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MERN Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   MERN Quick Start Guide Build web applications with MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787281080
Length 302 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Eddy Wilson Iriarte Koroliova Eddy Wilson Iriarte Koroliova
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Table of Contents (8) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to the MERN Stack 2. Building a Web server with ExpressJS FREE CHAPTER 3. Building a RESTful API 4. Real-Time Communication with Socket.IO and ExpressJS 5. Managing State with Redux 6. Building Web Applications with React 7. Other Books You May Enjoy

Introduction

Representation State Transfer (REST) is an architectural style that the web was built on. More specifically, the HTTP 1.1 protocol standards were built using the REST principles. REST provides a representation of a resource. URLs (Uniform Resource Locator) are used to define the location of a resource and tell the browser where it is located.

A RESTful API is a web service API that adheres to this architectural style.

The most commonly used HTTP verbs or methods are: POST, GET, PUT, and DELETE. These methods are the basis for persistent storage and are known as CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, and Delete).

In this chapter, the recipes will be focused on building a RESTful API using the REST architectural style with ExpressJS and Mongoose.

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