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Server Side development with Node.js and Koa.js Quick Start Guide

By : Olayinka Omole
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Server Side development with Node.js and Koa.js Quick Start Guide

By: Olayinka Omole

Overview of this book

Every developer wants to build modular and scalable web applications. Modern versions of JavaScript have made this possible in Node.js, and Koa is a Node.js framework that makes it easy. This book is the ideal introduction for JavaScript developers who want to create scalable server side applications using Node.js and Koa.js. The book shows you how Koa can be used to start projects from scratch, register custom and existing middleware, read requests, and send responses to users. We will explore the core concepts in Koa, such as error handling, logging, and request and response handling. We will dive into new concepts in JavaScript development, and see how paradigms such as async/await help with modern Node.js application development. By the end of this book, you will be building robust web applications in Koa using modern development paradigms and techniques of Node.js development.
Table of Contents (8 chapters)

Summary

In this chapter, we took a comprehensive look into the inner workings of Koa with a focus on its context, request, and response objects. We learned about the APIs for these objects and the methods and properties that they expose.

We also discussed middleware functions in Koa. We learned how to create and register middleware functions. We also looked into some popular middleware already available in the Koa ecosystem.

In the next chapter, we will learn about errors in Koa and discuss the best methods for error handling.