understood that I didn't understand a single thing back then.

[@owenizedd2830]

Your videos are absolutely stunning! They’re so helpful, you know you explain essential things with very concise explanations, I guess that makes your video shorter than most of other content creator, amazing, keep it up!

[@DevsLikeUs]

Agreed!

[@Beny123]

True . I actually watch them a few times as they are packed with information .

[@hanac5586]

I loved the quick pace, a lot of basic info in a such a short time. This is the first time I didn't have to manually increase the speed. Thanks!!

[@zz3709]

This was great! A nice quick summary of what the various pieces are and a brief understanding of how they fit in, before I delve into the details. Too often tutorials go straight into the details and I'm not yet sure what is needed that for so my brain doesn't know how to store/categorize that.

[@abhiyudaibhakuni4957]

Great video buddy. Amazing job in making Node js seem so simple. Would love more videos like this on Node and full stack development.

[@michaeljfordham]

Another absolutely amazing video - thanks so much for putting in the effort to produce such great content!

[@finlee98]

I've been using python recently and I feel like my knowledge in nodejs is getting a little bit rusty, this is a really good refresher course.

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Man, you're really good with these videos This one is the perfect start point for node

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This is a programmer's beginner guide to Node.js . Perfect! Just what I was looking for.

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[@AiguretDuren]

Good video! I recently played around with Deno and really enjoyed it. I like JavaScript and TypeScript both. One thing I'd really like to see is Node and Deno somehow fuse and take the best from both, provide options for things like native TypeScript, and so on.

[@bernardolibertucio5483]

This is EXTREMELY USEFUL. You explained better than 50 web pages, 5 YT tutorials and ChatGPT together, Thank You! :}

[@pkminime]

Brilliant tutorial, brings together a lot of information in a very understandable way!

[@tryhardingwithraghu]

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[@hotakutsuki]

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[@devindesilva123]

thank you for making these short snippet tutorial I love the content

[@MoeElsadig]

I always find your videos enjoyable, even when it's a topic I already know the topic, cheers

[@codybishop7526]

I just learned (finally) what a callback is. Thank you,

[@rafaelfigfigueiredo2988]

hey thanks for making this video, I really struggled to learn Node.js this quarantine and when I saw this video,real late, I didn't bat a eye. Little did I know this was the one who got me interested in making node apps. You're the best!

[@croowwz]

The way you explain the topic is very beautiful, so my mind needs someone to explain in this fast way

[@SridTech]

Ever wondered that the outro made you feel like you achieved something great. I love the kick in it ❤️👌.

[@Wenpen]

I just started learning node.js Thank god you made something like this

[@xterminator2121]

Great content!! Thank you for sharing, very easy to follow and very informative. Cheers!

[@mariodiogo2596]

Thank you,I'm starting learning Node.Js and your video came on right time

[@Maldogle]

Your so amazing , about few minutes I understand almost nodejs

[@redpie907]

I really love your videos, they helping a lot with just a few amount of information.

[@joshuaevans4301]

I'm watching this to make sure it's good to share with a friend learning Node, and as soon as you mentioned NVM I knew this was fire. It's the only way to install Node as far as I am concerned, but it feels like it's still relatively unknown

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[@rahulkumarlal]

That's one of the best applause I have ever heard. Thanks

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[@nkdreamer3300]

This is my first time enjoying a coding tutorial

[@StEvUgnIn]

These events are a quite interesting concept I saw in many libraries without understanding what they were doing.

[@subhasreem7808]

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[@johnatteo822]

Ok I've been learning Javascript for 1 year now, and the only thing I understood you saying was console.log("Hello World"); anyways great video my friend. Maybe I should just quit while I'm ahead 😔

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[@fieryscorpion]

Great video. Concise, clear and to the point! Thank you!

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[@9403Andres]

That deployment in Gcloud blown my mind 🤯🤯

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Welcome to serverless

[@mauro21523]

Wow, I learnt more in 15 minutes, than 5 years in my University 🙀 congrats 👋👋👋!!!

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So much info in such a short video 🙏🏻

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Really good content! I’ve been looking for something / someone to get me into Node, as I’m coming from a .NET background. Can’t wait to get into MERN. 🤙

[@technosoid2821]

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i learned more in this tutorial (plus chatgpt) than i learned in 4 months at university from a professor.

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[@anmabr8470]

This connected so many dots, thank you !

[@goodev]

Gr8 video! I'd be interested to see a deno intro + deploy with google cloud run. Cheers!

[@user-mo3cw6go7c]

Its amazing, i learn 3 curses of node on udemy and this short video. Make me understand

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concise and clear, thanks!

[@SunilSkanda]

Great. I'd like to see more project-based videos. Like a project that uses one of these stacks: MEVN, or MERN, or MEAN.

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I ❤ your content! thanks for share you knowledge!

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Thank u this video really helped me understand node a lot more

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What a tutorial! Brilliant!

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Thanks for another great video as always! Next video idea, how about your "Day in a life as a programmer" and I'm sure many people want to know how you keep yourself disciplined, efficient and productive

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[@MrJatan90]

awesome explanation, thanks so much mate!

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Oh my god this explains everything so eloquently thank you

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omg .... Before I even finish the video I had the same sentiment haha great to know I can still learn node

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[@mrashad_com]

As always, a great job Thank you

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