How This Book Is Organized

This book is divided into six main parts:

Part I, “Introduction,” provides an overview of the interaction between Node.js, MongoDB, and AngularJS and how these three products form a complete web development stack. Chapter 2 is a JavaScript primer that provides the basics of the JavaScript language that you need when implementing Node.js and AngularJS code.

Part II, “Learning Node.js,” covers the Node.js language platform, from installation to implementation of Node.js modules. This part gives you the basic framework you need to implement your own custom Node.js modules as well as the webserver and server-side scripts.

Part III, “Learning MongoDB,” covers the MongoDB database, from installation to integration with Node.js applications. This part discusses how to plan your data model to fit your application needs and how to access and interact with MongoDB from your Node.js applications.

Part IV, “Using Express to Make Life Easier,” discusses the Express module for Node.js and how to leverage it as the webserver for your application. You will learn how to set up dynamic and static routes to data as well as how to implement security, caching, and other webserver basics.

Part V, “Learning AngularJS,” covers the AngularJS framework architecture and how to integrate it into your Node.js stack. This part covers creating custom HTML directives and client-side services that can be leveraged in the browser.

Part VI, “Building Practical Web Application Components,” switches gears and provides some practical real-world examples of using Node.js, MongoDB, and AngularJS end-to-end to provide authenticated user accounts, comment sections, and shopping carts for web applications. This part also covers some methods to implement Web 2.0 interactions in your web applications.