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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

Arrays

Arrays store a collection of data, ordered according to their index. The index is also called the index of the array. It starts at 0 and scales up to the total number of elements in the array, minus 1 (0 to n-1).

Let’s learn how to create an array first.

Creating an array

An array corresponds in JavaScript to an Array class object. We therefore create an array using the new Array instruction.

However, since arrays are widely used in JavaScript programs, it is also possible to create them using a bracket notation [ and ]. This is an easier way to use them without going through the Array class.

Let’s take a detailed look at these two ways to create an array (with brackets and with the Array class).

Creating an array using square brackets [ and ]

The easiest and fastest way to create an array is to use the bracket notation:

Creating an array using square brackets

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