Web Development With Node and Express by Brown, Ethan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Web Development with Node and Express Dedication Foreword Preface

Who This Book Is For How This Book Is Organized Example Website Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us Acknowledgments

1. Introducing Express

The JavaScript Revolution Introducing Express A Brief History of Express Upgrading to Express 4.0 Node: A New Kind of Web Server The Node Ecosystem Licensing

2. Getting Started with Node

Getting Node Using the Terminal Editors npm A Simple Web Server with Node

Hello World Event-Driven Programming Routing Serving Static Resources

Onward to Express

3. Saving Time with Express

Scaffolding The Meadowlark Travel Website Initial Steps

Views and Layouts Static Files and Views Dynamic Content in Views Conclusion

4. Tidying Up

Best Practices Version Control How to Use Git with This Book

If You’re Following Along by Doing It Yourself If You’re Following Along by Using the Official Repository

npm Packages Project Metadata Node Modules

5. Quality Assurance

QA: Is It Worth It? Logic Versus Presentation The Types of Tests Overview of QA Techniques Running Your Server Page Testing Cross-Page Testing Logic Testing Linting Link Checking Automating with Grunt Continuous Integration (CI)

6. The Request and Response Objects

The Parts of a URL HTTP Request Methods Request Headers Response Headers Internet Media Types Request Body Parameters The Request Object The Response Object Getting More Information Boiling It Down

Rendering Content Processing Forms Providing an API

7. Templating with Handlebars

There Are No Absolute Rules Except This One Choosing a Template Engine Jade: A Different Approach Handlebars Basics

Comments Blocks Server-Side Templates Views and Layouts Using Layouts (or Not) in Express Partials Sections Perfecting Your Templates Client-Side Handlebars

Conclusion

8. Form Handling

Sending Client Data to the Server HTML Forms Encoding Different Approaches to Form Handling Form Handling with Express Handling AJAX Forms File Uploads jQuery File Upload

9. Cookies and Sessions

Externalizing Credentials Cookies in Express Examining Cookies Sessions

Memory Stores Using Sessions

Using Sessions to Implement Flash Messages What to Use Sessions For

10. Middleware

Common Middleware Third-Party Middleware

11. Sending Email

SMTP, MSAs, and MTAs Receiving Email Email Headers Email Formats HTML Email Nodemailer

Sending Mail Sending Mail to Multiple Recipients

Better Options for Bulk Email Sending HTML Email

Images in HTML Email Using Views to Send HTML Email Encapsulating Email Functionality

Email as a Site Monitoring Tool

12. Production Concerns

Execution Environments Environment-Specific Configuration Scaling Your Website

Scaling Out with App Clusters Handling Uncaught Exceptions Scaling Out with Multiple Servers

Monitoring Your Website

Third-Party Uptime Monitors Application Failures

Stress Testing

13. Persistence

Filesystem Persistence Cloud Persistence Database Persistence

A Note on Performance Setting Up MongoDB Mongoose Database Connections with Mongoose Creating Schemas and Models Seeding Initial Data Retrieving Data Adding Data Using MongoDB for Session Storage

14. Routing

Routes and SEO Subdomains Route Handlers Are Middleware Route Paths and Regular Expressions Route Parameters Organizing Routes Declaring Routes in a Module Grouping Handlers Logically Automatically Rendering Views Other Approaches to Route Organization

15. REST APIs and JSON

JSON and XML Our API API Error Reporting Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) Our Data Store Our Tests Using Express to Provide an API Using a REST Plugin Using a Subdomain

16. Static Content

Performance Considerations Future-Proofing Your Website

Static Mapping Static Resources in Views Static Resources in CSS

Static Resources in Server-Side JavaScript Static Resources in Client-Side JavaScript Serving Static Resources Changing Your Static Content Bundling and Minification

Skipping Bundling and Minification in Development Mode

A Note on Third-Party Libraries QA Summary

17. Implementing MVC in Express

Models View Models Controllers Conclusion

18. Security

HTTPS

Generating Your Own Certificate Using a Free Certificate Authority Purchasing a Certificate Enabling HTTPS for Your Express App A Note on Ports HTTPS and Proxies

Cross-Site Request Forgery Authentication

Authentication Versus Authorization The Problem with Passwords Third-Party Authentication Storing Users in Your Database Authentication Versus Registration and the User Experience Passport

Setting up Passport

Role-Based Authorization Adding Additional Authentication Providers

Conclusion

19. Integrating with Third-Party APIs

Social Media

Social Media Plugins and Site Performance Searching for Tweets Rendering Tweets

Geocoding

Geocoding with Google

Usage restrictions

Geocoding Your Data Displaying a Map Improving Client-Side Performance

Weather Data Conclusion

20. Debugging

The First Principle of Debugging Take Advantage of REPL and the Console Using Node’s Built-in Debugger Node Inspector Debugging Asynchronous Functions Debugging Express

21. Going Live

Domain Registration and Hosting

Domain Name System Security Top-Level Domains Subdomains Nameservers Hosting

Traditional hosting, or cloud hosting? XaaS The behemoths Boutique hosting

Deployment

Git deployment Deployment to Azure Manual Git-based deployment Amazon deployment with Elastic Beanstalk

Conclusion

22. Maintenance

The Principles of Maintenance

Have a Longevity Plan Use Source Control Use an Issue Tracker Exercise Good Hygiene Don’t Procrastinate Do Routine QA Checks Monitor Analytics Optimize Performance Prioritize Lead Tracking Prevent “Invisible” Failures

Code Reuse and Refactoring

Private npm Registry Middleware

Module exposes middleware function directly Module exposes a function that returns middleware Module exposes an object that contains middleware Module exposes an object constructor

Conclusion

23. Additional Resources

Online Documentation Periodicals Stack Overflow Contributing to Express Conclusion

Index Colophon Copyright

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