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Product type Book

Published in May 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803245171

Pages 382 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Concepts

Web Programming

Author (1):

Ulises Gascón

Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Node.js Overview and JavaScript Language

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Node.js

3. Chapter 2: Setting Up the Development Environment

4. Chapter 3: JavaScript Fundamentals

5. Chapter 4: Asynchronous Programming

6. Part 2: Node.js Ecosystem and Architecture

7. Chapter 5: Node.js Core Libraries

8. Chapter 6: External Modules and npm

9. Chapter 7: Event-Driven Architecture

10. Chapter 8: Testing in Node.js

11. Part 3: Web Application Fundamentals

12. Chapter 9: Handling HTTP and REST APIs

13. Chapter 10: Building Web Applications with Express

14. Part 4: Building Solid Web Applications with Node.js

15. Chapter 11: Building a Web Application Project from Scratch

16. Chapter 12: Data Persistence with MongoDB

17. Chapter 13: User Authentication and Authorization with Passport.js

18. Chapter 14: Error Handling in Node.js

19. Chapter 15: Securing Web Applications

20. Part 5: Mastering Node.js Deployment and Portability

21. Chapter 16: Deploying Node.js Applications

22. Chapter 17: Dockerizing a Node.js Application

23. Index

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Reviewing the final result of the project

At this point, you should have a fully functional REST API with Express and if your tests are passing, you can start using the application.

The about page

If you go to http://localhost:3000/about, you will see the about page:

Figure 11.6 – Web browser screenshot

This page was served using the server render approach, and we are using the EJS template engine to render the page. We are using the whispers data from the database to render the page. The text Currently there are 3 whispers available is dynamic text that will change depending on the number of whispers in the database.

You can see the reference in the views/about.ejs file:

<p>Currently there are <%= whispers.length %> whispers available</p>

Web interface

The web interface is a simple page where you can create, update, and delete whispers. You can access the web interface at http://localhost:3000. It will start with...