Summary

This chapter covers the basics of the web development framework to give you a good foundation for the rest of the book. This chapter covers the basics of interaction between the webserver and browser, as well as the functionality required to make modern websites function.

This chapter also describes the Node.js-to-AngularJS stack, comprising Node.js, MongoDB, Express, and AngularJS. Node.js provides the platform for the framework, MongoDB provides the backend data store, Express provides the webserver, and AngularJS provides the client-side framework for modern web applications.