Jump Start Node.js /by Don Nguyen. Node.js is changing the way web apps are built. As Node.js apps are written in javascript, you can quickly and simply use your front-end skills to develop staggeringly fast, scalable real-time web applications. Read this book and, in a weekend, you’ll learn how to: Develop a complete working Node.js application - from start-to-finish Deploy your new application to a production server Scale your projects quickly and cheaply PLUS discover how to use Twitter Bootstrap, MongoDB and Back- bone.js to create fancy web apps, extend their storage, and dy- namically update them.