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MERN Quick Start Guide

By : Eddy Wilson Iriarte Koroliova
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MERN Quick Start Guide

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By: Eddy Wilson Iriarte Koroliova

Overview of this book

The MERN stack is a collection of great tools—MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node—that provide a strong base for a developer to build easily maintainable web applications. With each of them a JavaScript or JavaScript-based technology, having a shared programming language means it takes less time to develop web applications. This book focuses on providing key tasks that can help you get started, learn, understand, and build full-stack web applications. It walks you through the process of installing all the requirements and project setup to build client-side React web applications, managing synchronous and asynchronous data flows with Redux, and building real-time web applications with Socket.IO, RESTful APIs, and other concepts. This book gives you practical and clear hands-on experience so you can begin building a full-stack MERN web application. Quick Start Guides are focused, shorter titles that provide a faster paced introduction to a technology. They are for people who don't need all the detail at this point in their learning curve. The presentation has been streamlined to concentrate on the things you really need to know.

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Table of Contents (8 chapters)
Preface
Preface
What this book covers
To get the most out of this book
What you need for this book
Sections
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1
Introduction to the MERN Stack
Introduction to the MERN Stack
Technical requirements
Introduction
The MVC architectural pattern
Installing and configuring MongoDB
Installing Node.js
Installing npm packages
2
Building a Web server with ExpressJS
Building a Web server with ExpressJS
Technical requirements
Introduction
Routing in ExpressJS
Modular route handlers
Writing middleware functions
Writing configurable middleware functions
Writing router-level middleware functions
Writing error-handler middleware functions
Using ExpressJS' built-in middleware function for serving static assets
Parsing the HTTP request body
Compressing HTTP responses
Using an HTTP request logger
Managing and creating virtual domains
Securing an ExpressJS web application with Helmet
Using template engines
Debugging your ExpressJS web application
3
Building a RESTful API
Building a RESTful API
Technical requirements
Introduction
CRUD operations using ExpressJS' route methods
CRUD operations with Mongoose
Using Mongoose query builders
Defining document instance methods
Defining static model methods
Writing middleware functions for Mongoose
Writing custom validators for Mongoose's schemas
Building a RESTful API to manage users with ExpressJS and Mongoose
4
Real-Time Communication with Socket.IO and ExpressJS
Real-Time Communication with Socket.IO and ExpressJS
Technical requirements
Introduction
Understanding Node.js events
Understanding Socket.IO events
Working with Socket.IO namespaces
Defining and joining Socket.IO rooms
Writing middleware for Socket.IO
Integrating Socket.IO with ExpressJS
Using ExpressJS middleware in Socket.IO
5
Managing State with Redux
Managing State with Redux
Technical requirements
Introduction
Defining actions and action creators
Defining reducer functions
Creating a Redux store
Binding action creators to the dispatch method
Splitting and combining reducers
Writing Redux store enhancers
Time traveling with Redux
Understanding Redux middleware
Dealing with asynchronous data flow
6
Building Web Applications with React
Building Web Applications with React
Technical requirements
Introduction
Understanding React elements and React components
Composing components
Stateful components and life cycle methods
Working with React.PureComponent
React event handlers
Conditional rendering of components
Rendering lists with React
Working with forms and inputs in React
Understanding refs and how to use them
Understanding React portals
Catching errors with error boundary components
Type checking properties with PropTypes
7
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Installing and configuring MongoDB

The official MongoDB website provides up-to-date packages containing binaries for installing MongoDB on Linux, OS X, and Windows.

Getting ready

Visit the official website of MongoDB at https://www.mongodb.com/download-center, select Community Server, and then select your preferred operating system version of the software and download it.

Installing MongoDB and configuring it may require additional steps.

How to do it...

Visit the documentation website of MongoDB at https://docs.mongodb.com/master/installation/ for instructions and check the Tutorials section for your specific platform.

After installation, an instance of mongod-, the daemon process for MongoDB-, can be started in a standalone fashion:

  1. Open a new Terminal
  2. Create a new directory named data, which will contain the Mongo database
  3. Type mongod --port 27017 --dbpath /data/ to start a new instance and create a database
  4. Open another Terminal
  5. Type mongo --port 27017 to connect a Mongo shell to the instance

There's more...

As an alternative, you can opt to use a Database as a service (DBaaS) such as MongoDB Atlas, which, at the time of writing, allows you to create a free cluster with 512 MB of storage. Another simple alternative is mLab, although there are many other options.

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