Ask HN: Node.js + Express / Jade - Resources for learning

[dscb]

I am starting a new project with another developer and we have decided to use Node.js for website portion. I'm new to javascript/node and I was wondering in any of my fellow HN readers had any good resources/tutorials for learning.

[jmsbrwr]

This is something I've just gone through building Anonymous IRC (http://anonirc.co/). I found the best way to do things was to just jump in and get dirty. It probably took longer than it would have if I had a good tutorial, but I couldn't find a tutorial that was worth using (albeit I didn't try very hard). Express' documentation is just the worst though. Just play around with it.

[dscb]

It's seems like this will be the plan. Are there any other useful extensions for express that I should be aware of? I currently have it set up with just express and jade. I've been looking into passport for user authentication and _(underscore) seems interesting as well.

[jmsbrwr]

Because I come from a Ruby/Rails background, I opted to go with EJS over Jade. The syntax for EJS is identical to that of Rails (to the extent that, when working with Rails, the <% %> EJS tag becomes <%% %>, so as not to conflict with the <% %> Rails tag.).