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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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Figure 6.1 – npm Delivery by MonkeyUser – a classic meme that shows how many dependencies we tend to include in our projects (https://www.monkeyuser.com/2017/npm-delivery/)

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