What would be a good project to learn node.js [closed]

Question

Everyone is talking about NodeJS so I though I'll look into it by creating a usefull project but I cant really think of something usefull to build on NodeJS tha fully demonstrates it's capabilities.

does any of you have a good idea ?

Answer 1

If it's web-based apps you're interested in creating, and if you don't mind following a tutorial, then I'll recommend DailyJS's tutorial series on building a web-based, Notepad-like application from start to finish on Node: http://dailyjs.com/tags.html#lmawa.

It covers all the basics, including databases, middleware, templates and testing.

Answer 2

Build a web framework, like everybody else. ;)

But seriously, this can expose you to network programming, file i/o, and HTTP at a level that isn't typically reached when using someone else's framework (hands-on is much better than reading somebody else's code).

With Node it may no longer be "Build a blog," but rather "Build a framework that builds a blog."