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Advanced Node.js Development

By : Andrew Mead
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Advanced Node.js Development

By: Andrew Mead

Overview of this book

Advanced Node.js Development is a practical, project-based book that provides you with all you need to progress as a Node.js developer. Node is a ubiquitous technology on the modern web, and an essential part of any web developer’s toolkit. If you're looking to create real-world Node applications, or you want to switch careers or launch a side-project to generate some extra income, then you're in the right place. This book was written around a single goal: turning you into a professional Node developer capable of developing, testing, and deploying real-world production applications. There's no better time to dive in. According to the 2018 Stack Overflow Survey, Node is in the top ten for back-end popularity and back-end salary. This book is built from the ground up around the latest version of Node.js (version 9.x.x). You'll be learning all the cutting-edge features available only in the latest software versions. This book delivers advanced skills that you need to become a professional Node developer. Along this journey you'll create your own API, you'll build a full real-time web app and create projects that apply the latest Async and Await technologies. Andrew Mead maps everything out for you in this book so that you can learn how to build powerful Node.js projects in a comprehensive, easy-to-follow package designed to get you up and running quickly.

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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Title Page
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Contributors
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Getting Set Up
Getting Set Up
Installing MongoDB and Robomongo for Linux and macOS
Installing MongoDB and Robomongo for Windows
Summary
2
MongoDB, Mongoose, and REST APIs – Part 1
MongoDB, Mongoose, and REST APIs – Part 1
Connecting to MongoDB and writing data
The ObjectId
Fetching data
Setting up the repo
Deleting documents
Updating data
Summary
3
MongoDB, Mongoose, and REST APIs – Part 2
MongoDB, Mongoose, and REST APIs – Part 2
Setting up Mongoose
Validators, Types, and Defaults
Installing Postman
Resource Creation Endpoint - POST /todos
Testing POST /todos
List Resources - GET /todos
Testing GET /todos
Summary
4
MongoDB, Mongoose, and REST APIs – Part 3
MongoDB, Mongoose, and REST APIs – Part 3
Mongoose queries and ID validation
Getting an individual resource – GET /todos/:id
Testing GET /todos/:id
Deploying the API to Heroku
Postman environments
Deleting a resource – DELETE /todos/:id
Testing DELETE /todos/:id
Updating a Resource - PATCH /todos/:id
Testing PATCH /todos/:id
Creating a Test database
Summary
5
Real-Time Web Apps with Socket.io
Real-Time Web Apps with Socket.io
Creating a new web app project
Adding Socket.io to an app
Emitting and listening to custom events
Broadcasting events
Summary
6
Generating newMessage and newLocationMessage
Generating newMessage and newLocationMessage
Message generator and tests
Event acknowledgements
The message form and jQuery
Geolocation
Summary
7
Styling Our Chat Page as a Web App
Styling Our Chat Page as a Web App
Styling the chat page
Timestamps and formatting with Moment
Printing message timestamps
Mustache.js
Autoscrolling
Summary
8
The Join Page and Passing Room Data
The Join Page and Passing Room Data
Adding a join page
Passing room data
Socket.io rooms
Summary
9
ES7 classes
ES7 classes
Storing users with ES6 classes – Part I
Wiring up user list
Sending messages to room only
New feature ideas
Summary
10
Async/Await Project Setup
Async/Await Project Setup
Using async/await features in promises
Async/await basics
A real-world example
Handling errors and awaiting async function
Summary
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Index
Index

Summary

In this chapter, we looked into Socket.io and WebSockets to enable two-way communication between the server and client. We worked on setting up a basic Express server, a backend and a frontend, and we committed it up on GitHub and on Heroku. Next, we looked into adding socket.io to the app to set up communication between the server and client.

Then, we looked into emitting and listening to custom events inside our application. Lastly, we wired up the message system by broadcasting the events such that when one user sends a message to the server, it actually gets sent to every connected user excluding the user who sends the message.

With all this in place, we now have a rudimentary—but working—messaging system, which is a great place to start! We're going to continue on in the next chapter by adding more features and building out the UI.

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