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# Node.js Nights Course



This repository contains resources from STRV Node.js Nights course. Here is the list of covered topics:



[1. JavaScript](./01-javascript)  

[2. Node.js introduction](./02-node-js)  

[3. NPM, TCP & HTTP servers, REST API](./03-npm-servers-rest)  

[4. Koa](./04-koa)  

[5. Errors, validation, Docker](./05-errors-validation-docker)  

[6. PG client, sequelize ORM](./06-docker-pg-sequelize)  

[7. Password hashing, tests, tests coverage](./07-bcrypt-tests-coverage)  

[8. Deployment](./08-deployment)  

[9. Workers](./09-workers)  



## Links:

[Slides from lectures](https://docs.google.com/a/strv.com/presentation/d/1JlkZUztqhOxXxhyypeoJQ_Ufz6kQ3oY4xy0oTcahczA/edit?usp=sharing)  

[Project repository](https://github.com/strvcom/nodejs-nights-project)  



## List of packages:



### REST API



| Library | Desciption |

|:--------|:-----------|

| [koa][npm-koa] | Main framework for building REST APIs. |

| [koa-body][npm-koa-body] | Koa middleware for parsing request bodies. |

| [kcors][npm-kcors] | Koa middleware which allows setup of access control headers. |

| [koa-compose][npm-koa-compose] | Koa helper to compose multiple middleware functions into one. |

| [koa-router][npm-koa-router] | Koa package for REST API routes definition.

| [koa-static2][npm-koa-static2] | Package for static files serving. |

| [koa-compress][npm-koa-compress] | Koa package for request/response compression. |

| [express][npm-express] | Koa framework alternative. |

| [hapi][npm-hapi] | Koa framework alternative. |



[npm-express]: https://npmjs.com/package/express

[npm-hapi]: https://npmjs.com/package/hapi

[npm-kcors]: https://npmjs.com/package/kcors

[npm-koa-body]: https://npmjs.com/package/koa-body

[npm-koa-compose]: https://npmjs.com/package/koa-compose

[npm-koa-compress]: https://npmjs.com/package/koa-compress

[npm-koa-router]: https://npmjs.com/package/koa-router

[npm-koa-static2]: https://npmjs.com/package/koa-static2

[npm-koa]: https://npmjs.com/package/koa



### Data validation



| Library | Desciption |

|:--------|:-----------|

| [joi][npm-joi] | Popular validation library. |

| [ajv][npm-ajv] | Claimed to be the fastest validation library, uses JSON schema. |

| [jsonschema][npm-jsonschema] | Another validation library which uses JSON schema. |



[npm-ajv]: https://npmjs.com/package/ajv

[npm-joi]: https://npmjs.com/package/joi

[npm-jsonschema]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsonschema



### Logging



| Library | Desciption |

|:--------|:-----------|

| [bunyan][npm-bunyan] | Very popular logging library, it allows sending logs to multiple output streams. |

| [pino][npm-pino] | Logging library with the same API as bunyan. It is claimed to be much faster than other logging libraries. |



[npm-bunyan]: https://npmjs.com/package/bunyan

[npm-pino]: https://npmjs.com/package/pino



### Authorization & hashing



| Library | Desciption |

|:--------|:-----------|

| [jsonwebtoken][npm-jsonwebtoken] | Library generating JSON web tokens. |

| [bcrypt][npm-bcrypt] | Most popular library for password hahing. |



[npm-bcrypt]: https://npmjs.com/package/bcrypt

[npm-jsonwebtoken]: https://npmjs.com/package/jsonwebtoken



### Databases



| Library | Desciption |

|:--------|:-----------|

| [pg][npm-pg] | Client for the Postgres database. |

| [pg-promise][npm-pg-promise] | `pg` package wrapper adding Promise interface. |

| [sequelize][npm-sequelize] | Very popular ORM for Postgres, MySql and other SQL databases. |

| [objection][npm-objection] | Alternative to `sequelize` package. |

| [mongodb][npm-mongodb] | Official Node.js client for MongoDB. |

| [mongoose][npm-mongoose] | MongoDB ORM library. |



[npm-mongodb]: https://npmjs.com/package/mongodb

[npm-mongoose]: https://npmjs.com/package/mongoose

[npm-objection]: https://npmjs.com/package/objection

[npm-pg-promise]: https://npmjs.com/package/pg-promise

[npm-pg]: https://npmjs.com/package/pg

[npm-sequelize]: https://npmjs.com/package/sequelize



### Tests



| Library | Desciption |

|:--------|:-----------|

| [mocha][npm-mocha] | Favorite test runner. |

| [mocha-http-detect][npm-mocha-http-detect] | Mocha addon to detect whether tests are sending request to external systems. |

| [chai][npm-chai] | Probably the most favorite assertion library (use expect syntax). |

| [dirty-chai][npm-dirty-chai] | Library which converts chai property access assertions to method calls. |

| [chai-as-promised][npm-chai-as-promised] | Chai addon adding Promise assertions. |

| [chai-shallow-deep-equal][npm-chai-shallow-deep-equal] | Chai addon adding assertion for shalow comparison of two objects keys and values. |

| [tape][npm-tape] | Another tests runner, mocha alternative. |

| [jest][npm-jest] | Tests runner from Facebook, very popular on frontend but it can be used on backend too. |

| [ava][npm-ava] | Another tests runner, mocha alternative. |

| [sinon][npm-sinon] | Popular mocking library. |

| [sinon-chai][npm-sinon-chai] | Chai addon adding assertions on sinon stubs and mocks. |

