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Express.js Blueprints

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Preface

What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support

Downloading the example code Errata Piracy Questions

1. Building a Basic Express Site

Setting up Express for a static site

Saying Hello, World in Express Jade templating

Local user authentication

User object modeling Introducing Express middleware Setting up passport Registering users Authenticating users

OAuth with passport

Adding OAuth to user model Getting API tokens Third-party registration and login

Profile pages

URL params Profile templates

Testing

Introducing Mocha Testing API endpoints

Automate builds and deploys

Introducing the Gruntfile Continuous integration with Travis Deploying Node.js applications

Summary

2. A Robust Movie API

Folder structure and organization Responding to CRUD operations

Retrieving an actor with GET Creating a new actor with POST Updating an actor with PUT Removing an actor with DELETE

Object modeling with Mongoose Generating unique IDs Validating your database Extracting functions to reusable middleware Testing Summary

3. Multiplayer Game API – Connect 4

Modeling game state with Mongoose Creating a new game

Input validation Getting the game state Joining a game Playing the game Testing for a tie

Summary

4. MMO Word Game

Gameplay

Real-time application overview Keeping track of active users

Schema design

User schema User join

Promises

The then and catch method Chain multiple Promises Prevent duplicates User leaves the game Show all active users The words – Subdocuments Validate input Dealing with race conditions Test case to test race conditions

Socket.IO

Socket handshaking, user join Adding and pushing updates to clients Launch Socket.IO applications Test Socket.IO applications with the Socket.IO client Debug Socket.IO with Chrome Developer Tools

Summary

5. Coffee with Strangers

Code structure Defining routes Persisting data

Exception handling

Naive pairing

Notes about tests

Considering user history Optimizing for distance E-mail follow up Periodical tasks with node-cron Summary

6. Hacker News API on Koa.js

Generator syntax

Middleware philosophy Context versus req,res

The link model The link routes Tying it together

Validation and error handling Update route Let's perform some tests

Parallel requests Rendering HTML pages Serving static assets

Summary

A. Connect 4 – Game Logic Index

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