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n8n
Made Crystal Clear
A practical, visual guide to workflow automation, from first node to paid work
n8n is the workflow automation tool that grew up: visual like the no-code platforms, but self-hostable, priced by execution instead of by step, and honest about letting you write code when a node is not enough. This guide takes you from your first workflow to dependable automations you can run for yourself or sell to clients: triggers, nodes, data mapping, error handling, AI agent workflows, self-hosting, and the freelance math the forums keep asking about, explained visually and hands-on.
- Pages
- 180
- Level
- Beginner to advanced
- Status
- Available
Inside the book
- 01The Automation Tool That Grew Up
- 02How n8n Thinks: Workflows, Nodes, Items
- 03Your First Workflow, Properly
- 04Expressions and Data Mapping
- 05The Two Workhorses: HTTP Request and Webhook
- 06Flow Logic: Branches, Loops, and Sub-Workflows
- 07Credentials, Done Right
- 08When Workflows Die: Error Handling
- 09Self-Hosting Without Tears
- 10AI in Workflows: Agents on Rails
- 11Running It Like a Professional
- 12The Money Chapter: Metering, Plans, and Client Math
- 13The Path to Paid Work, and What to Learn Next
You'll leave with
- Understand how n8n thinks: triggers, nodes, items, and the data passing between them
- Build your first workflow in minutes and know why it works
- Master data mapping: JSON, expressions, and transforming items between nodes
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