Hi,

Hopefully beginners will find the following useful as a starting point, if others have some good links please ad them to this post.

Node

http://www.nodebeginner.org/

http://nodeguide.com/

http://javascriptissexy.com/learn-node-js-completely-and-with-confidence/

http://blog.modulus.io/absolute-beginners-guide-to-nodejs

http://dailyjs.com/2010/11/08/node-tutorial-2/

Backbone

Express and backbone video tutorials - http://vimeo.com/javascript/videos

MongoDB

http://openmymind.net/mongodb.pdf

Debugging

http://erickrdch.com/2012/09/debug-a-nodejs-app-with-chrome-dev-tools.html

Books

Professional Node.js - Pedro Teixeira

Javascript: The Good Parts - Douglas Crockford

Node: up and running (online) - http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000001808/index.html

Developing Backbone.js Applications (Addy Osmani) - http://addyosmani.github.io/backbone-fundamentals/

Misc application examples

http://coenraets.org/blog/2012/10/nodecellar-sample-application-with-backbone-js-twitter-bootstrap-node-js-express-and-mongodb/

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/introduction-to-express/

E-learning

http://www.codeschool.com – They have a month trial discounted every once in a while, it contains a JavaScript  ‘stream’ which covers core JavaScript principles, JQuery, Node and Backbone

http://backbonetutorials.com/