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Mongoose for Application Development

By : Simon Holmes
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Mongoose for Application Development

By: Simon Holmes

Overview of this book

Mongoose is all about putting the data model where it should be: in your application. You can control everything from within your application in JavaScript, eliminating the need to work with the database or a separate management system. Mongoose for Application Development is a practical, hands-on guide that takes you from installing the technology stack through the steps of developing a web application. It covers the key features of Mongoose and how to use them to rapidly develop a Node.js and MongoDB application. This book introduces the full technology stack of Node.js, MongoDB, Express, and Mongoose. It will take you through the process of building an application on this stack with a focus on how Mongoose makes the process quicker and easier. You will see how Mongoose removes a layer of complexity when dealing with MongoDB whilst giving you more control over your data from your application. You will learn how to define schemas and models for your data in JavaScript. Using these schemas and models, you will learn how to build the cornerstone of any web application that will include CRUD operations (creating, reading, updating, and deleting data). If you want to learn how to build applications quickly and efficiently using Node.js, then Mongoose and this book are ideal for you. Using practical examples throughout, Mongoose for Application Development not only teaches you about the concepts of Mongoose, but walks through how to use them to build a real-life application.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Mongoose for Application Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Summary


In this chapter, we've seen how we can take repeated paths from our schemas and turn them into a single Mongoose plugin. We've learned how to create them as separate files, include them in our application, and also use schema middleware to set data on a save operation. We have used all of this knowledge to create plugins and add them to our MongoosePM application, tidying up our code and removing repetition.

This is the final chapter of Mongoose for Application Development. By now you should have the tools and understanding to enable you to build a web application based on everything Mongoose has to offer. I'm sure that by now you will agree that Mongoose is a very useful addition to the Node.js and MongoDB technology stack.