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<title>AzureReadiness: Node Camp</title>

Node Camp

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Suggested agenda for a one day Node Camp

Session	Time (min)	Activity
Introduction to Node.js	60	Presentation (PPTX | HTML)
		Demos (Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Code)
Introduction to Express Framework	60	Presentation (PPTX | HTML)
		Demos (Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Code)
Building the Backend	60	Presentation (PPTX | HTML)
		Demos (Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Code)
Creating the User Interface	60	Presentation (PPTX | HTML)
		Demos (Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Code)
Connecting the Frontend to the Backend	60	Presentation (PPTX | HTML)
		Demos (Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Code)
Provisioning, Deploying and Debugging on Azure	60	Presentation (PPTX | HTML)
		Demos (Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Code)

Full presentation list

Session	Description
Introduction to Node.js	This session shows how to create our first Node.js app as well as a basic HTTP and TCP server. It also demonstrates how to read a file asynchronously. Finally, it shows the use of Node Package Manager.
Introduction to Express Framework	This session will overview the Express framework. It walks us through the creation of a basic REST API. Moreover, it shows us how to add new routes to our application.
Building the Backend	This session introduces the use of the Socket.IO module that allows for real-time bidirectional communication. Here we see how to connect, broadcast and receive messages in a chat app. It also shows how to use Azure DocumentDB, a NoSQL database, to save and retrieve messages.
Creating the User Interface	This session introduces the Jade template language and Jade templates to build up views. Additionally, it shows us Bootstrap and how to use it in combination with Jade.
Connecting the Frontend to the Backend	This session introduces the use of Socket.io in the client side of the application to listen and send messages to the server. Additionally, it shows how to include JS files like JQuery, bootstrap and socket.io to the client side.
Provisioning, Deploying and Debugging on Azure	This session shows how to deploy a Node.js application to Azure from Visual Studio Community as well as from GitHub. Additionally, it explains how to do remote debugging with Visual Studio Community to a Node.js application deployed in Azure and how to use Azure CLI to manage your resources in Azure.