RESTful Web API Design with Node.js (Second Edition)
This book is supposed to teach you about building RESTful web services with Node.js. I have a couple of problems with it:
The author is clearly coming from the JAVA/SOAP ecosystem and uses suspicious technologies such as XML and Eclipse IDE (in 2016!!). Besides that, the author's writing style is not commendable at all.
This chapter contains a basic overview of the REST architecture. Nothing special really. The title is assuming that the reader knows nothing about REST and it's a little clickbait-y and possibly insulting.
The chapter starts with: "In this chapter, you will gain your first real experience with Node.js". Again the author is assuming that the reader doesn't know anything about Node and the writing style can possibly insult some readers. This chapter doesn't really belong in a book like this. Other resources are far more suitable for learning Node.