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Node.js 6.x Blueprints

By : Fernando Monteiro
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Node.js 6.x Blueprints

By: Fernando Monteiro

Overview of this book

Node.js is the most popular framework to create server-side applications today. Be it web, desktop, or mobile, Node.js comes to your rescue to create stunning real-time applications. Node.js 6.x Blueprints will teach you to build these types of projects in an easy-to-understand manner. The key to any Node.js project is a strong foundation on the concepts that will be a part of every project. The book will first teach you the MVC design pattern while developing a Twitter-like application using Express.js. In the next chapters, you will learn to create a website and applications such as streaming, photography, and a store locator using MongoDB, MySQL, and Firebase. Once you’re warmed up, we’ll move on to more complex projects such as a consumer feedback app, a real-time chat app, and a blog using Node.js with frameworks such as loopback.io and socket.io. Finally, we’ll explore front-end build processes, Docker, and continuous delivery. By the end of book, you will be comfortable working with Node.js applications and will know the best tools and frameworks to build highly scalable desktop and cloud applications.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Node.js 6.x Blueprints
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Creating a Heroku application using Heroku Dashboard


This time, we will see another way to create a project using the Heroku cloud service:

  1. Go to https://dashboard.heroku.com/apps.

  2. On the Heroku dashboard, click on the New button, and then click on the create new app link.

  3. Enter the following name in the app input name field: chapter-10-yourname

  4. Click on the Create app button.

Linking the Heroku application to your git repository

Now we need to set up our account on Heroku to link to our github account. So let's do it the next steps:

  1. On Heroku dashboard, click on the chapter-10-yourname project name.

  2. Click on the Settings tab, scroll down the page to Domains, and copy the Heroku domain URL:

    chapter-10-yourname.herokuapp.com

Tip

Note that we can't use the same name for all applications, so you need to provide your name after chapter-10.

Later we will use the app name to configure the Codeship deployment pipeline, so don't forget it.

Adding environment variables to Heroku

Now we need to create some...