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Node.js for Beginners

You're reading from   Node.js for Beginners A comprehensive guide to building efficient, full-featured web applications with Node.js

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803245171
Length 382 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ulises Gascón Ulises Gascón
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Table of Contents (25) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Node.js Overview and JavaScript Language FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Node.js 3. Chapter 2: Setting Up the Development Environment 4. Chapter 3: JavaScript Fundamentals 5. Chapter 4: Asynchronous Programming 6. Part 2: Node.js Ecosystem and Architecture
7. Chapter 5: Node.js Core Libraries 8. Chapter 6: External Modules and npm 9. Chapter 7: Event-Driven Architecture 10. Chapter 8: Testing in Node.js 11. Part 3: Web Application Fundamentals
12. Chapter 9: Handling HTTP and REST APIs 13. Chapter 10: Building Web Applications with Express 14. Part 4: Building Solid Web Applications with Node.js
15. Chapter 11: Building a Web Application Project from Scratch 16. Chapter 12: Data Persistence with MongoDB 17. Chapter 13: User Authentication and Authorization with Passport.js 18. Chapter 14: Error Handling in Node.js 19. Chapter 15: Securing Web Applications 20. Part 5: Mastering Node.js Deployment and Portability
21. Chapter 16: Deploying Node.js Applications 22. Chapter 17: Dockerizing a Node.js Application 23. Index 24. Other Books You May Enjoy

Variables and constants

We use variables to store values, and we use constants to store values that will not change. In JavaScript, we can use the let keyword to declare a variable and the const keyword to declare a constant. Before ES6, we could only use the var keyword to declare variables, but it is not recommended to use it anymore.

Naming conventions

In JavaScript, it is very common to use camelCase to name variables and constants, but other conventions are supported too, such as snake_case and PascalCase. It is also possible to start variables with symbols, but it is not recommended.

There are a few limitations that we need to consider when naming variables and constants:

  • Avoid starting with a symbol, such as $resource
  • Don’t start with a number, such as 1variable
  • Don’t use spaces, such as const my variable = 1
  • Don’t use reserved words, such as const const = "constant"

let versus const

We use let to declare...

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