Pro Express.js: Master Express.js: The Node.js Framework For Your Web Development

by Azat Mardan

Overview

Pro Express.js is for the reader who wants to quickly get up-to-speed with Express.js, the flexible Node.js framework. Author Azat Mardan clearly explains how to start developing with Express.js with a basic 'Hello World', and then delves into a deep API reference, before looking at common and abstract development problems. Lastly, you will learn how to build a series of real-world apps in order to cement your knowledge.

In order to get the best from this book, you will be familiar with Node.js scripts and able to install packages using npm. In the deep API reference, each aspect of the Express.js API is explained clearly with a simple exercise to demonstrate its usage. This includes configuration, settings and environments; different middleware and its uses; templating engines; extracting parameters and routing; request and response; error handling; and running an app. In the next part you'll delve into abstraction, streams, authentication, multithreading, Socket.io, security, and more complex modules. You will also learn about smaller frameworks built using Express.js, such as Sails.js, and Derby. Finally you'll build real-world apps including a REST API, Todo App, and Instagram gallery.

Express.js is used by a range of well-known companies such as MySpace and Storify, and it's becoming more and more likely that it'll be a required skill for new developers. With this book you can skip learning via complicated documentation, and get the information from a developer who's been using Express.js for long enough to explain things well. Add Pro Express.js to your library today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484200377
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	12/26/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	372
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Azat Mardan has over 12 years of experience in web, mobile and software development. With a Bachelor's Degree in Informatics and a Master of Science in Information Systems Technology degree, Azat possesses deep academic knowledge as well as extensive practical experience.Currently Azat works as an engineer at the curated social media news aggregator website Storify.com. He teaches technical classes at General Assembly San Francisco and Hack Reactor to much acclaim. In his spare time, Azat writes about technology on his blog webAppLog.com. He is also an author of artisanal book Rapid Prototyping with JS: Agile JavaScript Development.Previously, Azat has worked as a CTO/co-founder at Gizmo, an enterprise cloud platform for mobile marketing campaigns, and has undertaken the prestigious 500 Startups business accelerator program. Prior to this, Azat was developing mission-critical applications for government agencies in Washington, DC, including the National Institutes of Health, the National Center for Biotechnology Information, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as well as Lockheed Martin.Azat is a frequent attendee at Bay Area tech meet-ups and hackathons (StartupBus 2013, AngelHack hackathon 12 finalist with team FashionMetric.com).

Table of Contents

Part One: Getting Started

1. Starting with Express.js

2. ‘Hello World’ Example

Part Two: Deep API Reference

3. Configuration, Settings and Environments

4. Working with Middleware

5. Templating Engines and Consolidate.js

6. Parameters and Routing

7. Express.js Request Object

8. Express.js Response Object

9. Error Handling and Running an App

Part Three: Solving Common and Abstract Problems

10. Abstraction

11. Database, Keys and Stream Tips

12. Redis and Authentication Patterns

13. Multithreading with Clusters

14. Applying Stylus, Less, and Sass

15. Security Tips

16. Socket.IO and Express.js

17. Domain and Express.js

18. Sails.js, Derby, LoopBack and Other Framework Usage

Part Four: Tutorials and Examples

19. Instagram Gallery

20. Todo App

21. REST API

22. HackHall

23. Appendix A: Related Reading and Resources

24. Appendix B: Migrating Express.js 3.x to 4.x: Middleware, Route and Other Changes

25. Appendix C: Express js 4 Cheat Sheet

26. Appendix D: ExpressWorks