In this book, we will show you how to implement a series of best practices and design patterns to help you create efficient and robust Node.js applications with ease. We start by teaching you how to master the basics of Node.js development, such as its module systems and its event-driven asynchronous programming style. Next, you will learn how creational, structural, and behavioral design patterns can help you create modular and extensible software. Finally, we'll show you how Node.js applications can be distributed and scaled to create complex software architectures.