Transitioning from PHP to Node.js

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about moving from PHP to Node — pitfalls to avoid, best practices and more!

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3:43 - Servers need to be started and baby sat

4:48 - There is no built-in file system based routing

6:34 - Some "gotchas"

7:02 - Functional programming

8:17 - Async vs sync

11:11 - Event lifecycles

12:09 - Dependencies

14:17 - Keyed arrays

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