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Hands-on JavaScript for Python Developers

You're reading from  Hands-on JavaScript for Python Developers

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

The backend – setting up our API

Let's catalog the endpoints we'll need to make our travelogue work:

  • Read (GET): Like most APIs, we'll need an endpoint to read entries. We won't force authentication or being logged in for this.
  • Write (POST): This endpoint will be used for both creating a new trip and editing existing ones.
  • Upload (POST): We'll need an endpoint to call from our frontend in order to upload photos.
  • Login (POST) (Optional): If you'd like to take your authentication into your own hands, create a login endpoint that can use credentials from the database or a social-media login endpoint.

  • Media (GET) (Optional): It will be useful to have an API that lists all of the media files uploaded to your server.
  • Countries (GET) (Optional): It will also be a good idea to have an endpoint specifically for listing the countries you've visited to power your world map.

You may find yourself creating more endpoints as you work, and that's...

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