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MEAN Web Development - Second Edition

By : Amos Q. Haviv
Book Image

MEAN Web Development - Second Edition

By: Amos Q. Haviv

Overview of this book

The MEAN stack is a collection of the most popular modern tools for web development that helps you build fast, robust, and maintainable web applications. Starting with the MEAN core frameworks, this pragmatic guide will explain the key concepts of each framework, how to set them up properly, and how to use popular modules to connect it all together. By following the real-world examples shown in this tutorial, you will scaffold your MEAN application architecture, add an authentication layer, and develop an MVC structure to support your project development. You will learn the best practices of maintaining clear and simple code and will see how to avoid common pitfalls. Finally, you will walk through the different tools and frameworks that will help expedite your daily development cycles. Watch how your application development grows by learning from the only guide that is solely orientated towards building a full, end-to-end, real-time application using the MEAN stack!
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
MEAN Web Development Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating your first Express application


After creating your package.json file and installing your dependencies, you can create your first Express application by adding your already familiar server.js file with the following lines of code:

const express = require('express');
const app = express();

app.use('/', (req, res) => {
  res.status(200).send('Hello World');
});

app.listen(3000);
console.log('Server running at http://localhost:3000/');

module.exports = app;

You should have already recognized most of the code. The first two lines require the Express module and create a new Express application object. Then, we use the app.use() method to mount a middleware function with a specific path and the app.listen() method to tell the Express application to listen to port 3000. Note how the module.exports object is used to return the app object. This will later help you load and test your Express application.

This new code should also be familiar to you because it resembles the code you used...