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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

Summary

Through this complete example, we have seen how to use JavaScript on both the client side (here, with Vue.js) and the server side (with Node.js and MongoDB).

The use of a single language to carry out all development simplifies learning and ensures great consistency throughout the application.

In addition, tools such as Vue.js, allowing the creation of reusable components, and modules such as Express and mongoose based on the MVC model, make it possible to properly architect JavaScript code, both on the client side and on the server side.

We also saw how the Axios library made it possible to communicate between the client and the server.

You now have everything you need to create reliable, robust, and well-structured client and server applications entirely in JavaScript.