Now that you have learned to set up an optimal development environment with NPM, supply it with frontend dependencies using Bower, and automate development tasks using Grunt, it's time to start learning more about building a real app. In the next chapter, we will dive into common SPA architecture design patterns, what they mean, and what is the best design pattern to choose based on the type of SPA you are building.
Mastering JavaScript Single Page Application Development
Mastering JavaScript Single Page Application Development
Overview of this book
Single-page web applications—or SPAs, as they are commonly referred to—are quickly becoming the de facto standard for web app development. The fact that a major part of the app runs inside a single web page makes it very interesting and appealing. Also, the accelerated growth of browser capabilities is pushing us closer to the day when all apps will run entirely in the browser.
This book will take your JavaScript development skills to the next level by teaching you to create a single-page application within a full-stack JavaScript environment. Using only JavaScript, you can go from being a front-end developer to a full-stack application developer with relative ease.
You will learn to cross the boundary from front-end development to server-side development through the use of JavaScript on both ends. Use your existing knowledge of JavaScript by learning to manage a JSON document data store with MongoDB, writing a JavaScript powered REST API with Node.js and Express, and designing a front-end powered by AngularJS.
This book will teach you to leverage the MEAN stack to do everything from document database design, routing REST web API requests, data-binding within views, and adding authentication and security to building a full-fledged, complex, single-page web application.
In addition to building a full-stack JavaScript app, you will learn to test it with JavaScript-powered testing tools such as Mocha, Karma, and Jasmine. Finally, you will learn about deployment and scaling so that you can launch your own apps into the real world.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Mastering JavaScript Single Page Application Development
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Getting Organized with NPM, Bower, and Grunt
Model-View-Whatever
SPA Essentials – Creating the Ideal Application Environment
REST is Best – Interacting with the Server Side of Your App
Its All About the View
Data Binding, and Why You Should Embrace It
Leveraging the MEAN Stack
Managing Data Using MongoDB
Handling Web Requests with Express
Displaying Views
Adding Security and Authentication
Connecting the App to Social Media
Testing with Mocha, Karma, and More
Deploying and Scaling the SPA
Customer Reviews