Mastering web application development with Express : a comprehensive guide to developing production-ready web applications with Express /: a comprehensive guide to developing production-ready web applications with Express. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alexandru Vlăduțu.
• Authors: Vladutu, Alexandru
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Diving into Express; The best parts of Express; Comparing Express with other frameworks; Goal; Conventions; Databases; Views; Overall; Use cases; Complex applications with heavy I/O bound operations; Single-page applications; Reusable applications; Code sharing between the server and the client; A base to create more complex frameworks; Bad use cases; Express into the wild; Application structure; Group files by features; Model-View-Controller. Developing a real MVC applicationSummary; Chapter 2: Component Modularity Using Middleware; Connecting middleware; The functionality of middleware; Pushing items to an array; Looking at the execution flow using logs; Creating configurable middleware; Closures to the rescue; Caching middleware -- a practical example; A first try at the caching middleware; Measuring the performance benefits of the caching middleware; Making the caching middleware configurable; Environment-based loading of middleware; Express routes; Specifying the path; Reusable route handlers; Route wildcards. Ordering of middlewareHandling errors with middleware; Mounting subapplications; Replicating the middleware system; The main file; Handling requests; Demoing the application; Adding the routes handler; Summary; Chapter 3: Creating RESTful APIs; An overview of REST; HTTP methods (verbs); HTTP status codes; Successful 2xx; Redirection 3xx; Client error 4xx; Server error 5xx; SmartNotes application requirements; Creating the RESTful URLs of the application; Implementing the SmartNotes application; The bootstrapping phase; Dealing with validation; Creating a custom validation module. Improving performance with memoizationImplementing the models; Test helpers; The Note model; The User model; Functional tests and route implementation; User endpoints; Notes endpoints; API versioning; API rate limiting; Throttling; Facilitating caching; Content negotiation; Summary; Chapter 4: Leveraging the Power of Template Engines; The different types of template engines; Logic-less template engines; Template engines with logic; Programmatic template engines; View helpers and application-level data; Sharing code between templates with partial views; DRY templates with layouts. Template engine consolidation with consolidate.jsView caching in production; The view cache setting and its effect; Clearing the cache without a restart; Integrating a template engine with Express; Choosing a template engine; Summary; Chapter 5: Reusable Patterns for a DRY Code Base; Creating the MovieApp sample application; Application structure and required modules; Creating the server.js file; Creating the route handlers; Doing the heavy lifting inside the model; Wrapping it up; Error checks and callback functions; Tiny modules for better control flow; Ensuring a single callback execution.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 005.7; COMPUTERS -- Programming -- Open Source; Web site development; Application software -- Development; COMPUTERS -- Internet -- Application Development; Application software -- Development; Web site development; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783981090; 1783981091; 1322166099; 9781322166094; 1783981083; 9781783981083
• Related ISBNs: 9781783981083
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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