Express.js for Web Developers: Practical Node.js web development for robust APIs, authentication, and deployment

Charette, Kenneth

ISBN 13: 9798265989086

Published by Independently published, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Express.js for Web Developers: Practical Node.js web development for robust APIs, authentication, and deployment
• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798265989086
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book is a practical, production-shaped guide to Express.js. It focuses on proven patterns—clean routing, robust middleware, stateless auth with JWT, database access with Prisma, testing with Jest/Supertest, security hardening with Helmet/CORS, and deploys to Docker, Heroku, and AWS. Every chapter includes complete, working code and a “why it works” explanation so you can apply it confidently on real projects.

About the Technology
Express.js is the minimalist web framework for Node.js—fast to learn, easy to extend, and battle-tested at scale. With Node 20+, modern tooling (ES modules, Prisma, Zod), and cloud-native deployment options, Express remains a top choice for building APIs that are simple to develop and straightforward to operate.

What’s Inside

• A complete REST API from scratch: auth, RBAC, validation, and CRUD
• Production-ready middleware: logging, rate limiting, error handling
• Data layer patterns with PostgreSQL (via Prisma) and MongoDB options
• Security best practices against XSS, CSRF, and injection attacks
• Testing strategy that sticks: unit, integration, and Postman/Newman in CI
• Deployment recipes for Docker, Heroku, and AWS ECS/Beanstalk
• Observability: pino logs, Prometheus metrics, and basic tracing
• Final launch checklists and real-world troubleshooting playbook

Who This Book Is For
JavaScript developers who:

• Know basic Node/Express and want to build reliable production APIs
• Are moving from tutorial apps to secure, observable, deployable services
• Need a concise reference with copy-pasteable templates and checklists

Every week an API ships without logging, rate limits, or proper auth is a future incident. This book helps you ship sooner and safer—with the guardrails in place before traffic arrives.
You’ll run the starter API in under 30 minutes, add secure signup/login the same day, and have a containerized, monitored service ready for staging by week’s end.
You’re not just buying pages—you’re getting:

• Reusable modules (auth, validation, error handlers)
• Deployment files (Dockerfile, Compose, Procfile, CI samples)
• Operational checklists that prevent late-night firefights

These alone can save dozens of hours per project.

Build APIs you can trust in production. Get your copy of Express.js for Web Developers: Practical Node.js Web Development for Robust APIs, Authentication, and Deployment and start shipping faster, safer, and smarter—today.