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Mastering JavaScript Single Page Application Development

Mastering JavaScript Single Page Application Development

By : Philip Klauzinski, John Moore
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Mastering JavaScript Single Page Application Development

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By: Philip Klauzinski, John Moore
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Overview of this book

Single-page web applications—or SPAs, as they are commonly referred to—are quickly becoming the de facto standard for web app development. The fact that a major part of the app runs inside a single web page makes it very interesting and appealing. Also, the accelerated growth of browser capabilities is pushing us closer to the day when all apps will run entirely in the browser. This book will take your JavaScript development skills to the next level by teaching you to create a single-page application within a full-stack JavaScript environment. Using only JavaScript, you can go from being a front-end developer to a full-stack application developer with relative ease. You will learn to cross the boundary from front-end development to server-side development through the use of JavaScript on both ends. Use your existing knowledge of JavaScript by learning to manage a JSON document data store with MongoDB, writing a JavaScript powered REST API with Node.js and Express, and designing a front-end powered by AngularJS. This book will teach you to leverage the MEAN stack to do everything from document database design, routing REST web API requests, data-binding within views, and adding authentication and security to building a full-fledged, complex, single-page web application. In addition to building a full-stack JavaScript app, you will learn to test it with JavaScript-powered testing tools such as Mocha, Karma, and Jasmine. Finally, you will learn about deployment and scaling so that you can launch your own apps into the real world.
Table of Contents (15 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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Reader feedback
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Customer support
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1. Getting Organized with NPM, Bower, and Grunt
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1. Getting Organized with NPM, Bower, and Grunt
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What is Node Package Manager?
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Bower
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Grunt
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2. Model-View-Whatever
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2. Model-View-Whatever
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The original MVC pattern
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MVP and MVVM
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VIPER and other variations of MVW
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AngularJS and MVW
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Using the MVW pattern in an SPA
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3. SPA Essentials – Creating the Ideal Application Environment
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3. SPA Essentials – Creating the Ideal Application Environment
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The JSON data format
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The differences between SQL and NoSQL databases
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When to use SQL versus NoSQL databases
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Methods of presenting an SPA container
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Managing layouts
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4. REST is Best – Interacting with the Server Side of Your App
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4. REST is Best – Interacting with the Server Side of Your App
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Understanding the fundamentals of REST
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Benefits of REST
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RESTful web services
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Writing basic REST API endpoints
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Alternatives to REST
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5. Its All About the View
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5. Its All About the View
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JavaScript templating engines
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Underscore.js
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Mustache.js
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Handlebars.js
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Other differences in Handlebars from Mustache templates
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Pure.js
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Pug
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Embedded JavaScript (EJS)
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Optimizing your application layout
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6. Data Binding, and Why You Should Embrace It
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6. Data Binding, and Why You Should Embrace It
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What is data binding?
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Data binding with modern JavaScript frameworks
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Implementing data binding with native JavaScript
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Why use data binding?
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7. Leveraging the MEAN Stack
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7. Leveraging the MEAN Stack
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The Node.js environment
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Getting started with Express
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Exploring MongoDB
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Starting with AngularJS
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8. Managing Data Using MongoDB
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8. Managing Data Using MongoDB
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Exploring the NoSQL database model
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Commanding MongoDB
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Incorporating MongoDB into the SPA
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MongoDB database performance
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9. Handling Web Requests with Express
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9. Handling Web Requests with Express
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Examining Express in detail
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Developing a RESTful API
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10. Displaying Views
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10. Displaying Views
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Setting up our dashboard
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Implementing AngularJS
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Talking to the backend
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11. Adding Security and Authentication
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11. Adding Security and Authentication
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Adding authentication with Passport
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Authenticating requests
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Securing Express
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12. Connecting the App to Social Media
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12. Connecting the App to Social Media
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Connecting to Facebook
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Connecting to Twitter
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Sharing giftlists
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13. Testing with Mocha, Karma, and More
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13. Testing with Mocha, Karma, and More
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Types of testing
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14. Deploying and Scaling the SPA
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14. Deploying and Scaling the SPA
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Packaging for deployment
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Setting up a cloud database
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Deploying the application to Heroku
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Scaling the SPA
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