Web Development with Node and Express: Leveraging the JavaScript Stack, Edition 2

Name: Web Development with Node and Express: Leveraging the JavaScript Stack, Edition 2
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Ethan Brown

Nov 2019 · "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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Build dynamic web applications with Express, a key component of the Node/JavaScript development stack. In this updated edition, author Ethan Brown teaches you Express fundamentals by walking you through the development of an example application. This hands-on guide covers everything from server-side rendering to API development suitable for usein single-page apps (SPAs).

Express strikes a balance between a robust framework and no framework at all, allowing you a free hand in your architecture choices. Frontend and backend engineers familiar with JavaScript will also learn best practices for building multipage and hybrid web apps with Express. Pick up this book anddiscover new ways to look at web development.

Create a templating system for rendering dynamic data
Dive into request and response objects, middleware, and URL routing
Simulate a production environment for testing
Persist data in document databases with MongoDB and relational databases with PostgreSQL
Make your resources available to other programs with APIs
Build secure apps with authentication, authorization, and HTTPS
Integrate with social media, geolocation, and more
Implement a plan for launching and maintaining your app
Learn critical debugging skills

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About the author

Ethan Brown is the Director of Technology at VMS, where he is responsible for the architecture and implementation of VMSPro®, cloud-based software for decision support, risk analysis, and creative ideation for large projects. He has over 20 years of programming experience, from embedded to the Web, and has embraced the JavaScript stack as the web platform of the future. He is author of the first edition of Web Development with Node and Express (O’Reilly).

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