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Ask HN: Node.js + Express / Jade - Resources for learning

2 points by dscb ↗ HN
I am starting a new project with another developer and we have decided to use Node.js for website portion. I'm new to javascript/node and I was wondering in any of my fellow HN readers had any good resources/tutorials for learning.

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jmsbrwr
This is something I've just gone through building Anonymous IRC (http://anonirc.co/). I found the best way to do things was to just jump in and get dirty. It probably took longer than it would have if I had a good tutorial, but I couldn't find a tutorial that was worth using (albeit I didn't try very hard). Express' documentation is just the worst though. Just play around with it.
dscb
It's seems like this will be the plan. Are there any other useful extensions for express that I should be aware of? I currently have it set up with just express and jade. I've been looking into passport for user authentication and _(underscore) seems interesting as well.
jmsbrwr
Because I come from a Ruby/Rails background, I opted to go with EJS over Jade. The syntax for EJS is identical to that of Rails (to the extent that, when working with Rails, the <% %> EJS tag becomes <%% %>, so as not to conflict with the <% %> Rails tag.).