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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

Deploying to Heroku Cloud


The first step to deploy our application is to create a free account on Heroku Cloud Service:

  1. Go to https://signup.heroku.com/ and create a free account.

  2. Download the Heroku toolbelt for your platform at https://toolbelt.heroku.com/.

  3. Follow the installation process for your platform.

    Now you must have the Heroku toolbelt on your machine, to test it.

  4. Open the terminal/shell and type the following command:

      heroku --help
    

The terminal output lists all the possible things to do with Heroku CLI.

Tip

The book assumes that you already have git source control installed on your machine; if you don't it have yet, check out this page: https://git-scm.com/downloads.

Creating a Heroku application

Now we will create an application and send it to your newly created Heroku account:

  1. Create a file called .Procfile and save it at the root project folder.

  2. Paste the following code into the .Procfile file:

          web: slc run 
    
  3. Open the terminal/shell and type the following command:

      git init
    

    The...