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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

Using downloaded modules with npm

In addition to the modules internal to Node.js, it is possible to import modules from the internet using the npm utility provided with Node.js.

For this, the npm command is used (in a command interpreter) by indicating arguments that allow you to perform the corresponding actions on the imported modules.

Using the npm command

Here are some common uses of the npm command:

  • npm install moduleName: Installs the indicated module in the local node_modules directory. The module will only be accessible for the current application and not for other applications (unless it is installed again).
  • npm install moduleName -g: Installs the specified module in the global node_modules directory. The -g option allows you to indicate that this module can be accessed by other applications because it is installed in the node_modules directory of Node.js (globally).
  • npm link moduleName: It is possible that a module installed globally (with the -g...