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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

Refactoring the application folder


Our refactoring process includes two steps.

First, let's create a directory for the application source files, such as JavaScript, SCSS, and images files.

In the second step, we will create some directories within the client folder to receive our scripts.

Let's create the source folder for images, libs, scripts, and scss files.

Creating the images folder

In this folder, we will store the images before processing an optimization technique using imagemin-cli.

  1. Inside the root project, create a folder called src.

  2. Within the src folder, create a folder called images.

  3. Within the images folder, create a folder called gallery.

  4. Download the sample images file for chapter 09, Building a Frontend Process with Node.js and NPM from the Packt website (www.packtpub.com) or from the official book repository on GitHub, and paste the images into the gallery folder.

Tip

You can read more about imagemin cli at this link: https://github.com/imagemin/imagemin-cli.

Creating the libraries...