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Node.js Web Development

You're reading from   Node.js Web Development Server-side web development made easy with Node 14 using practical examples

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838987572
Length 760 pages
Edition 5th Edition
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction to Node.js
2. About Node.js FREE CHAPTER 3. Setting Up Node.js 4. Exploring Node.js Modules 5. HTTP Servers and Clients 6. Section 2: Developing the Express Application
7. Your First Express Application 8. Implementing the Mobile-First Paradigm 9. Data Storage and Retrieval 10. Authenticating Users with a Microservice 11. Dynamic Client/Server Interaction with Socket.IO 12. Section 3: Deployment
13. Deploying Node.js Applications to Linux Servers 14. Deploying Node.js Microservices with Docker 15. Deploying a Docker Swarm to AWS EC2 with Terraform 16. Unit Testing and Functional Testing 17. Security in Node.js Applications 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Getting started with Express

Express is perhaps the most popular Node.js web app framework. Express is described as being Sinatra-like, which refers to a popular Ruby application framework. It is also regarded as not being an opinionated framework, meaning the framework authors don't impose their opinions about structuring an application. This means Express is not at all strict about how your code is structured; you just write it the way you think is best.

You can visit the home page for Express at http://expressjs.com/.

As of the time of writing this book, Express 4.17 is the current version, and Express 5 is in alpha testing. According to the Express.js website, there are very few differences between Express 4 and Express 5.

Let's start by installing express-generator. While we can just start with writing some code, express-generator provides a blank starting application, which we'll take and modify.

Install express-generator using the following commands:

$ mkdir fibonacci...
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