This book shows how to implement a series of best practices and design patterns to help create efficient and robust Node.js applications. Authors Mario Casciaro and Luciano Mammino kick off by exploring the basics of Node.js, analyzing its asynchronous event driven architecture and its fundamental design patterns. They then show how to build asynchronous control flow patterns with callbacks, promises and async/await.

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Other topics covered include Node.js streams, and more advanced concepts such as Universal JavaScript, scalability and messaging patterns for building enterprise-grade distributed applications. This new edition adds fresh case studies and the latest Node.js developments: newer APIs and libraries, ESM improvements, practical security and production tips, and guidance on using Node.js with TypeScript. It also introduces a new chapter on testing. 

Authors: Mario Casciaro and Luciano Mammino
Publisher: Packt
Date: September 2025
Pages: 732
ISBN: 978-1803238944
Print: 1803238941
Kindle: B0F4WXGHJX
Audience: Node.js developers
Level: Intermediate
Category: JavaScript

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