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OpenJS Node.js Application Developer (JSNAD) Online Training

This intermediate OpenJS Node.js Application Developer (JSNAD) training prepares software developers to build high-performance Node.js applications, integrate databases and test and debug apps for production readiness. This JSNAD exam prep outlines the topics you'll find on the OpenJS Node.js Application Developer exam. It will also give you lots of opportunities to implement buffer and streams, control flow, error handling, the module system, unit testing — as well as help you earn your JSNAD certification.

Updated July 2024

42Skills
232Videos
33h 35mTotal
232 videos33h 35m

Who This Course Is For

This OpenJS Node.js Application Developer (JSNAD) training is considered professional-level JavaScript training, which means it was designed for software developers. This Node.js skills course is designed for software developers with three to five years of experience with back-end JavaScript runtime environment.

Course Curriculum

  • Premium skill.Introduction to Node.js Buffers49m
  • Premium skill.Manipulating Node.js Buffers44m
  • Premium skill.Node.js Buffer Integer Data Formats48m
  • Premium skill.Node.js Buffer Float Formats44m
  • Premium skill.Node.js Buffer String Formats55m
  • Premium skill.Basic Buffer Applications44m
  • Premium skill.Manage Asynchronous Operations with Callbacks48m
  • Premium skill.Intermediate Callback Operations52m
  • Premium skill.Manage Asynchronous Operations with Promises49m
  • Intermediate Promise ConceptsFree48m
  • Premium skill.Basic Promise Concurrency Methods46m
  • Premium skill.Other Promise Concurrency Methods45m
  • Premium skill.Work with Async and Await in JavaScript48m
  • Premium skill.Learn the Basics of Generator Functions47m
  • Premium skill.Asynchronous Handling With the Async Library50m
  • Premium skill.Asynchronous Handling With the Bluebird Library48m
  • Premium skill.Intermediate Generator Concepts48m
  • Premium skill.Managing Asynchronous Code with RxJS53m
  • Premium skill.Advanced Generator Concepts47m
  • Premium skill.Manage CPU-Intensive Tasks with Child Processes45m
  • Premium skill.Intermediate Child Process Concepts51m
  • Premium skill.Run Shell Commands with Child Processes50m
  • Premium skill.Advanced Child Process Topics45m
  • Premium skill.Using Node In The Terminal49m
  • Premium skill.Basics of File I/O in Node.js44m
  • Premium skill.Intermediate File Operations48m
  • Premium skill.Advanced File I/O Operations46m
  • Premium skill.JavaScript Basics Review: Data Types and Functions49m
  • Premium skill.JavaScript Basics Review: Inheritance46m
  • Premium skill.Basics of Unit Testing Node.js Applications48m
  • Premium skill.The Assert Module In-Depth57m
  • Premium skill.Testing Asynchronous Code in Node.js45m
  • Premium skill.Advanced Testing in Node.js47m
  • Premium skill.Introduction to Node.js Web Sockets48m
  • Premium skill.Node.js Websocket Libraries45m
  • Premium skill.Node.js Testing Libraries: Mocha45m
  • Premium skill.Node.js Testing Libraries: Chai52m
  • Premium skill.The Node.js Event System48m
  • Premium skill.Node.js Debugging Basics45m
  • Premium skill.The Node.js Module System48m
  • Premium skill.Node.js Process Control52m
  • Premium skill.Learn the Basics of Node.js Streams47m

For IT leaders

What IT leaders need to know before assigning this course

Node.js application risk often shows up as unstable async behavior, weak test coverage, poor file or buffer handling, and production debugging delays. IT Directors can assign this professional-level JSNAD training to software developers with roughly three to five years of back-end JavaScript experience who need a structured path through OpenJS Node.js Application Developer exam topics and production-ready development practices.

The listed curriculum represents about 32 hours per learner, plus two additional skills, so Team Leads should plan this as a multi-week enablement effort rather than a one-day certification push. It is best suited for application development teams maintaining Node.js services, real-time features, CLI workflows, or file-processing code. For change management, pair the course with internal coding standards so teams apply the same patterns for callbacks, promises, async/await, unit testing, modules, and debugging. CBT Nuggets can support assignment planning and completion visibility through team-focused learning workflows and reporting.

Team Impact

How this training helps your team succeed

IT teams complete this training to reduce delivery risk in Node.js applications that rely on asynchronous execution, binary data, file operations, and real-time communication.

  • Improve application reliability: Developers practice callbacks, promises, async/await, generators, RxJS, Async, and Bluebird patterns so teams can manage asynchronous control flow more consistently.
  • Strengthen production readiness: Coverage of Node.js debugging, the event system, unit testing, Assert, Mocha, Chai, and asynchronous test cases helps teams find defects earlier.
  • Handle data and files correctly: Buffer integer, float, and string formats, along with basic through advanced file I/O, support teams building applications that process files or binary data.
  • Reduce operational bottlenecks: Child process topics and shell command execution help teams manage CPU-intensive work without blocking core application behavior.

After completion

Knowledge & ability your team will gain

Knowledge

  • Buffer fundamentals, including integer, float, and string data formats.
  • Asynchronous patterns across callbacks, promises, async/await, generators, RxJS, Async, and Bluebird.
  • Node.js file I/O concepts from basic operations through advanced file handling.
  • Unit testing concepts with Assert, Mocha, Chai, and asynchronous test scenarios.
  • Node.js runtime concepts including the event system, module system, terminal usage, debugging, child processes, and web sockets.

Ability

  • Implement and manipulate buffers for application data handling.
  • Structure asynchronous code using the right pattern for the use case.
  • Write and run unit tests for synchronous and asynchronous Node.js code.
  • Debug Node.js applications and reason about event-driven behavior.
  • Use child processes and shell commands for CPU-intensive or external system tasks.
  • Prepare for JSNAD certification objectives while applying skills to production Node.js development.

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