Table of Contents

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this book

About the author

Unit 0. Getting set up

Lesson 0. Setting up Node.js and the JavaScript engine

0.1. What you’re going to learn

0.2. Understanding Node.js

0.3. Why learn to develop in Node.js?

0.4. Preparing yourself for this book

Summary

Lesson 1. Configuring your environment

1.1. Installing Node.js

1.2. Installing a text editor

1.3. Setting up SCM and deployment tools

1.4. Working with the Node.js REPL in terminal

Summary

Lesson 2. Running a Node.js application

2.1. Creating a JavaScript file

2.2. Running your JavaScript file with Node.js

2.3. Running individual JavaScript commands

Summary

Unit 1. Getting started with Node.js

Lesson 3. Creating a Node.js module

3.1. Running npm commands

3.2. Initializing a Node.js application

Summary

Lesson 4. Building a simple web server in Node.js

4.1. Understanding web servers

4.2. Initializing the application with npm

4.3. Coding the application

4.4. Running the application

Summary

Lesson 5. Handling incoming data

5.1. Reworking your server code

5.2. Analyzing request data

5.3. Adding routes to a web application

Summary

Lesson 6. Writing better routes and serving external files

6.1. Serving static files with the fs module

6.2. Serving assets

6.3. Moving your routes to another file

Summary

Lesson 7. Capstone: Creating your first web application

7.1. Initializing the application

7.2. Understanding application directory structure

7.3. Creating main.js and router.js

7.4. Creating views

7.5. Adding assets

7.6. Creating routes

Summary

Unit 2. Easier web development with Express.js

Lesson 8. Setting up an app with Express.js

8.1. Installing the Express.js package

8.2. Building your first Express.js application

8.3. Working your way around a web framework

Summary

Lesson 9. Routing in Express.js

9.1. Building routes with Express.js

9.2. Analyzing request data

9.3. Using MVC

Summary

Lesson 10. Connecting views with templates

10.1. Connecting a templating engine

10.2. Passing data from your controllers

10.3. Setting up partials and layouts

Summary

Lesson 11. Configurations and error handling

11.1. Modifying your start script

11.2. Handling errors with Express.js

11.3. Serving static files

Summary

Lesson 12. Capstone: Enhancing the Confetti Cuisine site with Express.js

12.1. Initializing the application

12.2. Building the application

12.3. Adding more routes

12.4. Routing to views

12.5. Serving static views

12.6. Passing content to the views

12.7. Handling the errors

Summary

Unit 3. Connecting to a database

Lesson 13. Setting up a MongoDB Database

13.1. Setting up MongoDB

13.2. Running commands in the MongoDB shell

13.3. Connecting MongoDB to your application

Summary

Lesson 14. Building models with Mongoose

14.1. Setting up Mongoose with your Node.js application

14.2. Creating a schema

14.3. Organizing your models

Summary

Lesson 15. Connecting Controllers and Models

15.1. Creating a controller for subscribers

15.2. Saving posted data to a model

15.3. Using promises with Mongoose

Summary

Lesson 16. Capstone: Saving user subscriptions

16.1. Setting up the database

16.2. Modeling data

16.3. Adding subscriber views and routes

Summary

Unit 4. Building a user model

Lesson 17. Improving Your Data Models

17.1. Adding validations on the model

17.2. Testing models in REPL

17.3. Creating model associations

17.4. Populating data from associated models

Summary

Lesson 18. Building the user model

18.1. Building the user model

18.2. Adding CRUD methods to your models

18.3. Building the index page

18.4. Cleaning up your actions

Summary

Lesson 19. Creating and reading your models

19.1. Building the new user form

19.2. Creating new users from a view

19.3. Reading user data with show

Summary

Lesson 20. Updating and Deleting your Models

20.1. Building the edit user form

20.2. Updating users from a view

20.3. Deleting users with the delete action

Summary

Lesson 21. Capstone: Adding CRUD Models to Confetti Cuisine

21.1. Getting set up

21.2. Building the models

21.3. Creating the views

21.4. Structuring routes

21.5. Creating controllers

Summary

Unit 5. Authenticating user accounts

Lesson 22. Adding sessions and flash messages

22.1. Setting up flash message modules

22.2. Adding flash messages to controller actions

Summary

Lesson 23. Building a user login and hashing passwords

23.1. Implementing the user login form

23.2. Hashing passwords

23.3. Adding validation middleware with express-validator

Summary

Lesson 24. Adding User Authentication

24.1. Implementing Passport.js

24.2. Modifying the create action to use passport registration

24.3. Authenticating users at login

Summary

Lesson 25. Capstone: Adding User Authentication to Confetti Cuisine

25.1. Getting set up

25.2. Creating a login form

25.3. Adding encryption with Passport.js

25.4. Adding flash messaging

25.5. Adding validation middleware with express-validator

25.6. Adding authentication with Passport.js

25.7. Logging in and out

Summary

Unit 6. Building an API

Lesson 26. Adding an API to Your Application

26.1. Organizing your routes

26.2. Creating an API

26.3. Calling your API from the client

Summary

Lesson 27. Accessing Your API from Your Application

27.1. Applying an API namespace

27.2. Joining courses via modal

27.3. Creating an API endpoint to connect models

Summary

Lesson 28. Adding API Security

28.1. Implementing simple security

28.2. Adding API tokens

28.3. Using JSON web tokens

Summary

Lesson 29. Capstone: Implementing an API

29.1. Restructuring routes

29.2. Adding the courses partial

29.3. Creating the AJAX function

29.4. Adding an API endpoint

29.5. Creating an action to enroll users

Summary

Unit 7. Adding chat functionality

Lesson 30. Working with Socket.Io

30.1. Using socket.io

30.2. Creating a chat box

30.3. Connecting the server and client

Summary

Lesson 31. Saving Chat Messages

31.1. Connecting messages to users

31.2. Displaying user names in chat

31.3. Creating a message model

Summary

Lesson 32. Adding a Chat Notification Indicator

32.1. Broadcasting to all other sockets

32.2. Creating a chat indicator in navigation

Summary

Lesson 33. Capstone: Adding a Chat Feature to Confetti Cuisinex

33.1. Installing socket.io

33.2. Setting up socket.io on the server

33.3. Setting up socket.io on the client

33.4. Creating a Message model

33.5. Loading messages on connection

33.6. Setting up the chat icon

Summary

Unit 8. Deploying and managing code in production

Lesson 34. Deploying your application

34.1. Preparing for deployment

34.2. Deploying your application

34.3. Setting up your database in production

Summary

Lesson 35. Managing in production

35.1. Loading seed data

35.2. Linting

35.3. Debugging your application

Summary

Lesson 36. Testing your application

36.1. Basic testing with core modules

36.2. Testing with mocha and chai

36.3. Testing with a database and server

Summary

Lesson 37. Capstone: Deploying Confetti Cuisine

37.1. Linting and logging

37.2. Preparing for production

37.3. Deploying to Heroku

37.4. Setting up the database

37.5. Debugging in production

Summary

A. JavaScript syntax introduced in ES6

A.1. New in ES6

A.1.1. The let keyword

A.1.2. The const variable

A.1.3. String interpolation

A.1.4. Arrow functions

A.2. REPL

A.2.1. Running JavaScript in REPL

A.2.2. Using REPL in application development

Summary

B. Logging and using Node.js global objects

B.1. Logging

B.2. Global objects

  

  

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