Advanced Node.js Development - Softcover

Mead, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1788393937 ISBN 13: 9781788393935

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Takes you through creating your own API, building a full real-time web app, securing your Node systems, and practical applications of the latest Async and Await technologies. It maps out everything in a comprehensive, easy-to-follow package designed to get you up and running quickly.

Key Features

• Entirely project-based and practical
• Explains the "why" of Node.js features, not just the "how", providing with a deep understanding and enabling you to easily apply concepts in your own applications
• Covers the full range of technologies around Node.js - npm, MongoDB, version control with Git, and many more

Book Description

Advanced Node.js Development is a practical, project-based book that provides you with all you need to progress as a Node.js developer. Node is a ubiquitous technology on the modern web, and an essential part of any web developer's toolkit. If you're looking to create real-world Node applications, or you want to switch careers or launch a side-project to generate some extra income, then you're in the right place. This book was written around a single goal: turning you into a professional Node developer capable of developing, testing, and deploying real-world production applications.

There's no better time to dive in. According to the 2018 Stack Overflow Survey, Node is in the top ten for back-end popularity and back-end salary. This book is built from the ground up around the latest version of Node.js (version 9.x.x). You'll be learning all the cutting-edge features available only in the latest software versions.

This book delivers advanced skills that you need to become a professional Node developer. Along this journey you'll create your own API, you'll build a full real-time web app and create projects that apply the latest Async and Await technologies. Andrew Mead maps everything out for you in this book so that you can learn how to build powerful Node.js projects in a comprehensive, easy-to-follow package designed to get you up and running quickly.

What you will learn

• Develop, test, and deploy real-world Node.js applications
• Master Node.js by building practical, working examples
• Use awesome third-party Node modules such as MongoDB, Mongoose, Socket.io, and Express
• Create real-time web applications
• Explore async and await in ES7

Who This Book Is For

This book is for anyone looking to launch their own Node applications, switch careers, or freelance as a Node developer. You should have a basic understanding of JavaScript in order to follow this book. This book follows directly on from Learning Node.js Development, but more advanced readers can benefit from this book without having read the first part.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Set Up
2. MongoDB, Mongoose, and REST APIs - Part 1
3. MongoDB, Mongoose, and REST APIs - Part 2
4. MongoDB, Mongoose, and REST APIs - Part 3
5. Security and Authentication
6. Authentication Middleware and Hashing Passwords
7. Writing Test Cases for DELETE and GET Routes
8. Making Todo Routes Private
9. Improving App Configuration and Advanced Postman Techniques
10. Real-Time Web Apps with Socket.io

About this title

About the Author

Andrew Mead is a full-stack developer living in beautiful Philadelphia! He launched his first Udemy course in 2014 and had a blast teaching and helping others. Since then, he has launched three courses with over 21,000 students and over 1,900 5-star reviews. Andrew currently teaches Node, Gulp, and React. Before he started teaching, he created a web app development company. He has helped companies of all sizes launch production web applications to their customers. He has had the honor of working with awesome companies such as Siemens, Mixergy, and Parkloco. He has a Computer Science degree from Temple University, and he has been programming for just over a decade. He loves creating, programming, launching, learning, teaching, and biking.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1788393937
• ISBN 13: 9781788393935
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 592