2014
Packt Publishing
Matthew Nuzum
2:27
English
JavaScript is no longer limited to browsers! You can now build complete server-side web applications with Express.js. Developing web apps with Node will be faster and easier with the simple and straightforward Express framework.
This course will guide you through building a real-world web application using Node.js, Express, and MongoDB.
You’ll start with using the Jade template library and Bootstrap framework to create clean and maintainable code for your app. You will then see how to put MongoDB to work, store data for your app, and incorporate best-practices such as modularization. You’ll go beyond the basics to include authentication, test-driven-development, and powerful time-saving tools to get the app ready for deploying. You will also explore CSS preprocessors and create RESTful services that make the best of MVC libraries and add that extra edge to your app.
After completing this series, you’ll be ready to start building and deploying web applications of your own.
Getting Started
Installing Express.js and Command-line Tools
A Special Note for Windows Users
Bootstrapping Your First App
What Just Happened?
Structure of an Express.js App
Frontend Development
Introducing the Jade Template Engine
Introducing Stylus
Bootstrap with Jade and Stylus
Public and Static Files
Other Templating Options
Planning Our Application
Planning the Structure of Our Application
Installing the Necessary Modules
Creating Our Endpoints
Creating Our User Interface
Creating Our Application’s User Interface
Understanding Logic-less Templates
Displaying Dynamic Data with Jade
Automated Testing
Why Automate Tests?
Micro Testing/Unit Testing Versus Full Stack Testing
Setting Up Test Tools
Server-side JS Testing Versus Client-side JS Testing
Storing Data in MongoDB
Installing and Configuring MongoDB
Wiring Up Mongoose.js
Creating Our Models
Differences between MongoDB and a Relational Database
Collecting Data
Authenticating Users
Adding Passport.js Authentication
Understanding Sessions
Using Facebook or Twitter for Authentication
Deployment Options
Deploying Your Application
Deploying Your App to the Cloud via Heroku
Considerations for Deploying Your App to Traditional Servers
Final Thoughts
Custom Modules
Opinionated MVC Framework – Sails.js
Popular Blogging Tool – Ghost
Client-side MVC Tools
Socket.io for WebSocket Connections
Wrap-up
Download File Size:305.63 MB
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