MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node.js Fundamentals

Build fast, robust, and maintainable modern full-stack web applications using MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node.js.

Key Features

• Build highly scalable, asynchronous, and event-driven APIs
• Develop a user authentication system with MEAN
• Build a full-fledged application using the MEAN stack

Book Description

MongoDB, Express, Angular and Node.js Fundamentals is a practical guide to the tried-and-true production-ready MEAN stack, with tips and best practices. The book begins by demystifying the MEAN architecture. You'll take a look at the features of the JavaScript libraries, technologies, and frameworks that make up a MEAN stack.

With this book, you'll not only learn how to develop highly scalable, asynchronous, and event-driven APIs quickly with Express and Node.js, but you'll also be able put your full-stack skills to use by building two full-fledged MEAN applications from scratch. You'll understand how to build a blogging application using the MEAN stack and get to grips with user authentication using MEAN. As you progress through the chapters, you'll explore some old and new features of Angular, such as pipes, reactive forms, modules and optimizing apps, animations and unit testing, and much more.

By the end of the book, you'll get ready to take control of the MEAN stack and transform into a full-stack JavaScript developer, developing efficient web applications using Javascript technologies.

What you will learn

• Understand the MEAN architecture
• Create RESTful APIs to complete CRUD tasks
• Build a blogging application with basic features
• Describe best practices to secure node applications
• Implement authentication and authorization
• Creating simple animations using Angular
• Perform unit testing on Angular applications

Who this book is for

If you are a beginner or intermediate frontend developer who wants to become full-stack JavaScript developer, this book is ideal for you. You'll need some prior exposure to MongoDB as we skim over its basics before getting straight to work.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the MEAN Stack
2. Developing RESTful API to Perform CRUD Operations
3. Beginning Frontend Development with Angular CLI
4. The MEAN Stack Security
5. Declarable, Bootstrapping, and Modularity in Angular
6. Testing and Optimizing Angular Applications

Paul Oluyege is a full-stack software engineer who currently works as the software engineering lead in a top consumer credit company in Nigeria. With over 5 years of experience in all fields of the software life cycle and playing integral roles in building well-tested, rock solid software projects, Paul is dedicated to constantly improving tools and infrastructure to maximize productivity, minimize system downtime, and quickly respond to the changing needs of the business. He is a proactive problem solver and determined achiever who is looking for opportunities to prove himself.