Beginning Nodejs

Beginning Node.js is your step-by-step guide to learning all the aspects of creating maintainable Node.js applications. You will see how Node.js is focused on creating high-performing, highly-scalable websites, and how easy it is to get started. Many front-end devs regularly work with HTML, CSS, PHP, even WordPress, but haven't yet got started with Node.js. This book explains everything for you from a beginner level, enabling you to start using Node.js in your projects right away. Using this book you will learn important Node.js concepts for server-side programming. You will begin with an easy-to-follow pure JavaScript primer, which you can skip if you're confident of your JS skills. You'll then delve into Node.js concepts such as streams and events, and the technology involved in building full-stack Node.js applications. You'll also learn how to test your Node.js code, and deploy your Node.js applications on the internet. Node.js is a great and simple platform to work with. It is lightweight, easy to deploy and manage. You will see how using Node.js can be a fun and rewarding experience - start today with Beginning Node.js.

In this book, we take you on a fun, hands-on and pragmatic journey to learning Node.js, Express and MongoDB development. You'll start building your first Node.js app within minutes. Every chapter is written in a bite-sized manner and straight to the point as I don't want to waste your time (and most certainly mine) on the content you don't need. In the end, you will have the skills to create a blog app and deploy it to the Internet. In the course of this book, we will cover: Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Introduction to npm & Express Chapter 3: Beginning our Blog Project Chapter 4: Templating Engines Chapter 5: Introduction to MongoDB Chapter 6: Applying MongoDB to our Project Chapter 7: Uploading an Image with Express Chapter 8: Introduction to Express Middleware Chapter 9: Refactoring to MVC Chapter 10: User Registration Chapter 11: User Authentication with Express Sessions Chapter 12: Showing Validation Errors Chapter 13: Relating Post Collection with User Collection Chapter 14: Adding a WYSIWYG Editor Chapter 15: Using MongoDB Atlas Chapter 16: Deploying Web Apps on Heroku The goal of this book is to teach you Node.js, Express and MongoDB development in a manageable way without overwhelming you. We focus only on the essentials and cover the material in a hands-on practice manner for you to code along. About the Reader No previous knowledge on Node.js development required, but you should have basic programming knowledge. About the Author Greg Lim is a technologist and author of several programming books. Greg has many years in teaching programming in tertiary institutions and he places special emphasis on learning by doing.

Using the same framework to build both server and client-side applications saves you time and money. This book teaches you how you can use JavaScript and Node.js to build highly scalable APIs that work well with lightweight cross-platform client applications. It begins with the basics of Node.js in the context of backend development, and ...

Ryan Dahl, creator of Node.js: "This is an amazing introduction to Node.js". The aim of The Node Beginner Book is to get you started with developing applications for Node.js, teaching you everything you need to know about advanced JavaScript along the way.

Node.js is changing the way web apps are built. As Node.js apps are written in JavaScript, you can quickly and simply use your front-end skills to develop staggeringly fast, scalable real-time web applications. Read this book and, in a weekend, you’ll learn how to: Develop a complete working Node.js application - from start-to-finish Deploy your new application to a production server Scale your projects quickly and cheaply PLUS discover how to use Twitter Bootstrap, MongoDB and Back-bone.js to create fancy web apps, extend their storage, and dy-namically update them.

Practical Node.js is your step-by-step guide to learning how to build a wide range of scalable real-world web applications using a professional development toolkit. Node.js is an innovative and highly efficient platform for creating web services. But Node.js doesn't live in a vacuum! In a modern web development, many different components need to be put together — routing, database driver, ORM, session management, OAuth, HTML template engine, CSS compiler and many more. If you already know the basics of Node.js, now is the time to discover how to bring it to production level by leveraging its vast ecosystem of packages. As a web developer, you'll work with a varied collection of standards and frameworks - Practical Node.js shows you how all those pieces fit together. Practical Node.js takes you from installing all the necessary modules to writing full-stack web applications by harnessing the power of the Express.js and Hapi frameworks, the MongoDB database with Mongoskin and Mongoose, Jade and Handlebars template engines, Stylus and LESS CSS languages, OAuth and Everyauth libraries, and the Socket.IO and Derby libraries, and everything in between. The book also covers how to deploy to Heroku and AWS, daemonize apps, and write REST APIs. You'll build full-stack real-world Node.js apps from scratch, and also discover how to write your own Node.js modules and publish them on NPM. You already know what Node.js is; now learn what you can do with it and how far you can take it!

Discover everything you need to know to get up-to-speed with JavaScript development and add dynamic enhancements to web pages. This completely updated third edition reveals how the code works and when to use closures, constants, and execution content. Starting with the basics, you'll see how to employ prototypical inheritance, as well as memory management, variable hoisting and event bubbling. Also covered is an introduction to Node.js and package managers, key to understanding the tools necessary in front-end development and how they are used with current JavaScript frameworks. JavaScript is one of the most important technologies on the web, providing the means to add dynamic functionality to your web pages and serving as the backbone of working with frameworks like Angular and React. Beginning JavaScript, Third Edition will take you from being a JavaScript novice to working freely with this important technology - begin your JavaScript journey today! What You'll Learn Construct good JavaScript syntax following modern coding practices Use JavaScript to communicate with the server and retrieve data Dynamically manipulate markup, validate forms and deal with images Debug applications using features inside the browser Use TypeScript to bring strong typing to the language Who This Book Is For Beginner to intermediate developers with a basic knowledge of front-end programming who are looking for a deeper understanding of how JavaScript works in the browser and how to answer questions in an interview.

