Programming Node.js Applications with Express.js & MongoDB
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Programming Node.js Applications with Express.js & MongoDB

About the Book

Having been first published by Ryan Dahl in 2009, Node.js -- the open source software that allows the common web language of JavaScript to run outside the browser -- has absolutely grabbed ahold of imaginations in the world of technology in its first half-decade of life. The explosion of Node.js applications and the exponentially increasing number of published modules are a huge indicator of its success as a platform.

This book will teach you all about how to write an MVC (model-view-controller) web application using Express.js and MongoDB -- two of the building blocks that have been absolutely embraced by the Node.js community. Sone of the topics include (but are not limited to) templating engines, authentication, relational data, AJAX, and security. Working code samples for each chapter and a repository containing a fully functioning content management system (CMS) covering the same topics written in the same style as the code within the book are also included!

About the Author

Ian Chursky
Ian Chursky

Should I write in the 3rd person here? Ian Chursky (that's me) is a Seattle-area developer who has been working in the development world since interning as a web developer during the dotcom bubble days of early 2000 before attending college at Seattle University, graduating with a degree in Biology and minoring in Computer Science. After college he has worked at both giant, evil, multinational corporations and small creative dev shops and everything in-between. Professionally, he spends a lot of time in JavaScript (React, TypeScript, Vue.js, Knockout.js, Node.js Express.js) and in the Microsoft stack of technologies (ASP.NET/C#, .NET WebAPI, Azure, etc.) but has also been called upon to venture into the worlds PHP, Python, and Java. He lives in the general greater Seattle area with his wife and 2 daughters.

Table of Contents

Preface

Who This Book Is For

Format

Code Samples & Repositories

Errata

Feedback

Chapter 1: A Node.js Primer

Node.js Introduction

Installing Node.js

Obligatory "Hello World" in Node.js

Installing Modules with npm

Chapter 2: Introduction to Express.js

Templates & Views

Dynamic Templates & Passing Data to Views

Chapter 3: Creating an MVC Express.js Application

Application Setup

Templating

Router

Controllers

Passing Data to Views

Partial Views

Summary

Chapter 4: Middleware & Configuration

Middleware

Configuration

Summary

Chapter 5: Debugging Node.js Applications

Installing Node Inspector

Debugging With Node Inspector

Summary

Chapter 6: Data Access & Validation With MongoDB

Installing Mongoose

Database Settings in config.js

Creating Data Models

Accessing Data in Controllers and Views

Editing and Deleting Data

Deleting Data

Editing Data

Testing It All Out

Validation of Data

Summary

Chapter 7: Relational Data in MongoDB

Updating Data Models

Adding Object References

Editing Items and Handlebars Helpers

Summary

Chapter 8: AJAX in Express.js Applications

Setup

Sending AJAX Requests

Summary

Chapter 9: Sessions & Authentication in Express.js

Getting Started with Sessions and Authentication

Authenticating Users Stored in a Database

Updating Code to Check Credentials on Sign In

Installation and Creating a Default User

Authenticated AJAX Requests

Summary

Chapter 10: Security

Cross-site Request Forgery

Anti-CSRF Tokens and AJAX Requests

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Session Hijacking / Cookie Stealing

Use HTTPS

Summary

Chapter 11: Putting it All Together: Creating an Application

Setting Up Our Application

Middleware

Router.js

Views

Static Files

Running the Application

Data Models

Building the Admin Panel

Installation Routes & Creating a Default User

Dynamic Page & Post Routes

404 & Error Routes

Summary

Conclusion

Appendix A: Code Samples & Repos

Appendix B: MongoDB Shell

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