Hi all, I'm the author of The Node Beginner Book. Thanks for discussing it here....

thenduks · on April 19, 2011

Hi there, thanks for this, I've been looking for something self-contained-ish to point friends to when asking about node.

One thing, the site is really messed up in browsers that aren't super wide. My browser is ~1100px wide and the size/positioning of the main content puts it off the right side of the window forcing me to scroll horizontally. I'm not sure why you have stuff like `margin-left: 160px;` in there. It would be a lot better to use `margin: 0 auto;` so people with small screens or unmaximized browsers wont be assaulted :)

Thanks again!

edit: To be clear, I'm suggesting:

    #book, #disqus_thread, #footer {
      /* your styles */
      margin: 0 auto;
      margin-top: 24px;
    }

ManuelKiessling · on April 19, 2011

Hi thenduks,

thanks for this one! I changed the CSS as you suggested and updated the site, it's now scroll-bar free down to 1000px.

thenduks · on April 19, 2011

Sweet, looks awesome.

Btw, on a positive stylistic note. I love the big container and big text. Too many sites these days have tiny microscopic text -- I couldn't read that stuff if my life depended on it, and my eyes are 20/20! :)

ManuelKiessling · on April 19, 2011

Yeah, I hate that too. The only thing even more evil are sites that present you a tiny font on mobile devices AND don't allow you to zoom.

But saying this, I have to admit while http://nodebeginner.org can be zoomed on the iPhone, the font could still be a bit bigger for my taste (but on the normal site it's ok how it is).

Any idea how to tell CSS that I want an even bigger font on Mobile Safari?

thenduks · on April 20, 2011

Indeed I do!

Try something like this to get started:

    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 160%;

ManuelKiessling · on April 21, 2011

Great, I'll give it a try! Thanks so much!

beck5 · on April 19, 2011

More node resources the better at the moment. A simple CRUD application guide would be very helpful. The java Play! Framework site has a really nice basic blog tutorial which is perfect for understanding the entire process.

I plan on starting my first node app in 6 weeks so please hurry up ;)

JohnAllen · on April 20, 2011

Here's a list of CRUD+ apps that I keep open in textmate to consult as examples:

I suck at formatting here; apologies in advance.

Alex Young's NodePad (from daily.js) (more than a simple CRUD app but helpful nonetheless)

  https://github.com/alexyoung/nodepad

Individual Node + Express examples by TJ (as mentioned in another post)

  https://github.com/visionmedia/express/tree/master/examples

Another basic Node+Express example (by TJ again)

  https://github.com/visionmedia/finance

Guillermo posted a CRUD with Express + Mongoose a few days ago

  https://github.com/guille/mongoose-meetup-04-05/

There's another VERY simple CRUD app somewhere in the Mongoose Google group as a zipfile(yes, this uses Mongoose as well obviously). I can't seem to find it right now, but I think Siegfried Ehret was the original poster. Email me if you'd like me to send it to you.

Also try nodetuts.com. Pedro's stuff helped me when I started learning a few months ago. Some of his stuff might be out-of-date but it will still help you conceptually (and not all of it is by any means). Some out-of-dateness will just be making simple code changes (like upgrading Express).

Hope this helps!

ManuelKiessling · on April 19, 2011

Hi,

6 weeks should be doable, I started the site last friday :-)

beck5 · on April 19, 2011

Well I really enjoyed what I see so far. Partially just from the great links you recommended!

If you do have a CRUD style app I always like being able to download the finished version for when I am stuck (which is often), nothing quite like looking at the entire code to see where I am going wrong.