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Isomorphic JavaScript Web Development

By : Tomas Alabes, Konstantin Tarkus
Book Image

Isomorphic JavaScript Web Development

By: Tomas Alabes, Konstantin Tarkus

Overview of this book

<p>The latest trend in web development, Isomorphic JavaScript, allows developers to overcome some of the shortcomings of single-page applications by running the same code on the server as well as on the client. Leading this trend is React, which, when coupled with Node, allows developers to build JavaScript apps that are much faster and more SEO-friendly than single-page applications.</p> <p>This book begins by showing you how to develop frontend components in React. It will then show you how to bind these components to back-end web services that leverage the power of Node. You'll see how web services can be used with React code to offload and maintain the application logic. By the end of this book, you will be able to save a significant amount of development time by learning to combine React and Node to code fast, scalable apps in pure JavaScript.</p>
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Summary


In this chapter, we have seen how you can manage, in an isomorphic way, the authentication of a user, covering the most popular cases like sign in, login, and authenticated and not authenticated requests. Almost all complex systems need to cover these use cases; that's why I think it's useful to cover them in this chapter and book.

In the next chapter, we will talk about testing and deployment. Testing is one of the most important topics of any mature application, no matter if it's web-based, terminal-based, or a console game. You must have a set of tests covering your application use cases, letting you develop with confidence and at a faster pace. We will then explore some concepts that you need to have in mind when preparing your application for production time and some online platforms where you can deploy your application in a simple and elastic way.

Enough, let's go!