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Advanced Node.js Development

By : Andrew Mead
Book Image

Advanced Node.js Development

By: Andrew Mead

Overview of this book

Advanced Node.js Development is a practical, project-based book that provides you with all you need to progress as a Node.js developer. Node is a ubiquitous technology on the modern web, and an essential part of any web developer’s toolkit. If you're looking to create real-world Node applications, or you want to switch careers or launch a side-project to generate some extra income, then you're in the right place. This book was written around a single goal: turning you into a professional Node developer capable of developing, testing, and deploying real-world production applications. There's no better time to dive in. According to the 2018 Stack Overflow Survey, Node is in the top ten for back-end popularity and back-end salary. This book is built from the ground up around the latest version of Node.js (version 9.x.x). You'll be learning all the cutting-edge features available only in the latest software versions. This book delivers advanced skills that you need to become a professional Node developer. Along this journey you'll create your own API, you'll build a full real-time web app and create projects that apply the latest Async and Await technologies. Andrew Mead maps everything out for you in this book so that you can learn how to build powerful Node.js projects in a comprehensive, easy-to-follow package designed to get you up and running quickly.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Setting up Mongoose


We're not going to need any of the files we currently have open in the playground directory, so we can go ahead and close them. We're also going to wipe the TodoApp database using Robomongo. The data inside of Robomongo is going to be a little different than the data we'll be using going forward, and it's best to start with a clean slate. There is no need to create the database after you drop it because if you remember, MongoDB is going to automatically create the database once you start writing data to it. With this in place, we can now explore Mongoose, and the first thing I always like to do is check out the website.

You can check the website out by going to mongoosejs.com:

Here, you can find examples, guides, a full list of plugins, and a ton of great resources. The read the docs resource is the one I use the most. It includes tutorial-like guides that have examples, as well as documentation covering every single feature of the library. It really is a fantastic resource...