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JavaScript from Frontend to Backend

By : Eric Sarrion
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JavaScript from Frontend to Backend

By: Eric Sarrion

Overview of this book

JavaScript, the most widely used programming language in the world, has numerous libraries and modules and a dizzying array of need-to-know topics. Picking a starting point can be difficult. Enter JavaScript from Frontend to Backend. This concise, practical guide will get you up to speed in next to no time. This book begins with the basics of variables and objects in JavaScript and then moves quickly on to building components on the client-side with Vue.js and a simple list management application. After that, the focus shifts to the server-side and Node.js, where you’ll examine the MVC model and explore the Express module. Once you've got to grips with the server-side and the client-side, the only thing that remains is the database. You’ll discover MongoDB and the Mongoose module. In the final chapter of this fast-paced guide, you'll combine all these pieces to integrate a Vue.js application into a Node.js server, using Express to structure the server code and MongoDB to store the information. By the end of this book, you will have the skills and confidence to successfully implement JavaScript concepts in your own projects and begin your career as a JavaScript developer.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
1
Part 1: JavaScript Syntax
4
Part 2: JavaScript on the Client-Side
8
Part 3: JavaScript on the Server-Side

Installing the Express module

Since the Express module is installed using npm, we type the npm install express command to install it.

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Figure 7.3 – Installing the Express module with npm

The Express module is now installed.

Note

A utility related to Express is also useful for creating the architecture of our web applications. This is the "express-generator" module (this module was previously included with Express but is now separate from it, hence it’s uploaded here).

Let’s also install the "express-generator" module using the npm install express-generator -g command. We use the -g option so that the express command defined in this module is accessible from any directory.

Figure 7.4 – Installing the “express-generator” module with npm

Note

You can verify that the installation is correct by typing the command express -h. If the installation of the module is...