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

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803245171

Length 382 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

Node.js

Concepts

Web Programming

Author (1):

Ulises Gascón

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Node.js Overview and JavaScript Language

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Node.js FREE CHAPTER

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

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Understanding template engines

In Chapter 9, we learned the difference between single-page applications (SPAs) and server-side rendering.

Express provides a way to render HTML pages using template engines. This is the key feature to build server-side rendered applications with Express.

Choosing a template engine

The first thing that we must do is to choose a template engine. There are many options available. The most popular option historically was Jade (https://www.npmjs.com/package/jade), but it was renamed to Pug (https://www.npmjs.com/package/pug). You can find many tutorials and examples by searching using both names.

I personally prefer Embedded JavaScript templating (ejs) (https://www.npmjs.com/package/ejs) for its simplicity and because it is well documented. Over time, you will get more familiar with the template engines and will be able to choose the one that better fits your needs.