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Web Development with MongoDB and NodeJS Second edition

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Web Development with MongoDB and NodeJS Second edition
Oct, 2015 | 300 pages
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Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Web Development with MongoDB and NodeJS Second Edition
Web Development with MongoDB and NodeJS Second Edition
Credits
Credits
About the Authors
About the Authors
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
A short introduction to Node.js
npm – the Node Package Manager
Sharing and reusing JavaScript
A simple server with Node.js
The NoSQL movement
A short introduction to MongoDB
Node and MongoDB in the wild
What to expect from this book
Summary
2
Getting Up and Running
Getting Up and Running
Installing Node.js
Installing MongoDB
Writing your first app
Adding the application code
Summary
3
Node and MongoDB Basics
Node and MongoDB Basics
A JavaScript primer
The basics of Node.js
Installing modules using npm
The basics of MongoDB
Additional resources
Summary
4
Introducing Express
Introducing Express
Web application frameworks
What is Express.js?
Building a complete web application
Using and understanding middleware
The configure module
Routers and controllers
Custom middleware
Handlebars as view engines
Summary
5
Templating with Handlebars
Templating with Handlebars
Templating engines
Server-side and client-side templating
Views
Layouts
Partial views
The basics of Handlebars
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.js
Introducing Mongoose
Defining the schemas 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
The 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
An 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
Koa
Meteor
Sails
Hapi
Flatiron
Summary
Index
Index

Credits

Authors

Mithun Satheesh

Bruno Joseph D'mello

Jason Krol

Reviewers

Huseyin Babal

Luke P. Issac

Alexandru-Emil Lupu

Suhas Hoskote Muralidhar

Sandeep Pandey

Oddur Sigurdsson

Commissioning Editor

Nadeem Bagban

Acquisition Editors

Neha Nagwekar

Reshma Raman

Content Development Editor

Zeeyan Pinheiro

Technical Editor

Deepti Tuscano

Copy Editor

Merilyn Pereira

Project Coordinator

Suzanne Coutinho

Proofreader

Safis Editing

Indexer

Tejal Soni

Production Coordinator

Manu Joseph

Cover Work

Manu Joseph

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