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Node Cookbook - Fourth Edition

By : Bethany Griggs
4 (1)
Book Image

Node Cookbook - Fourth Edition

4 (1)
By: Bethany Griggs

Overview of this book

A key technology for building web applications and tooling, Node.js brings JavaScript to the server enabling full-stack development in a common language. This fourth edition of the Node Cookbook is updated with the latest Node.js features and the evolution of the Node.js framework ecosystems. This practical guide will help you to get started with creating, debugging, and deploying your Node.js applications and cover solutions to common problems, along with tips to avoid pitfalls. You'll become familiar with the Node.js development model by learning how to handle files and build simple web applications and then explore established and emerging Node.js web frameworks such as Express.js and Fastify. As you advance, you'll discover techniques for detecting problems in your applications, handling security concerns, and deploying your applications to the cloud. This recipe-based guide will help you to easily navigate through various core topics of server-side web application development with Node.js. By the end of this Node book, you'll be well-versed with core Node.js concepts and have gained the knowledge to start building performant and scalable Node.js applications.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Chapter 11: Deploying Node.js Microservices

The term microservices is used to describe applications that have been built on the basis of the microservice architecture paradigm. This architecture encourages larger applications to be built as a set of smaller modular applications, where each application focuses on one key concern. Microservice architectures are a contrast to the monolithic architectures of the past. Monolith is a term given to an application that handles many disparate concerns.

There are numerous benefits to adopting a microservice architecture. Ensuring that an application only serves one purpose means that the application can be optimized to best serve that purpose. Microservices help to decouple various parts of a system, which can result in easier debuggability if something goes wrong. Adopting a microservice architecture also enables you to scale different parts of the system independently.

There are not only technical benefits of adopting a microservice...