Node.js Web Development: Create real-time server-side applications with this practical, step-by-step guide, 3rd Edition - Softcover

Herron, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785881507 ISBN 13: 9781785881503

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Create real-time server-side applications with this practical, step-by-step guide

Key Features

• Learn about server-side JavaScript with Node.js and Node modules through the most up-to-date book on Node.js web development
• Understand website development both with and without the Connect/Express web application framework
• Develop both HTTP server and client applications

Book Description

Node.js is a server-side JavaScript platform using an event driven, non-blocking I/O model allowing users to build fast and scalable data-intensive applications running in real time. Node.js Web Development shows JavaScript is not just for browser-side applications. It can be used for server-side web application development, real-time applications, microservices, and much more.

This book gives you an excellent starting point, bringing you straight to the heart of developing web applications with Node.js. You will progress from a rudimentary knowledge of JavaScript and server-side development to being able to create and maintain your own Node.js application. With this book you'll learn how to use the HTTP Server and Client objects, data storage with both SQL and MongoDB databases, real-time applications with Socket.IO, mobile-first theming with Bootstrap, microservice deployment with Docker, authenticating against third-party services using OAuth, and much more.

What you will learn

• Install and use Node.js for both development and deployment
• Use the Express application framework
• Configure Bootstrap for mobile-first theming
• Use data storage engines such as MySQL, SQLITE3, and MongoDB
• Understand user authentication methods, including OAuth, with third-party services
• Deploy Node.js to live servers, including microservice development with Docker
• Perform unit testing with Mocha
• Perform functional testing of the web application with CasperJS

Who this book is for:

This book is for anybody looking for an alternative to the "P" languages (Perl, PHP, and Python), or anyone looking for a new paradigm of server-side application development. You should have at least a rudimentary understanding of JavaScript and web application development.

About this title

About the Author

David Herron is a software engineer living in Silicon Valley who has worked on projects ranging from an X.400 email server to being part of the team that launched the OpenJDK project, to Yahoo's Node.js application-hosting platform, and a solar array performance monitoring service. That took David through several companies until he grew tired of communicating primarily with machines, and developed a longing for human communication. Today, David is an independent writer of books and blog posts covering topics related to technology, programming, electric vehicles, and clean energy technologies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785881507
• ISBN 13: 9781785881503
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 376