Chapter 7: Creating Database Clients in Node.js
In this chapter, you will learn how to set up your development environment to make development easier, as well as to protect your production database, by creating a development database for you to work on. You will also learn about best practices for developing client applications that work with MySQL databases.
After that, you will learn how to install Node.js modules, generate scripts to output to the console, and connect to the database to create a simple web application. You will also create a table in the database with Node.js.
This chapter covers the following topics:
- Introduction to database management with Node.js
- Best practices for SQL client development
- JavaScript using Node.js
- Connecting to MySQL
- Activity 5.01 – building a database application with Node.js