This book contains an extensive set of practical examples and an easy-to-follow approach to creating 3D objects.This book is great for anyone who already knows JavaScript and who wants to start creating 3D graphics that run in any browser. You don’t need to know anything about advanced math or WebGL; all that is needed is a general knowledge of JavaScript and HTML. The required materials and examples can be freely downloaded and all tools used in this book are open source.

Summary Get Programming with Node.js teaches you to build web servers using JavaScript and Node. In this engaging tutorial, you'll work through eight complete projects, from writing the code for your first web server to adding live chat to a web app. Your hands will stay on the keyboard as you explore the most important aspects of the Node development process, including security, database management, authenticating user accounts, and deploying to production. You'll especially appreciate the easy-to-follow discussions, illuminating diagrams, and carefully explained code! Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology Node.js delivers the speed and reliability you need for ecommerce, social media, and gaming applications. It comes with thousands of prebuilt packages to help you get started immediately. If you want to use JavaScript on the server, Node.js is your choice. What's inside New features from ES2015 and later Writing asynchronous code Creating data models Debugging JavaScript modules About the Reader Written for front-end web developers with intermediate JavaScript skills. Table of Contents GETTING SET UP Lesson 0 - Setting up Node.js and the JavaScript engine Lesson 1 - Configuring your environment Lesson 2 - Running a Node.js application UNIT 1 - GETTING STARTED WITH NODE.JS Lesson 3 - Creating a Node.js module Lesson 4 - Building a simple web server in Node.js Lesson 5 - Handling incoming data Lesson 6 - Writing better routes and serving external files Lesson 7 - Capstone: Creating your first web application UNIT 2 - EASIER WEB DEVELOPMENT WITH EXPRESS.JS Lesson 8 - Setting up an app with Express.js Lesson 9 - Routing in Express.js Lesson 10 - Connecting views with templates Lesson 11 - Configurations and error handling Lesson 12 - Capstone: Enhancing the Confetti Cuisine site with Express.js UNIT 3 - CONNECTING TO A DATABASE Lesson 13 - Setting up a MongoDB database Lssson 14 - Building models with Mongoose Lesson 15 - Connecting controllers and models Using promises with Mongoose Lesson 16 - Capstone: Saving user subscriptions UNIT 4 - BUILDING A USER MODEL Lesson 17 - Improving your data models Lesson 18 - Building the user model Lesson 19 - Creating and reading your models Lesson 20 - Updating and deleting your models Lesson 21 - Capstone: Adding CRUD models to Confetti Cuisine Creating controllers UNIT 5 - AUTHENTICATING USER ACCOUNTS Lesson 22 - Adding sessions and flash messages Lesson 23 - Building a user login and hashing passwords Lesson 24 - Adding user authentication Lesson 25 - Capstone: Adding user authentication to Confetti Cuisine UNIT 6 - BUILDING AN API Lesson 26 - Adding an API to your application Lesson 27 - Accessing your API from your application Lesson 28 - Adding API security Lesson 29 - Capstone: Implementing an API UNIT 7 - ADDING CHAT FUNCTIONALITY Lesson 30 - Working with Socket.io Lesson 31 - Saving chat messages Lesson 32 - Adding a chat notification indicator UNIT 8 - DEPLOYING AND MANAGING CODE IN PRODUCTION Lesson 33 - Capstone: Adding a chat feature to Confetti Cuisine Lesson 34 - Deploying your application Lesson 35 - Managing in production Lesson 36 - Testing your application Lesson 37 - Capstone: Deploying Confetti Cuisine

In this book, we take you on a fun, hands-on and pragmatic journey to learning MERN stack development. You'll start building your first MERN stack app within minutes. Every chapter is written in a bite-sized manner and straight to the point as I don't want to waste your time (and most certainly mine) on the content you don't need. In the end, you will have the skills to create a Movies review app and deploy it to the Internet. In the course of this book, we will cover: Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: MongoDB Overview Chapter 3: Setting Up MongoDB Atlas Cloud Database Chapter 4: Adding Sample Data Chapter 5: Setting Up Our Node.js, Express Backend Chapter 6: Creating Our Backend Server Chapter 7: Creating The Movies Data Access Object Chapter 8: Creating The Movies Controller Chapter 9: Testing Our Backend API Chapter 10: Leaving Movie Reviews Chapter 11: Testing The Reviews API Chapter 12: Route To Get A Single Movie And Its Ratings Chapter 13: Introduction To React Chapter 14: Create Navigation Header Bar Chapter 15: Defining Our Routes Chapter 16: MovieDataService: Connecting To The Backend Chapter 17: MoviesList Component Chapter 18: Movie Component Chapter 19: Listing Reviews Chapter 21: Adding And Editing Reviews Chapter 22: Deleting A Review Chapter 23: Get Next Page's Results Chapter 24: Get Next Page's Results - Search By Title And Rating Chapter 25: Deploying Backend On Heroku Chapter 26: Hosting And Deploying Our React Frontend The goal of this book is to teach you MERN stack development in a manageable way without overwhelming you. We focus only on the essentials and cover the material in a hands-on practice manner for you to code along. Working Through This Book This book is purposely broken down into short chapters where the development process of each chapter will center on different essential topics. The book takes a practical hands on approach to learning through practice. You learn best when you code along with the examples in the book. Requirements No previous knowledge on Node.js or React development is required, but you should have basic programming knowledge. It will be a helpful advantage if you could read through my Node, Express book and React book first which will provide you will better insight and deeper knowledge into the various technologies. But even if you have not done so, you should still be able to follow along.