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The road to Node... (and other things)

The road to Node... (and other things)

My process of learning NodeJS, GraphQL, NestJS and TypeScript

Er Galvão Abbott

October 14, 2022
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  1. www.galvao.eti.br CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott

    - 10/14/22 - 1 / 63 The Road to Node All images used in this presentation is a property of their entities. v. 0.1.0 The Road to Node… and other things.
  2. Software Engineer at Edvisor First Brazilian to become Postman Supernova

    President, ABRAPHP - Brazilian Association of PHP Professionals Director, ConFLOSS and PHP Conference Brasil Evangelist and Contributor for PHP, Laminas Project Fedora Ambassador, LATAM Guest Post-Grad Professor (PR and SC) 25+ years developing web-interfaced systems 20+ with PHP and JavaScript ≃ 15 with Zend Framework / Laminas Project Speaker at national and international events Who?! www.galvao.eti.br www.galvao.eti.br CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 2 / 63
  3. Learning www.galvao.eti.br Fight FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) CC Attribution-ShareAlike

    4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 5 / 63
  4. Learning www.galvao.eti.br Fight FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) Build associations

    between what you know and what you don’t (Even if these associations are wrong) CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 6 / 63
  5. Learning www.galvao.eti.br Fight FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) Build associations

    between what you know and what you don’t (Even if these associations are wrong) Study AND practice CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 7 / 63
  6. Beginning www.galvao.eti.br What is Node? (officially) Node.js is an open-source,

    cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment. CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 9 / 63
  7. Beginning www.galvao.eti.br What is Node? (in my own words) Node

    is a runtime environment that allows JavaScript to operate in a backend/fullstack context. CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 10 / 63
  8. Beginning www.galvao.eti.br What is Node? (in my own words) Node

    is a runtime environment that allows JavaScript to operate in a backend/fullstack context. This means Node enables us to use JS to: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 11 / 63
  9. Beginning www.galvao.eti.br What is Node? (in my own words) Node

    is a runtime environment that allows JavaScript to operate in a backend/fullstack context. This means Node enables us to use JS to: Read/Write files CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 12 / 63
  10. Beginning www.galvao.eti.br What is Node? (in my own words) Node

    is a runtime environment that allows JavaScript to operate in a backend/fullstack context. This means Node enables us to use JS to: Read/Write files Connect to Databases CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 13 / 63
  11. Beginning www.galvao.eti.br What is Node? (in my own words) Node

    is a runtime environment that allows JavaScript to operate in a backend/fullstack context. This means Node enables us to use JS to: Read/Write files Connect to Databases Send e-mails CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 14 / 63
  12. Beginning www.galvao.eti.br What is Node? (in my own words) Node

    is a runtime environment that allows JavaScript to operate in a backend/fullstack context. This means Node enables us to use JS to: Read/Write files Connect to Databases Send e-mails etc... CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 15 / 63
  13. On we go www.galvao.eti.br First step is… CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0

    International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 16 / 63
  14. On we go www.galvao.eti.br First step is… JavaScript! CC Attribution-ShareAlike

    4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 17 / 63
  15. On we go www.galvao.eti.br First step is… JavaScript! General Programming

    CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 18 / 63
  16. On we go www.galvao.eti.br First step is… JavaScript! General Programming

    JS Quirks CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 19 / 63
  17. On we go www.galvao.eti.br First step is… JavaScript! General Programming

    JS Quirks OOP CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 20 / 63
  18. On we go www.galvao.eti.br First step is… JavaScript! General Programming

    JS Quirks OOP Things to keep in mind: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 21 / 63
  19. On we go www.galvao.eti.br First step is… JavaScript! General Programming

    JS Quirks OOP Docs are at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript Things to keep in mind: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 22 / 63
  20. On we go www.galvao.eti.br First step is… JavaScript! General Programming

    JS Quirks OOP Docs are at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript A nice starting point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLtyhwFtXQA Things to keep in mind: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 23 / 63
  21. On we go www.galvao.eti.br First step is… JavaScript! General Programming

    JS Quirks OOP Docs are at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript A nice starting point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLtyhwFtXQA You’ll eventually use: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ Things to keep in mind: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 24 / 63
  22. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Second step is… CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0

    International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 25 / 63
  23. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Second step is… Events! CC Attribution-ShareAlike

