Book Image

Node.js 6.x Blueprints

By : Fernando Monteiro
Book Image

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

Adding baseline configuration files


Now let's add some of useful files to our project:

  1. Create a file called .editorconfig and save it in the chapter-03 folder with the following code:

          # http://editorconfig.org 
          root = true 
     
          [*] 
          indent_style = tab 
          indent_size = 4 
          charset = utf-8 
          trim_trailing_whitespace = true 
          insert_final_newline = true 
     
          [*.md] 
          trim_trailing_whitespace = false 
    
  2. Create a file called .gitignore, save it in chapter-03, and include the following code:

          # Logs 
          logs 
          *.log 
     
          # Runtime data 
          pids 
          *.pid 
          *.seed 
      
          # Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover 
          lib-cov 
     
          # Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul 
              coverage 
     
          # Grunt intermediate 
          storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files) 
          .grunt 
     
          # node-waf configuration 
          .lock-wscript 
     
          # Compiled binary...