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Web Development with MongoDB and Node.js

Web Development with MongoDB and Node.js

By : Jason Krol
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Web Development with MongoDB and Node.js

Web Development with MongoDB and Node.js

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By: Jason Krol
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Overview of this book

This book is designed for developers of any skill level that want to get up and running using Node.js and MongoDB to build full featured web applications. A basic understanding of JavaScript and HTML is the only requirement for this book.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Welcome to JavaScript in the Full Stack
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1. Welcome to JavaScript in the Full Stack
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Node.js changed JavaScript forever
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The NoSQL movement
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Summary
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2. Getting Up and Running
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2. Getting Up and Running
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Environment assumptions and requirements
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Installing Node.js
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Installing the MongoDB server
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Writing your first app
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3. Node and MongoDB Basics
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3. Node and MongoDB Basics
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A JavaScript Primer
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The basics of NodeJS
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Installing modules using npm
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The basics of MongoDB
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Additional resources
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4. Writing an Express.js Server
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4. Writing an Express.js Server
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What is Express.js?
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Building a complete web application
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Organizing the files
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Server.js – where it all begins
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Configuration module
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Routers and controllers
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Custom middleware
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Migrating to Express v4.0.0
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5. Dynamic HTML with Handlebars
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5. Dynamic HTML with Handlebars
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Basic syntax for Handlebars
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Views
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Layouts
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Partial views
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Handlebars Helpers
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Rendering the views
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6. Controllers and View Models
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6. Controllers and View Models
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Controllers
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View models
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Updating the home controller
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Updating the image controller
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Helpers for reusable code
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Iterating on the UI
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7. Persisting Data with MongoDB
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7. Persisting Data with MongoDB
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Using MongoDB with Node
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Introducing Mongoose
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Defining the schema and models
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Adding CRUD to the controllers
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Iterating by adding an image removal capability
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Refactoring and improvements
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8. Creating a RESTful API
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8. Creating a RESTful API
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What is an API?
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What is a RESTful API?
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Introducing Postman REST Client
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Creating a Basic API server
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Responding to GET requests
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Receiving data – POST and PUT requests
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Removing data – DELETE
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Consuming external APIs from Node.js
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9. Testing Your Code
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9. Testing Your Code
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Tools of the trade
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Writing and running your first test
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Testing the application
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Spy and stub everything!
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10. Deploying with Cloud-based Services
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10. Deploying with Cloud-based Services
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Cloud versus traditional hosting
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Introduction to Git
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Deploying your application
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11. Single Page Applications with Popular Frontend Frameworks
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11. Single Page Applications with Popular Frontend Frameworks
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What is a Single Page Application?
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Why use a frontend framework?
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Frontend development tools
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Testing and test-driven development
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12. Popular Node.js Web Frameworks
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12. Popular Node.js Web Frameworks
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Meteor
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Sails
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hapi
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Koa
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Flatiron
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Testing and test-driven development

The development of a sophisticated frontend application is no different than any other software application. The code is going to be complicated and robust, and there's no reason not to write tests as well as practice test-driven development. The availability of testing frameworks and languages for the frontend is just as robust as any other language. All of the tools and concepts we've used for testing the Node.js code that we've written in this book can be used directly on the frontend as well.

Some other tools to consider for testing your frontend JavaScript are:

PhantomJS headless browser

One thing I'd like to point out with testing frontend code is that typically the test runners want to run in a browser window. This is great and makes perfect sense, but in the real world, automating your tests or quickly executing them with TDD can be a bit...

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