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Getting Started with hapi.js

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Getting Started with hapi.js

Overview of this book

This book will introduce hapi.js and walk you through the creation of your first working application using the out-of-the-box features hapi.js provides. Packed with real-world problems and examples, this book introduces some of the basic concepts of hapi.js and Node.js and takes you through the typical journey you'll face when developing an application. Starting with easier concepts such as routing requests, building APIs serving JSON, using templates to build websites and applications, and connecting databases, we then move on to more complex problems such as authentication, model validation, caching, and techniques for structuring your codebase to scale gracefully. You will also develop skills to ensure your application's reliability through testing, code coverage, and logging. By the end of this book, you'll be equipped with all the skills you need to build your first fully featured application. This book will be invaluable if you are investigating Node.js frameworks or planning on using hapi.js in your next project.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Getting Started with hapi.js
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
5
Securing Applications with Authentication and Authorization
Index

Summary


In this chapter, we've introduced and looked in detail at routing in hapi. We looked at ways to add and configure routes in hapi. We've looked more in depth at the request life cycle and hapi's routing algorithm, the trade-offs they provide, how it affects our routing strategies, and where we can take advantage of them to simplify our application logic. We also looked at hapi's request object, and how it is modified throughout the request life cycle. Finally, we looked at the reply interface, how it can be extended, and how to use hapi plugins that extend the reply interface to cater to server static content and templating.

Hopefully, at this stage you have a good understanding of all the routing logic under the hood in hapi, feel comfortable adding and configuring multiple routes, and know how to add extension points to different points in hapi's request life cycle. You now have all the tools needed to create JSON APIs, static file servers, and websites using different templating...