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Full-Stack Web Development with Vue.js and Node

By : Aneeta Sharma
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Full-Stack Web Development with Vue.js and Node

By: Aneeta Sharma

Overview of this book

Isomorphic JavaScript was the buzzword of the year 2017, allowing developers to utilize a single language throughout their web development stack and build cost-effective and scalable applications. MEVN is a one such modern web development stack consisting of web applications such as MongoDB, Express.js, Vue.js, and Node.js. Hands-On Full-Stack Web Development with Vue.js 2 and Node.js leverages the harmony of these technologies to help you create full-stack web applications. Starting with the core frameworks, this example-based guide explains all the key concepts of frameworks, how to set them up properly, and how to use popular modules to connect them together and make them work cohesively. You will learn all this with the help of real-world examples. In addition to this, you will be able to scaffold web application architecture, add an authentication layer, and develop the MVC structure to support the development of your application. You'll explore how to create data models for your applications and then write REST APIs by exposing your data model to your application. Solely orientated towards building a full, end-to-end application using the MEVN stack, this book will help you understand how your application development grows.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

An introduction to SPAs

Contrary to the traditional MPAs, SPAs are designed specifically for web-based applications. The SPA fetches all the data when you first load the website in the browser. Once all the data is fetched, you don't need to fetch any more data. When any other interactions are done, that data is fetched over the internet, without having to send a request to the server and without reloading the page. This means that SPAs are much faster than the traditional MPAs. However, since SPAs fetch everything at once on the first load, the first page load time could be slow. Some applications that have SPA integration are Gmail, Facebook, GitHub, Trello, and so on. SPAs are all about making the user experience better by putting the content on one single page and not making the users wait for the information they want.

The following is a sample diagram of how SPAs work...