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Node Cookbook - Fourth Edition

By : Bethany Griggs
4 (1)
Book Image

Node Cookbook - Fourth Edition

4 (1)
By: Bethany Griggs

Overview of this book

A key technology for building web applications and tooling, Node.js brings JavaScript to the server enabling full-stack development in a common language. This fourth edition of the Node Cookbook is updated with the latest Node.js features and the evolution of the Node.js framework ecosystems. This practical guide will help you to get started with creating, debugging, and deploying your Node.js applications and cover solutions to common problems, along with tips to avoid pitfalls. You'll become familiar with the Node.js development model by learning how to handle files and build simple web applications and then explore established and emerging Node.js web frameworks such as Express.js and Fastify. As you advance, you'll discover techniques for detecting problems in your applications, handling security concerns, and deploying your applications to the cloud. This recipe-based guide will help you to easily navigate through various core topics of server-side web application development with Node.js. By the end of this Node book, you'll be well-versed with core Node.js concepts and have gained the knowledge to start building performant and scalable Node.js applications.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Generating a microservice with LoopBack

LoopBack is an extensible open source Node.js framework that is purpose-built for creating REST APIs and microservices. Early versions of LoopBack were both inspired and based directly on the Express.js web framework. The most recent version, LoopBack 4, went through a significant refactor and was rewritten in TypeScript. This refactor allowed the maintainers to expand the features of LoopBack without being restricted by the technical implementation decisions made in prior versions.

In this recipe, we're going to use the LoopBack 4 command-line interface (CLI) to generate a Node.js microservice.

Getting ready

To prepare for the recipe, we need to globally install the LoopBack CLI. Enter the following command in your Terminal:

$ npm install --global @loopback/cli

Now that we have globally installed the LoopBack CLI, let's move on to the recipe.

How to do it…

In this recipe, we're going to generate a RESTful...