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Web Development with MongoDB and Node.js

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

By: Jason Krol

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Web Development with MongoDB and Node.js
Jason Krol
Sep, 2014 | 294 pages
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Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Web Development with MongoDB and Node.js
Web Development with MongoDB and Node.js
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Welcome to JavaScript in the Full Stack
Welcome to JavaScript in the Full Stack
Node.js changed JavaScript forever
The NoSQL movement
Summary
2
Getting Up and Running
Getting Up and Running
Environment assumptions and requirements
Installing Node.js
Installing the MongoDB server
Writing your first app
Summary
3
Node and MongoDB Basics
Node and MongoDB Basics
A JavaScript Primer
The basics of NodeJS
Installing modules using npm
The basics of MongoDB
Additional resources
Summary
4
Writing an Express.js Server
Writing an Express.js Server
What is Express.js?
Building a complete web application
Organizing the files
Server.js – where it all begins
Configuration module
Routers and controllers
Custom middleware
Migrating to Express v4.0.0
Summary
5
Dynamic HTML with Handlebars
Dynamic HTML with Handlebars
Basic syntax for Handlebars
Views
Layouts
Partial views
Handlebars Helpers
Rendering the views
Summary
6
Controllers and View Models
Controllers and View Models
Controllers
View models
Updating the home controller
Updating the image controller
Helpers for reusable code
Iterating on the UI
Summary
7
Persisting Data with MongoDB
Persisting Data with MongoDB
Using MongoDB with Node
Introducing Mongoose
Defining the schema and models
Adding CRUD to the controllers
Iterating by adding an image removal capability
Refactoring and improvements
Summary
8
Creating a RESTful API
Creating a RESTful API
What is an API?
What is a RESTful API?
Introducing Postman REST Client
Creating a Basic API server
Responding to GET requests
Receiving data – POST and PUT requests
Removing data – DELETE
Consuming external APIs from Node.js
Summary
9
Testing Your Code
Testing Your Code
Tools of the trade
Writing and running your first test
Testing the application
Spy and stub everything!
Summary
10
Deploying with Cloud-based Services
Deploying with Cloud-based Services
Cloud versus traditional hosting
Introduction to Git
Deploying your application
Summary
11
Single Page Applications with Popular Frontend Frameworks
Single Page Applications with Popular Frontend Frameworks
What is a Single Page Application?
Why use a frontend framework?
Frontend development tools
Testing and test-driven development
Summary
12
Popular Node.js Web Frameworks
Popular Node.js Web Frameworks
Meteor
Sails
hapi
Koa
Flatiron
Summary
Index
Index

Credits

Author

Jason Krol

Reviewers

Anthony Gilardi

James O'Brien

Mithun Satheesh

Peter Shannon

Acquisition Editor

Llewellyn Rozario

Content Development Editor

Susmita Panda Sabat

Technical Editor

Faisal Siddiqui

Copy Editors

Mradula Hegde

Adithi Shetty

Project Coordinator

Neha Thakur

Proofreaders

Simran Bhogal

Maria Gould

Ameesha Green

Paul Hindle

Lucy Rowland

Indexers

Monica Ajmera Mehta

Priya Sane

Graphics

Abhinash Sahu

Production Coordinator

Nitesh Thakur

Cover Work

Nitesh Thakur

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