Web Development with Node and Express: Leveraging the JavaScript Stack

Web Development with Node and Express: Leveraging the JavaScript Stack

<div><p>Learn how to build dynamic web applications with Express, a key component of the Node/JavaScript development stack. In this hands-on guide, author Ethan Brown teaches you the fundamentals through the development of a fictional application that exposes a public website and a RESTful API. You’ll also learn web architecture best practices to help you build single-page, multi-page, and hybrid web apps with Express.</p><p>Express strikes a balance between a robust framework and no framework at all, allowing you a free hand in your architecture choices. With this book, frontend and backend engineers familiar with JavaScript will discover new ways of looking at web development.</p><ul><li>Create webpage templating system for rendering dynamic data</li><li>Dive into request and response objects, middleware, and URL routing</li><li>Simulate a production environment for testing and development</li><li>Focus on persistence with document databases, particularly MongoDB</li><li>Make your resources available to other programs with RESTful APIs</li><li>Build secure apps with authentication, authorization, and HTTPS</li><li>Integrate with social media, geolocation, and other third-party services</li><li>Implement a plan for launching and maintaining your app</li><li>Learn critical debugging skills<p>This book covers Express 4.0.</p></li></ul></div>