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Full-Stack Web Development with Vue.js and Node

You're reading from   Full-Stack Web Development with Vue.js and Node Build scalable and powerful web apps with modern web stack: MongoDB, Vue, Node.js, and Express

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788831147
Length 366 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Aneeta Sharma Aneeta Sharma
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Preface 1. Introducing MEVN FREE CHAPTER 2. Building an Express Application 3. Introducing MongoDB 4. Introducing REST APIs 5. Building the Real Application 6. Building Authentication with passport.js 7. Building OAuth Strategies with passport.js 8. Introducing Vuex 9. Testing an MEVN Application 10. Going Live 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Introduction to Node.js

Node.js is a JavaScript runtime build on a JavaScript engine. It is an open source framework used for server-side management. Node.js is lightweight and efficient and runs on various platforms, such as Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Node.js was created by Ryan Dahl in 2009. JavaScript used to be used mostly for client-side scripting, but Node.js enables JavaScript to be used on the server side as well. The invention of Node.js introduced the use of a single programming language in web applications. Node.js brings with it a lot of benefits, some of which are as follows:

  • Event-driven programming: It means changing the state of an object from one to another. Node.js uses event-driven programming, which means it uses a user's interactive actions, such as mouse clicks, and key presses, to change the state of objects.
  • Non-blocking I/O: The non-blocking I/O...
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