Express web application development : learn how to develop web applications with the Express framework from scratch /: learn how to develop web applications with the Express framework from scratch. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hage Yaapa.
• Other Names: Yaapa, Hage
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: What is Express?; What is Express?; The story of Express; Installing Express; The stuff that makes up Express; The application object; The request object; The response object; Concepts used in Express; Asynchronous JavaScript; Node modules; Express apps are Node modules; Middlewares; Request flow; Node HTTP/HTTPS API; Summary; Chapter 2: Your First Express App; Your first Express app; The Express manifest file; A very basic Express app; Starting and stopping the app. Analyzing the outputExpress app with views; A public directory for the app; Auto-generating an Express app; Empowering Express with middlewares; Empowering Express with Node modules; Logging requests to the App; Using a configuration file; Setting and getting application options; Express in different environments; Summary; Chapter 3: Understanding Express Routes; What are Routes?; A quick introduction to HTTP verbs; Revisiting the router middleware; Defining routes for the app; Route identifiers; Order of route precedence; How to handle routes; How to organize routes; Using Node modules. Namespaced routingResourceful routing; Making a choice; Summary; Chapter 4: Response From the Server; A primer on HTTP response; HTTP status codes; 1xx; 2xx; 3xx; 4xx; 5xx; HTTP response headers; Media types; HTTP response in Express; Setting the HTTP status code; Setting HTTP headers; Sending data; Plain text; HTML; JSON; JSONP; Serving static files; Serving files programmatically; Serving error pages; Content negotiation; Redirecting a request; Summary; Chapter 5: The Jade Templating Language; What is Jade?; Generating HTML tags; Hierarchy of HTML elements; Assigning IDs; Assigning classes. Specifying HTML attributesCreating text content; Filters; Declaring the document's Doctype; Programmability in Jade; Variables; Interpolation; Control structures; JavaScript constructs; Jade constructs; Modularization; Includes; Template inheritance; Mixins; Escaping; Comments; Summary; Chapter 6: The Stylus CSS Preprocessor; Introduction; Enabling Stylus in Express; Selectors; Selector blocks; Hierarchy; Rules; @import; @media; @font-face; @keyframes; @extend; @css; Programmability; Variables; Literals; Lists; Tuples; Mixins; Functions; Comments; Operators; Conditionals. If, else if, and elseunless; Built-in functions; Summary; Chapter 7: Forms, Cookies, and Sessions; Using forms to submit data; Handling GET submissions; Reading form data; Reading URL query parameters; Handling multiple options; Handling POST submissions; Enabling POST data parsing; Reading form data; Handling text-only forms; Handling file uploads; More about file uploads; Submission via simulated methods; Data in named segments; Reading data; Using cookies to store data; Creating cookies; Reading cookies; Updating cookies; Session cookies; Signed cookies; Deleting cookies.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham : Packt Pub
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 006.76; COMPUTERS -- Internet -- Application Development; Web site development; Application software -- Development; Web site development; Application software -- Development; COMPUTERS -- General; Application software -- Development; Web site development; Web site development; Application software / Development; COMPUTERS -- Information Technology; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781849696555; 1849696551; 1849696543; 9781849696548
• Related ISBNs: 9781849696548
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