Ultimate Node.js for Cross-Platform App Development: Learn to Build Robust, Scalable, and Performant Server-Side JavaScript Applications with Node.js

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Unleash the Power of Node.js for Building Enterprise-Grade, Scalable Server-Side Applications. Unlock the full potential of Node.js for modern web development with this comprehensive handbook to developing applications and services. The book will cover the fundamentals to advanced techniques, and explore the intricacies of building powerful applications. You will master Express server creation, develop RESTful APIs with efficient routing, and dive into MongoDB for seamless data persistence. It will uncover the nuances of template engines, middleware, and robust authentication methods. Leverage Socket.IO for real-time capabilities and adeptly handle errors with effective logging. The projects will double as versatile boilerplates for kickstarting your own development endeavors. In the later chapter, you will learn Test-Driven Development with Mocha, gain insights into debugging, and perfect the art of building and deploying Node.js applications. This book is divided into 15 chapters. We will cover most of the Node.js basic concepts and some advanced concepts that are used for developing backend applications. In Chapter 1, we will learn a few terms and concepts that are crucial to understanding Node.js. Some of the key concepts will include non-blocking events, event loops, asynchronous execution, jаvascript runtime environment, REPL, NPM, and so on. This introduction chapter will help in getting started with Nodejs and involve activities like installation, running cli commands, running the first Nodejs program. In Chapter 2, we will dive deeper and learn about the core built-in modules and underlying features that are responsible for making Node.js a great technology. We will cover some of the core concepts, including Event Loop, Asynchronous programming, Event, and callbacks. In Chapter 3, we will learn about Express and cover topics like Introduction to Express core concepts, along with installation on local systems. We will also learn how to create our first backend server using express.js which supports routes and middlewares. In Chapter 4, we're going to take a closer look at the fundamentals of RESTful services and focus on creating some of the backend RESTful APIs and handling different routes. We will learn about request validations and response transformation, which is an important part of building APIs using Node.js. In Chapter 5, we will learn about the NoSQL database that we can use for a variety of requirements in our application. This chapter will focus on exploring more MongoDB and cover basic things about how to install and use MongoDB as a backend database and perform some basic CRUD operations using Mongo-cli. ... In Chapter 14, we will discuss topics on performing build and deploying your node application to a server. We will cover how to create and publish our package to the NPM repository so that the module can be used by another team or developer. In Chapter 15, we will give a walk-through about some of the advanced topics that are not in the scope of this book, such as building highly distributed systems, leveraging messaging systems like Kafka, Multi-Threaded Systems, and so on. tandards Recommendations (PSR) to serve data for your Nuxt app. Each example in the book adheres to common best practices, providing valuable insights to help you avoid common pitfalls. Designed as both a learning resource and a reference guide, this book equips you with the knowledge to tackle challenging problems at any stage of development.