Index

A

• API
  • specifying / Specifying the API
  • testing / Testing the API
  • versioning / API versioning
• application
  • deploying / Deploying an application
  • Nodejitsu / Nodejitsu
  • Microsoft Azure / Microsoft Azure
• arbitrary data
  • working with / Working with arbitrary data
• authentication
  • about / Authentication
  • basic authentication / Basic authentication
• authorization
  • about / Authorization

C

• caching
  • about / Caching
• certificate authority (CA) / Transport Layer Security
• code
  • modularizing / Modularizing code
• contacts module
  • functions / Specifying the API
• Content delivery network
  • about / Content delivery network
• content negotiation
  • about / Content negotiation
• Cross-origin resource sharing
  • about / Cross-origin resource sharing
  • URL / Cross-origin resource sharing

D

• development environment
  • setting up / Setting up a development environment
• dissertation
  • URL / A brief history of REST
• document store, MongoDB
  • about / Document store – MongoDB

E

• express-cdn module
  • URL / Content delivery network
• Express framework
  • installing / Installing the Express framework and other modules
  • URL / Installing the Express framework and other modules
• extensibility
  • about / Extensibility and versioning

F

• filtering
  • implementing / Implementing paging and filtering

H

• HTTP request headers
  • about / Cross-origin resource sharing
• HTTP requests
  • handling / Handling HTTP requests
• HTTP response headers
  • about / Cross-origin resource sharing
• HTTP verbs / Principle 3 – use the standard HTTP methods

I

• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
  • URL / A brief history of REST

J

• Jade
  • URL / Specifying the API
• Jade template language
  • URL / Specifying the API

L

• LevelDB
  • defining / Key/value store – LevelDB
  • LevelDOWN / Key/value store – LevelDB
• LevelDOWN / Key/value store – LevelDB
• linking
  • about / Linking

M

• man-in-the-middle (MiM) attack / Transport Layer Security
• MaxCDN
  • URL / Content delivery network
• Microsoft Azure / Microsoft Azure
• mock objects
  • about / Testing Node.js
  • working with / Working with mock objects
• model
  • about / Database modeling with Mongoose
• MongoDB
  • URL / Document store – MongoDB
• MongoDB Management Services (MMS)
  • about / Document store – MongoDB
• Mongoose
  • database, modeling with / Database modeling with Mongoose

N

• node-cors package
  • URL / Cross-origin resource sharing
• Node.js
  • installing / Installing Node.js
  • URL / Installing Node.js
  • Node Package Manager / Node Package Manager
  • testing / Testing Node.js
  • mock objects, defining / Working with mock objects
• Nodeclipse project
  • URL / Setting up a development environment
• Nodejitsu / Nodejitsu
• Node Package Manager / Node Package Manager
• NoSQL database solution
  • testing / Testing a NoSQL database solution
• npm
  • about / Node Package Manager

O

• object document mapper (ODM) / Database modeling with Mongoose
• OpenSSL
  • URL / Transport Layer Security

P

• paging
  • implementing / Implementing paging and filtering
• passport
  • about / Passport
  • URL / Passport
  • basic authentication, strategy / Passport's basic authentication strategy
  • third-party authentication, strategies / Passport's third-party authentication strategies
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
  • about / Nodejitsu
• private key / Transport Layer Security
• public key / Transport Layer Security

R

• REST
  • about / A brief history of REST
  • principles / A brief history of REST, Principle 2 – each resource is identifiable by a unique identifier, Principle 3 – use the standard HTTP methods, Principle 4 – resources can have multiple representations, Principle 5 – communicate statelessly
  • goals / The REST goals, Visibility, Scalability and performance
• RESTful application / Taking advantage of the existing infrastructure
• RESTful services
  • extensibility / Extensibility and versioning
  • versioning / Extensibility and versioning
  • arbitrary data, working with / Working with arbitrary data
  • linking / Linking
  • paging, implementing / Implementing paging and filtering
  • filtering, implementing / Implementing paging and filtering
  • caching / Caching
  • exploring / Discovering and exploring RESTful services
• routes
  • implementing / Implementing routes

S

• self-test questions
  • about / Self-test questions
• SoapUI
  • URL / Testing a NoSQL database solution

T

• total cost of ownership (TCO)
  • about / Content delivery network
• Transport Layer Security
  • about / Transport Layer Security

V

• versioning
  • about / Extensibility and versioning

W

• WADL
  • working with / Working with WADL
• Web Application Discovery Language (WADL) / Discovering and exploring RESTful services
• Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) / Working with WADL
• Web Services Description Language (WSDL) / Discovering and exploring RESTful services
• WS Inspection Language (WSIL) / Discovering and exploring RESTful services