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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

How should I test my code?

Due to the history of JavaScript, most developers didn’t have the culture of testing their code while JavaScript was limited to the browser and used almost exclusively to build relatively simple scripts.

However, with the evolution of the language and the community, we now have a lot of tools and frameworks to help us build tests.

Frameworks and libraries

When you have a clear idea of how to test your code, you can easily migrate from one tool to another until you find the one that fits your needs best.

In this chapter, we will explore the promising Node.js test core library and the most popular test framework for web development, Jest.

Important note

We are living in a transitional period where the Node.js core library is evolving to provide a better experience to developers. So, probably in the future, it will be the default tool to use. But for now, if you are new to testing, I recommend you use Jest because there are more tutorials...

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