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Full-Stack Web Development with Vue.js and Node

By : Aneeta Sharma
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Full-Stack Web Development with Vue.js and Node

By: Aneeta Sharma

Overview of this book

Isomorphic JavaScript was the buzzword of the year 2017, allowing developers to utilize a single language throughout their web development stack and build cost-effective and scalable applications. MEVN is a one such modern web development stack consisting of web applications such as MongoDB, Express.js, Vue.js, and Node.js. Hands-On Full-Stack Web Development with Vue.js 2 and Node.js leverages the harmony of these technologies to help you create full-stack web applications. Starting with the core frameworks, this example-based guide explains all the key concepts of frameworks, how to set them up properly, and how to use popular modules to connect them together and make them work cohesively. You will learn all this with the help of real-world examples. In addition to this, you will be able to scaffold web application architecture, add an authentication layer, and develop the MVC structure to support the development of your application. You'll explore how to create data models for your applications and then write REST APIs by exposing your data model to your application. Solely orientated towards building a full, end-to-end application using the MEVN stack, this book will help you understand how your application development grows.

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Table of Contents (12 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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1
Introducing MEVN
Introducing MEVN
Evolution of the technology stack in JavaScript
Introducing MEVN
Installing Node.js
Introducing NVM
Introducing npm
Installing MongoDB
Introducing Git
Introducing GitHub
Summary
2
Building an Express Application
Building an Express Application
Introduction to Node.js
Introducing Express.js
Introduction to MVC
Creating view files for the Express.js application
Summary
3
Introducing MongoDB
Introducing MongoDB
Why MongoDB?
MongoDB queries
Introducing Mongoose
Adding validation with Mongoose
Summary
4
Introducing REST APIs
Introducing REST APIs
What is REST?
Introducing REST APIs
HTTP verbs
HTTP status codes
Introducing Postman
Summary
5
Building the Real Application
Building the Real Application
Introducing Vue.js
Installing Vue.js
Introducing vue-cli
Building a static application with Vue.js
Vue.js directives
Data binding
Handling forms with Vue.js
Communicating with servers
Loading dynamic content on the homepage
Summary
6
Building Authentication with passport.js
Building Authentication with passport.js
Introduction to passport.js
passport.js strategies
Setting up user registration
Setting up the user login
Serving static files for Vue components
Passport's Local Strategy
Summary
7
Building OAuth Strategies with passport.js
Building OAuth Strategies with passport.js
Passport's Facebook Strategy
Configuring Passport's Facebook Strategy
Passport's Twitter Strategy
Configuring Passport's Twitter Strategy
Passport's Google strategy
Configuring Passport's Google strategy
Passport's LinkedIn strategy
Configuring Passport's LinkedIn strategy
Summary
8
Introducing Vuex
Introducing Vuex
Traditional multi-web page application
An introduction to SPAs
SPA versus MPA
An introduction to Vuex
Core concepts of Vuex
Creating a simple Vuex application
Installing and using Vuex in a movie application
Summary
9
Testing an MEVN Application
Testing an MEVN Application
Benefits of writing tests
Introduction to unit tests
An introduction to end-to-end test
Technologies we will be using
Introducing Mocha
Introducing chai
Introducing sinon
Writing tests for Node.js server
Writing tests for Vue.js components
Writing e2e testing
Summary
10
Going Live
Going Live
Continuous integration
Introduction to Travis CI
Introduction to Heroku
Summary
11
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Introduction to unit tests

Unit testing is a software development process in which the smallest functionality of the application is tested and examined to check whether it works as expected or not. A unit is the smallest part of any application. Every test code written for a unit of an application is independent of each other. The goal of unit testing itself is to perform an individual tests and make sure that each piece is correct.

Convention for writing unit tests

If you follow certain guidelines and principles while writing unit tests, it makes your code maintainable and readable. The following are a few techniques that we can use while writing unit tests for any application:

  • Unit testing should be carried out in small...
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