João Carvalho

Thanks so much for the response.
I'm also making an approach to open source technologies (work with linux too) because I realized that's where things are moving very quickly, and javascript applications-based are going to continue to get a big boost.
Your advice to build a REAL project was inded in my mind (I' really very saturated trying to "learn" from "to-do list" tutorials and apps because the real-world applications poses other problems and issues that do not exist in that kind of projects).
I'll will look for those books you mentioned... and others too.
And again... thanks!

I'm a web developer (.net) with a good knowledge and experience of javascript; in your opinion what is the best way to start learning and using node.js?

I forgot to say: it was a very good post..
Thanks.