Accounts in serverside JavaScript (node.js)

Question

I'm making an online game and I was wondering - how can users create accounts? Do I need a database, and if yes, which one? Also how do I get information from the users? I believe by using html tag, but how exactly? I'm not using PHP for the serverside, but node.js.

Answer 1

There are so many answers to this question it's tough to begin at one place.

I'll just suggest some technologies because that seems to be what you're looking for. Ultimately I recommend you research this area and make up your own mind on what you'd like to use.

You can use a database to store the user information. NoSQL is popular nowadays so I'll go for a MongoDB solution http://www.mongodb.org/

You don't exactly need to use HTML tags as there are template solutions written for node.js. I recommend jade https://github.com/visionmedia/jade

There are frameworks and middleware created to make all of this easier. Check it out here https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/modules