learnyounode/README.md

# Learn You The Node.js For Much Win!
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**An intro to Node.js via a set of self-guided workshops.**

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  1. Install [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/)
  2. Run `sudo npm install learnyounode -g`
  3. Run `learnyounode`
  4. **.. profit!**

<b><code>learnyounode</code></b> will run through a series of Node.js workshops. Starting at a basic *"HELLO WORLD"* and moving on to more advanced exercises about dealing with synchronous & asynchronous I/O, filesystem operations, TCP and HTTP networking, events and streams.

Once you have finished <b><code>learnyounode</code></b>, graduate to <b><code>[stream-adventure](https://github.com/substack/stream-adventure)</code></b> for a set of exercises that dig in to Node's streams.

### Contributors

<b><code>learnyounode</code></b> is proudly brought to you by the following hackers:

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<tr><th align="left">Rod Vagg</th><td><a href="https://github.com/rvagg">GitHub/rvagg</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/rvagg">Twitter/@rvagg</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Andrey Sidorov</th><td><a href="https://github.com/sidorares">GitHub/sidorares</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/sidorares">Twitter/@sidorares</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Julián Duque</th><td><a href="https://github.com/julianduque">GitHub/julianduque</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/julian_duque">Twitter/@julian_duque</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Lars-Magnus Skog</th><td><a href="https://github.com/ralphtheninja">GitHub/ralphtheninja</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/ralphtheninja">Twitter/@ralphtheninja</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Tim Inman</th><td><a href="https://github.com/thehack">GitHub/thehack</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/timinman">Twitter/@timinman</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Dan Flettre</th><td><a href="https://github.com/Flet">GitHub/Flet</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/flettre">Twitter/@flettre</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Leigh Zhu</th><td><a href="https://github.com/lisposter">GitHub/lisposter</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/lisposter">Twitter/@lisposter</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Lucas F. da Costa</th><td><a href="https://github.com/lucasfcosta">GitHub/lucasfcosta</a></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Martin Heidegger</th><td><a href="https://github.com/martinheidegger">GitHub/martinheidegger</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/leichtgewicht">Twitter/@leichtgewicht</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Toshiharu Harada</th><td><a href="https://github.com/haradats">GitHub/haradats</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/haradats">Twitter/@haradats</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Eric Douglas</th><td><a href="https://github.com/ericdouglas">GitHub/ericdouglas</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/ericdouglas_">Twitter/@ericdouglas_</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Alejandro Oviedo</th><td><a href="https://github.com/a0viedo">GitHub/a0viedo</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/a0viedo">Twitter/@a0viedo</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Leonardo Nascimento</th><td><a href="https://github.com/leonascimento">GitHub/leonascimento</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/leonardo386">Twitter/leonardo386</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Christophe Porteneuve</th><td><a href="https://github.com/tdd">GitHub/tdd</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/porteneuve">Twitter/@porteneuve</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Do Minh Hai</th><td><a href="https://github.com/dominhhai">GitHub/dominhhai</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/minhhai3b">Twitter/@minhhai3b</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Phung Van Tu</th><td><a href="https://github.com/minatu2d">GitHub/minatu2d</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/minatu2d">Twitter/@minatu2d</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Shim</th><td><a href="https://github.com/marocchino">GitHub/marocchino</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/marocchino">Twitter/@marocchino</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Chayoung You</th><td><a href="https://github.com/yous">GitHub/yous</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/_Yous">Twitter/@_Yous</a></td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Espen Dalløkken</th><td><a href="https://github.com/leftieFriele">GitHub/leftieFriele</a></td><td><a href="http://twitter.com/leftieFriele">Twitter/leftieFriele</a></td></tr>
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## License

**learnyounode** is Copyright (c) 2013-2015 learnyounode contributors (listed above) and licenced under the MIT licence. All rights not explicitly granted in the MIT license are reserved. See the included LICENSE.md file for more details.

**learnyounode** builds on the excellent work by [@substack](https://github.com/substack) and [@maxogden](https://github.com/maxogden) who created **[stream-adventure](https://github.com/substack/stream-adventure)** which serves as the original foundation for **learnyounode**.