Pro REST API Development with Node.js. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Fernando Doglio.
• Authors: Doglio, Fernando
• Contents: Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Rest 101 -- Where Did It All Start? -- REST Constraints -- Client-Server -- Stateless -- Cacheable -- Uniform Interface -- Layered System -- Code-on-Demand -- Resources, Resources, Resources -- Representations -- Content Negotiation -- Using File Extensions -- Resource Identifier -- Actions -- Complex Actions -- Hypermedia in the Response and Main Entry Point -- A Few Notes on HAL -- Status Codes -- REST vs. the Past -- Summary -- Chapter 2: API Design Best Practices -- What Defines a Good API? -- Developer Friendly -- Communication's Protocol -- Easy-to-Remember Access Points -- Uniform Interface -- Transport Language -- Why JSON? -- Extensibility -- How Is Extensibility Managed? -- Up-to-Date Documentation -- Proper Error Handling -- Phase 1: Development of the Client -- Phase 2: The Client Is Implemented and Being Used by End Users -- Multiple SDK/Libraries -- Security -- Accessing the System -- Almost Stateless Methods -- Basic Auth with TSL -- Digest Auth -- OAuth 1.0a -- OAuth 2.0 -- A Stateless Alternative -- Scalability -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Node.js and REST -- Asynchronous Programming -- Async Advanced -- Parallel Flow -- Serial Flow -- Asynchronous I/O -- Async I/O vs. Sync I/O -- Simplicity -- Dynamic Typing -- Object-Oriented Programming Simplified -- Prototypal Inheritance -- Functional Programming Support -- Duck Typing -- Native Support for JSON -- npm: The Node Package Manager -- Who's Using Node.js? -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Architecting a REST API -- The Request Handler, the Pre-Process Chain, and the Routes Handler -- MVC: a.k.a. Model-View-Controller -- Alternatives to MVC -- Hierarchical MVC -- Model-View-ViewModel -- Model-View-Adapter -- Response Handler -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Working with Modules -- Our Alternatives. Request/Response Handling -- Routes Handling -- Middleware -- Up-to-Date Documentation -- Hypermedia on the Response -- Response and Request validation -- The List of Modules -- HAPI -- Code Examples -- Express.js -- Code Examples -- Restify -- Code Examples -- Naming Routes -- Versioning Routes -- Content Negotiation -- Vatican.js -- Code Examples -- swagger-node-express -- Code Examples -- I/ODocs -- Code Examples -- Halson -- Code Examples -- HAL -- Code Examples -- JSON-Gate -- Code Examples -- TV4 -- Code Examples -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Planning Your REST API -- The Problem -- The Specifications -- Keeping Track of Stock per Store -- UML Diagram -- Choosing a Database Storage System -- Fast Integration -- Easy-to-Change Schemas -- Ability to Handle Entity Relations -- Seamless Integration Between Our Models and the Database Entities -- And the Winner Is ... -- Choosing the Right Modules for the Job -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Developing Your REST API -- Minor Changes to the Plan -- Simplification of the Store: Employee Relationship -- Adding Swagger UI -- Simplified Security -- A Small Backdoor for Swagger -- MVC -- Folder Structure -- The Source Code -- controllers -- lib -- models -- request_schemas -- schemas -- swagger-ui -- Root Folder -- Middleware Setup -- Setup Section -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Troubleshooting -- Asynchronous Programming -- The Controllers Action's Code -- The Middleware Functions -- Issues Configuring the Swagger UI -- CORS: a.k.a. Cross-Origin Resource Sharing -- Data Types -- Summary -- Index.
• Publisher Details: California : Apress
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 005.3; Computer science; Application program interfaces (Computer software); Application software -- Development; JavaScript (Computer program language); Internet programming; COMPUTERS -- Internet -- Application Development; Application program interfaces (Computer software); Application software -- Development; Internet programming; JavaScript (Computer program language); Computer Science; Computer Science, general; Computers -- Software Development & Engineering -- General; Software Engineering; Computer programming; Software engineering; Computers -- Web -- Web Programming; Web programming; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484209172; 1484209176; 1484209184; 9781484209189
• Related ISBNs: 9781484209189
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