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Node.js Web Development

You're reading from   Node.js Web Development Server-side development with Node 10 made easy

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788626859
Length 492 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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David Herron David Herron
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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 5. Your First Express Application 6. Implementing the Mobile-First Paradigm 7. Data Storage and Retrieval 8. Multiuser Authentication the Microservice Way 9. Dynamic Client/Server Interaction with Socket.IO 10. Deploying Node.js Applications 11. Unit Testing and Functional Testing 12. Security 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Problem – the Notes app isn't mobile friendly

Let's start by quantifying the problem. We need to explore how well (or not) the application behaves on a mobile device. This is simple to do:

  1. Start the Notes application. Determine the IP address of the host system.
  2. Using your mobile device, connect to the service using the IP address, and browse around the Notes application, putting it through its paces, noting any difficulties.

Another way to approach this is to use your desktop browser, resizing it to be very narrow. The Chrome DevTools also includes a mobile device emulator. Either way, you can mimic the small screen size of a smartphone on your desktop.

To see a real user interface problem on a mobile screen, edit views/noteedit.ejs and change this line:

<br/><textarea rows=5 cols=80 name='body' >
{{#if note }}{{note...
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