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Hands-on JavaScript for Python Developers

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Product type Book
Published in Sep 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838648121
Pages 410 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Author (1):
Sonyl Nagale Sonyl Nagale
Profile icon Sonyl Nagale

Table of Contents (26) Chapters

Preface 1. Section 1 - What is JavaScript? What is it not?
2. The Entrance of JavaScript into Mainstream Programming 3. Can We Use JavaScript Server-Side? Sure! 4. Nitty-Gritty Grammar 5. Data and Your Friend, JSON 6. Section 2 - Using JavaScript on the Front-End
7. Hello World! and Beyond: Your First Application 8. The Document Object Model (DOM) 9. Events, Event-Driven Design, and APIs 10. Working with Frameworks and Libraries 11. Deciphering Error Messages and Performance Leaks 12. JavaScript, Ruler of the Frontend 13. Section 3 - The Back-End: Node.js vs. Python
14. What Is Node.js? 15. Node.js versus Python 16. Using Express 17. React with Django 18. Combining Node.js with the Frontend 19. Enter Webpack 20. Section 4 - Communicating with Databases
21. Security and Keys 22. Node.js and MongoDB 23. Putting It All Together 24. Assessments 25. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

We covered a lot in this chapter, from routing to controllers to models. Keep in mind that not every application follows this paradigm, but it's a good baseline with which to start your approach of backend services as they relate to the frontend.

We should remember that using express-generator can help scaffold out applications, using npm or npx. Routes and views are our front line of the application, dictating where code is routed and what is viewed by the end client (whether it's JSON or HTML). We worked with APIs to explore the inherently asynchronous behavior of APIs, and also created our own API!

In the next chapter, we will discuss what makes Express a different type of framework than Django or Flask. We'll also examine how to join our frontend and backend frameworks.

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