| [supertest-koa-agent][npm-supertest-koa-agent] | Package that can start Koa app instance and send requests to it. |

| [chance][npm-chance] | Package for fake data generating. |

| [faker][npm-faker] | Package for fake data generating. |



[npm-ava]: https://npmjs.com/package/ava

[npm-chai-as-promised]: https://npmjs.com/package/chai-as-promised

[npm-chai-shallow-deep-equal]: https://npmjs.com/package/chai-shallow-deep-equal

[npm-chai]: https://npmjs.com/package/chai

[npm-chance]: https://npmjs.com/package/chance

[npm-dirty-chai]: https://npmjs.com/package/dirty-chai

[npm-faker]: https://npmjs.com/package/faker

[npm-jest]: https://npmjs.com/package/jest

[npm-mocha-http-detect]: https://npmjs.com/package/mocha-http-detect

[npm-mocha]: https://npmjs.com/package/mocha

[npm-sinon-chai]: https://npmjs.com/package/sinon-chai

[npm-sinon]: https://npmjs.com/package/sinon

[npm-supertest-koa-agent]: https://npmjs.com/package/supertest-koa-agent

[npm-tape]: https://npmjs.com/package/tape



### Tests coverage



| Library | Desciption |

|:--------|:-----------|

| [istanbul][npm-istanbul] | Tests coverage generator. |

| [nyc][npm-nyc] | Istanbul's wrapper. |



[npm-istanbul]: https://npmjs.com/package/istanbul

[npm-nyc]: https://npmjs.com/package/nyc



### Server monitoring



| Library | Desciption |

|:--------|:-----------|

| [newrelic][npm-newrelic] | Nice easy-to-use package for server monitoring. |



[npm-newrelic]: https://npmjs.com/package/newrelic



### Queues



| Library | Desciption |

|:--------|:-----------|

| [bull][npm-bull] | Easy-to-use package for queues (uses Redis). |

| [amqplib][npm-amqplib] | RabbitMQ queue client. |



[npm-amqplib]: https://npmjs.com/package/amqplib

[npm-bull]: https://npmjs.com/package/bull



### Image resizing



| Library | Desciption |

|:--------|:-----------|

| [sharp][npm-sharp] | Nice package for image resizing. |



[npm-sharp]: https://npmjs.com/package/sharp



### Sending emails



| Library | Desciption |

|:--------|:-----------|

| [nodemailer][npm-nodemailer] | Supports all kinds of email providers. |

| [sendgrid-mailer][npm-sendgrid-mailer] | Sendgrid client, wrapper of the `sendgrid` package. |



[npm-nodemailer]: https://npmjs.com/package/nodemailer

[npm-sendgrid-mailer]: https://npmjs.com/package/sendgrid-mailer



### Payments



| Library | Desciption |

|:--------|:-----------|

| [stripe][npm-stripe] | Stripe payment system client. |

| [braintree][npm-braintree] | Braintree payment system client. |

| [iap][npm-iap] | In-app purchases validation. |



[npm-braintree]: https://npmjs.com/package/braintree

[npm-iap]: https://npmjs.com/package/iap

[npm-stripe]: https://npmjs.com/package/stripe



### Other



| Library | Desciption |

|:--------|:-----------|

| [uuid][npm-uuid] | Unique identifier generator. |

| [lodash][npm-lodash] | Package with all kinds of utilities on JavaScript objects and collections. |

| [request][npm-request] | Allows sending HTTP requests. |

| [request-promise][npm-request-promise] | Wrapper of the `request` package adding Promise interface. |

| [twilio][npm-twilio] | Twilio client, allows sending SMS. |

| [bluebird][npm-bluebird] | Promise implementation. Requires less memory than native Promise, adds bunch of useful methods. |

| [xml2js][npm-xml2js] | Package for generating and parsing XML data (if you really have to). |

| [cheerio][npm-cheerio] | Package for web scraping. |

| [dotenv][npm-dotenv] | Package allowing loading configuration of process.env variables from `.env` file. |

| [moment][npm-moment] | Date manipulation. |

| [nodestream][npm-nodestream] | File uploads/downloads. |

| [randomstring][npm-randomstring] | Random string generator. |

| [shortid][npm-shortid] | Short ID generator. |

| [async][npm-async] | Async control flow (run functions is parallel, series, iterations, simple workers etc.). |



[npm-async]: https://npmjs.com/package/async

[npm-bluebird]: https://npmjs.com/package/bluebird

[npm-cheerio]: https://npmjs.com/package/cheerio

[npm-dotenv]: https://npmjs.com/package/dotenv

[npm-lodash]: https://npmjs.com/package/lodash

[npm-moment]: https://npmjs.com/package/moment

[npm-nodestream]: https://npmjs.com/package/nodestream

[npm-randomstring]: https://npmjs.com/package/randomstring

[npm-request-promise]: https://npmjs.com/package/request-promise

[npm-request]: https://npmjs.com/package/request

[npm-shortid]: https://npmjs.com/package/shortid

[npm-twilio]: https://npmjs.com/package/twilio

[npm-uuid]: https://npmjs.com/package/uuid

[npm-xml2js]: https://npmjs.com/package/xml2js



## Other resources:

- [Node school](https://nodeschool.io/)

- [GraphQL](http://graphql.org/learn/)

- [Apollo stack](https://www.apollodata.com/)

- [Docker](http://docker.com/)

- [Node news](http://nodeweekly.com/)