Clientside going serverside with node.js

I`ve been looking for a serverside language for some time, and python got my attention somewhat. But as I 开发者_C百科already know and love javascript, I now want learn to code on the server with js and node.js.

Now, what books and what subjects do I need to learn to understand the serverside world better?

(let me know if Im to vague)

I'm not aware of any printed resources about node.js. Some good places to start are:

• The official node.js documentation
• The web site howtonode.org with a lot of tutorials
• The video of Ryan Dahl's (node.js creator) talk at the JSConf.eu
• A nice blog post about node.js by Simon Willison
• The mailing list archive
• The source code of node.js projects on github

The HTTP/1.1 spec is very informative.

Learn python, it'll make you a better node.js programmer because it has good examples for all the networking features.

• urllib
• socket
• file

JavaScript is my favorite language, but I've spent some time in python and the standard library is really good for learning the basics of sockets, file descriptors, and networking.