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The Node Craftsman Book

You're reading from The Node Craftsman Book An Advanced Node.js Tutorial

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787128149

Length 186 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

Node.js

Concepts

Server Side Web Development

Author (1):

Manuel Kiessling

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Node.js Basics in Detail

Introduction to Part 1

2. Working with NPM and Packages FREE CHAPTER

3. Test-driven Node.js Development

4. Object-oriented JavaScript

5. Synchronous and Asynchronous Operations Explained

6. Using and Creating Event Emitters

7. Optimizing Code Performance and Control Flow Management Using the Async Library

8. Node.js and MySQL

9. Node.js and MongoDB

10. Part 2: Building a Complete Web Application with Node.js and Angular

11. Milestone 1 – A First Passing Test Against the Server

12. Milestone 2 – The API Responds with Actual Database Content

13. Milestone 3 – Setting the Stage for a Continuous Delivery Workflow

Introducing automatic database migrations

14. Milestone 4 – Giving Users a Frontend

15. Milestone 5 – More Work on the Backend

16. Milestone 6 – Completing the Backend and Finalizing the Application

Introduction

I want to admit it right away: Looking at the amount of code, this part is probably more about AngularJS than Node.js – but I think it's important to see how Node.js can be used as one part in a complete application. Also, I'm a huge fan of AngularJS and am firmly convinced that knowing Node.js and AngularJS in combination is extremely valuable.

Nevertheless, besides teaching you a bit about building AngularJS frontends, the chapter does teach you a lot about Node.js, too. We will learn how to create a full-fledged RESTful web service API, and probably even more important, we will learn how to do so in a fully test-driven manner using end-to-end test specifications.

Additionally, we will talk about using a database abstraction layer, and we will learn how to integrate database migrations into our development and testing workflow. All in all, we will learn a lot about creating Node...

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Authors (1)

Manuel Kiessling

Manuel Kiessling

Manuel Kiessling is a software developer and IT manager living in Cologne, Germany. He's interested in Behaviour- and Test-Driven Development and Agile practices. Manuel has authored many successful books including The Node Beginner Book, and Beginning Mobile App Development with React Native.

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