Node.js 6.x Blueprints

Fernando Monteiro

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781785887925
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Informatique
• Subtopic: Applications de bureau

Create stunning web applications and Restful APIs from start to finish with Express, Loopback, MongoDB, and MySQL using this definitive guideAbout This Book• Create stunning applications with Node.js from scratch, no matter the goal• Discover a wide variety of applications you can effectively integrate third-party libraries and other front-end frameworks with Node.js• Leverage all the new features introduced in Node.js 6.XWho This Book Is ForThis book caters to developers who are looking to build projects right from a simple website to more complex one such as a blog, chat application, a photography site, and a lot more. A Basic knowledge of JavaScript and Node.js would be extremely beneficial.What You Will Learn• Explore MVC design pattern in Node.js• Build solid architectures by following test-driven development• Look beyond web applications and create your own desktop app with Node.js• Develop single page applications using Node.js with the RESTful APIs, MongoDB, and ORM• Master the Express framework and build a complete application with a real database• Create a real-time and fully functional online chat application with Socket.IOIn DetailNode.js is the most popular framework to create server-side applications today. Be it web, desktop, or mobile, Node.js comes to your rescue to create stunning real-time applications. Node.js 6.x Blueprints will teach you to build these types of projects in an easy-to-understand manner.The key to any Node.js project is a strong foundation on the concepts that will be a part of every project. The book will first teach you the MVC design pattern while developing a Twitter-like application using Express.js. In the next chapters, you will learn to create a website and applications such as streaming, photography, and a store locator using MongoDB, MySQL, and Firebase.Once you're warmed up, we'll move on to more complex projects such as a consumer feedback app, a real-time chat app, and a blog using Node.js with frameworks such as loopback.io and socket.io. Finally, we'll explore front-end build processes, Docker, and continuous delivery.By the end of book, you will be comfortable working with Node.js applications and will know the best tools and frameworks to build highly scalable desktop and cloud applications.Style and approachThis is an easy-to-follow guide full of practical examples. This book takes a project-based approach and each chapter contains step-by-step instructions to create stunning applications across different application domains from scratch.

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Node.js 6.x Blueprints

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Credits

Author Fernando Monteiro	Copy Editors Vikrant Phadke Safis Editing
Reviewer Magesh Kuppan	Project Coordinator Nidhi Joshi
Commissioning Editor Amarabha Banerjee	Proofreader Safis Editing
Acquisition Editor Manish Nainani	Indexer Mariammal Chettiyar
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Technical Editor Karan Thakkar

About the Author

Fernando Monteiro is a full-stack engineer, speaker, and open source contributor. He has built and made some of his personal projects open source, such as Responsive Boilerplate, Frontend Boilerplate, Angm-Generator, and TrelloMetrics, written in AngularJS, Node.js, Less, and SASS.

With around 16 years of experience in information technology, his current focus is on web and mobile JavaScript applications. He has a strong understanding and experience with all phases of the software engineering life cycle, including source control, design, build/release, and automated testing.

He has worked as a manager of e-commerce, and a UX designer for various companies and products, including mobile applications.

When not programming, Fernando enjoys riding Harley Davidson bikes, making his own beer, and watching movies with his family.

You can find him on LinkedIn at https://br.linkedin.com/in/fernando-monteiro-69881b28/en.

The following are his previous books with Packt Publishing:

Instant HTML5 Responsive Table Design How-to in April 2013 :

http://www.amazon.com/Instant-HTML5-Responsive-Table-Design/dp/1849697264/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1454389499&sr=1-3&keywords=Fernando+Monteiro.

Learning Single Page Web Application Development in December 2014:

http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Single-Page-Application-Development/dp/1783552093/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1454389499&sr=1-6&keywords=Fernando+Monteiro.

AngularJS Directives Cookbook in November 2015 :

http://www.amazon.com/AngularJS-Directives-Cookbook-Fernando-Monteiro/dp/1784395897/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1454389499&sr=1-1&keywords=Fernando+Monteiro.

I would like to say thank you to all my family, who supported me in this journey–especially my mother, Paschoalina Patrizzi – for their strength and perseverance in life. And to all of the Packt Publishing crew who helped me with one more book.

About the Reviewer

Magesh Kuppanis a freelance consultant and trainer on web technologies with over 17 years of experience. Everything about technology excites him.

I am grateful to my parents, without whom I would not be what I am today. I am also thankful to my wife for she has been instrumental in all my efforts. Thanks to my little son who brings bliss to my life.

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Preface

Web applications with Node.js are increasingly popular and accessible to all developers. Today, with the growing evolution of Node.js, we can see numerous companies using this technology for the development of their applications. Among them, we can mention Netflix, Paypal, and many others who use Node.js in production environments.

The hosting companies also made a breakthrough by supporting Node.js on their platforms. Plus, many building tools, such as task runners, generators and dependence managers, emerged using the Node.js engine, such as Grunt, Gulp, Bower, and more.

Throughout the book, we will show you how to build and deploy Node.js applications from scratch by using all the resources available on the Node.js ecosystem and exploring cloud services for testing, image manipulation, and deployment.

Dealing with all these tools and getting the best out of them all is a very interesting and motivating task.

We will also introduce the concept of Docker containers and continuous integration using different tools and services.

Over the course of our book, we will see how to get the best out of this development method using the latest and greatest technologies to build ten applications from start to end.

Enjoy!

What this book covers

Throughout this book, we'll explore different ways to build Node.js Applications and understand what elements make up a basic blog page using MVC design patterns. We will learn how to deal with different types of view templates such as EJS and SWIG and more complex stuff using command-line tools to deploy and run applications.

We will cover fundamental concept...