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Node.js Web Development

You're reading from   Node.js Web Development Create real-time server-side applications with this practical, step-by-step guide

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785881503
Length 376 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Preface 1. About Node.js FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting up Node.js 3. Node.js Modules 4. HTTP Servers and Clients – A Web Application's First Steps 5. Your First Express Application 6. Implementing the Mobile-First Paradigm 7. Data Storage and Retrieval 8. Multiuser Authentication the Microservice Way 9. Dynamic Interaction between Client and Server with Socket.IO 10. Deploying Node.js Applications 11. Unit Testing Index

Creating a user information microservice


We could implement user authentication and accounts by simply adding a user model, and a few routes and views to the existing Notes application. While it would be easy to accomplish, is this what we would do in a real-world production application?

Consider the following considerations:

  • It's important to keep user identity data under tight security

  • The Notes application may be a small portion of a larger website; therefore, user authentication must be shared between multiple applications

  • The microservice approach—dividing the application into small chunks, each deployed as separate services—is a popular architecture choice that increases software development flexibility

It's claimed that the microservice approach is easier to manage than when developing a monolithic large application. By dividing the total system into small services, each service can be developed by a small team, whose engineers can fully grow their service, with each able to proceed on...

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