Web Development with MongoDB and Node.js

Build an interactive and full-featured web application from scratch using Node.js and MongoDB

About This Book

• Configure your development environment to use Node.js and MongoDB
• Explore the power of development using JavaScript in the full stack of a web application
• A practical guide with clear instructions to design and develop a complete web application from start to finish

Who This Book Is For

This book is designed for developers of any skill level that want to get up and running using Node.js and MongoDB to build full featured web applications. A basic understanding of JavaScript and HTML is the only requirement for this book.

In Detail

Node.js and MongoDB are quickly becoming the most popular technologies in the world of full stack JavaScript development. Powered by Google’s V8 JavaScript runtime, Node.js caters to easily building fast, scalable network applications while MongoDB is the perfect fit as a scalable, high-performance, open source NoSQL database solution. Using these two technologies together, web applications can be built quickly and easily and deployed to the cloud with very little difficulty.

This book will enable you to leverage the key features of both MongoDB and Node.js in web and mobile app development. Starting with setting up your development environment, it will guide you through how to write your first Node.js web server application from scratch. Along the way, you will learn about best practices and common mistakes while mastering the core concepts of web development.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Welcome to JavaScript in the Full Stack
Chapter 2. Getting Up and Running
Chapter 3. Node and MongoDB Basics
Chapter 4. Writing an Express.js Server
Chapter 5. Dynamic HTML with Handlebars
Chapter 6. Controllers and View Models
Chapter 7. Persisting Data with MongoDB
Chapter 8. Creating a RESTful API
Chapter 9. Testing Your Code
Chapter 10. Deploying with Cloud-based Services
Chapter 11. Single Page Applications with Popular Frontend Frameworks
Chapter 12. Popular Node.js Web Frameworks