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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

Technical requirements

To develop in JavaScript, and write and then run the programs in this book, you will need the following:

  • A text editor for computer programs, for example, Notepad++, Sublime Text, EditPlus, or Visual Studio.
  • An internet browser, for example, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge.
  • A PHP server, for example, XAMPP or WampServer. The PHP server will be used to execute JavaScript programs containing import statements in HTML pages because these import statements only work on an HTTP server.
  • A Node.js server: The Node.js server will be created through Node.js installation. We will also install and use the MongoDB database to associate the Node.js server with a database.
  • You can find the code files for this chapter on GitHub at: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/JavaScript-from-Frontend-to-Backend/blob/main/Chapter%201.zip.

Let’s now begin our discovery of JavaScript, by studying the different types of variables it offers us.