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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 MongoDB

The MongoDB database is independent of Node.js, which requires installing it separately. To do this, go to the site https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/administration/install-community/. Download the version suitable for your system.

Once MongoDB is installed, verify that the installation is correct by typing the mongo -h command in a command interpreter. The mongo command is located in the Server/x.x/bin directory of MongoDB, where x.x is the version number of MongoDB installed.

Note

At the time of writing, the mongo utility is available directly when installing MongoDB. However, it is possible that this utility will soon be available separately and called mongosh. In this case, download this utility from https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongodb-shell/install/.

The mongo command will simply be replaced by the equivalent mongosh command. Both commands work identically.

After installing MongoDB, we will look into the mongo (or mongosh) utility. The mongo...