    4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 26 / 63
  24. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Second step is… Events! “on”, just

    like in Frontend CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 27 / 63
  25. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Second step is… Events! “on”, just

    like in Frontend We can EMIT! CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 28 / 63
  26. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Second step is… Events! “on”, just

    like in Frontend We can EMIT! Custom Events CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 29 / 63
  27. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Second step is… Events! “on”, just

    like in Frontend We can EMIT! Custom Events Things to keep in mind: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 30 / 63
  28. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Second step is… Events! “on”, just

    like in Frontend We can EMIT! Custom Events Events are SYNCHRONOUS, and therefore... Things to keep in mind: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 31 / 63
  29. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Second step is… Events! “on”, just

    like in Frontend We can EMIT! Custom Events Events are SYNCHRONOUS, and therefore... They keep the app “in check” Things to keep in mind: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 32 / 63
  30. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Third step is… CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0

    International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 33 / 63
  31. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Third step is… Asynchronicity! CC Attribution-ShareAlike

    4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 34 / 63
  32. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Third step is… Asynchronicity! Things happening!

    CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 35 / 63
  33. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Third step is… Asynchronicity! Things happening!

    At the same time! CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 36 / 63
  34. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Third step is… Asynchronicity! Things happening!

    At the same time! Promises, Promises... CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 37 / 63
  35. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Third step is… Asynchronicity! Things happening!

    At the same time! Promises, Promises... Things to keep in mind: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 38 / 63
  36. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Third step is… Asynchronicity! Things happening!

    At the same time! Promises, Promises... Watch out for those pesky race conditions Things to keep in mind: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 39 / 63
  37. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Third step is… Asynchronicity! Things happening!

    At the same time! Promises, Promises... Watch out for those pesky race conditions Asynchronicity is NOT a silver bullet (nothing is) Things to keep in mind: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 40 / 63
  38. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Third step is… Asynchronicity! Things happening!

    At the same time! Promises, Promises... Watch out for those pesky race conditions Asynchronicity is NOT a silver bullet (nothing is) Use it wisely Things to keep in mind: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 41 / 63
  39. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Fourth step is… CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0

    International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 42 / 63
  40. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Fourth step is… Backend! CC Attribution-ShareAlike

    4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 43 / 63
  41. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Fourth step is… Backend! VERY different

    context CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 44 / 63
  42. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Fourth step is… Backend! VERY different

    context With great power... CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 45 / 63
  43. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Fourth step is… Backend! VERY different

    context With great power... Quality is king CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 46 / 63
  44. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Fourth step is… Backend! VERY different

    context With great power... Quality is king Things to keep in mind: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 47 / 63
  45. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Fourth step is… Backend! VERY different

    context With great power... Quality is king Docs are at https://nodejs.org/en/docs/ Things to keep in mind: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 48 / 63
  46. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Fourth step is… Backend! VERY different

    context With great power... Quality is king Docs are at https://nodejs.org/en/docs/ Test, test and when in doubt… test AGAIN Things to keep in mind: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 49 / 63
  47. On we go www.galvao.eti.br Fourth step is… Backend! VERY different

    context With great power... Quality is king Docs are at https://nodejs.org/en/docs/ Test, test and when in doubt… test AGAIN Log ALL THE THINGS Things to keep in mind: CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 50 / 63
  48. So... www.galvao.eti.br What is Node? JavaScript * (Events + Async)

    Backend CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 52 / 63 Node =
  49. Now what? www.galvao.eti.br Congrats! Now... CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

    by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 58 / 63 GraphQL is a JSON-esque language for querying data
  50. Now what? www.galvao.eti.br Congrats! Now... GraphQL is a JSON-esque language

    for querying data NestJS is like a MVC Framework CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 59 / 63
  51. Now what? www.galvao.eti.br Congrats! Now... GraphQL is a JSON-esque language

    for querying data NestJS is like a MVC Framework TypeScript is JavaScript + Types CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 60 / 63
  52. Now what? www.galvao.eti.br Congrats! Now... CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

    by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 61 / 63 * Remember: Associations, even wrong ones. GraphQL is a JSON-esque language for querying data NestJS is like a MVC Framework TypeScript is JavaScript + Types
  53. Thank you! www.galvao.eti.br Questions? Critiques? Compliments?! ? CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0

    International License by Er Galvão Abbott - 10/14/22 - 63 / 63