Node.js 8 the Right Way

Chapter 2Wrangling the File System

As a programmer, chances are you’ve had to access a filesystem at some point: reading, writing, renaming, and deleting files. We’ll start our Node.js journey in this familiar area, creating useful, asynchronous file utilities. Along the way we’ll explore the following aspects of Node.js development:

Node.js Core

On the architecture front, you’ll see how the event loop shapes a program’s flow. We’ll use Buffers for transporting data between Node.js’s JavaScript engine and its native core, and we’ll use Node.js’s module system to bring in core libraries.

Patterns

Inside our programs, we’ll use common Node.js patterns like callbacks for handling asynchronous events. We’ll harness Node.js’s ...