REST API Development with Node.js : Manage and Understand the Full Capabilities of Successful REST Development /: Manage and Understand the Full Capabilities of Successful REST Development. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Pro REST API development with Node.js
• Further Information: Note: Fernando Doglio.
• Authors: Doglio, Fernando
• Contents: Intro; Table of Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 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; Use Collection of Actions; Single-Entity Searches; Multi-Entity Searches; 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 PracticesWhat 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 RESTAsynchronous Programming; Async Advanced; Parallel Flow; Serial Flow; Asynchronous I/O; Async I/O vs. Sync I/O; Simplicity; Dynamic Typing; Object-Oriented Programming Simplified; The new Class construct from ES6; 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 HandlerSummary; 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; Express.js; Restify; Naming Routes; Versioning Routes; Content Negotiation; Vatican.js; swagger-node-express; I/ODocs; Halson; HAL; JSON-Gate; TV4; 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 RelationsSeamless 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; config; Controllers; lib; Models; request_schemas; schemas; swagger-ui; Root Folder; Middleware Setup; Setup Section; Summary; Chapter 8: Testing your API; Testing 101; The Definition; The Tools.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Berkeley, CA : Apress
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 005.3; Computer science; Application program interfaces (Computer software); Representational State Transfer (Software architecture); Application software -- Development; COMPUTERS -- Software Development & Engineering -- General; COMPUTERS -- Programming -- General; Application program interfaces (Computer software); Application software -- Development; Representational State Transfer (Software architecture); Computer Science; Web Development; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems; Software Engineering; Computer programming; Software engineering; Computers -- Web -- Web Programming; Web programming; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484237151; 1484237153
• Related ISBNs: 9781484237144; 1484237145
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 25, 2018).
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