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Node.js Web Development.. - Fifth Edition

You're reading from  Node.js Web Development.. - Fifth Edition

Product type Book
Published in Jul 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838987572
Pages 760 pages
Edition 5th Edition
Languages
Author (1):
David Herron David Herron
Profile icon David Herron

Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction to Node.js
2. About Node.js 3. Setting Up Node.js 4. Exploring Node.js Modules 5. HTTP Servers and Clients 6. Section 2: Developing the Express Application
7. Your First Express Application 8. Implementing the Mobile-First Paradigm 9. Data Storage and Retrieval 10. Authenticating Users with a Microservice 11. Dynamic Client/Server Interaction with Socket.IO 12. Section 3: Deployment
13. Deploying Node.js Applications to Linux Servers 14. Deploying Node.js Microservices with Docker 15. Deploying a Docker Swarm to AWS EC2 with Terraform 16. Unit Testing and Functional Testing 17. Security in Node.js Applications 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

We've come a long way in this chapter.

We started by looking at the pyramid of doom and how Promise objects and async functions can help us tame asynchronous code. Because we're writing an Express application, we looked at how to use async functions in Express. We'll be using these techniques throughout this book.

We quickly moved on to writing the foundation of a real application with Express. At the moment, our application keeps its data in memory, but it has the basic functionality of what will become a note-taking application that supports real-time collaborative commenting on notes.

In the next chapter, we'll dip our toes into the water of responsive, mobile-friendly web design. Due to the growing popularity of mobile computing devices, it's become necessary to address mobile devices first before desktop computer users. In order to reach those millions of users a day, the Notes application users need a good user experience when using their smartphones...

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