Full Stack JavaScript Development with MEAN

319 Pages·2015·4.84 MB·English

by  Adam Bretz

Summary of Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2. Node.js Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3. Modules and npm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4. Node’s Programming Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5. Core Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6. Building the Node Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
7. MongoDB Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8. Interacting with MongoDB Using Mongoose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
9. Using MongoDB and Mongoose in Our Sample App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
10. Alternatives to Mongo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
11. Introduction to Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
12. Architecture of an Express Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
13. Using Express in Our App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
14. Alternative Server Frameworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
15. AngularJS Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
16. Data Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
17. Angular Directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
18. Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
19. Client-side Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
20. Angular in Our App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
21. Task Runners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
22. Debugging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
23. Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

FULL STACK
JAVASCRIPT
DEVELOPMENT
WITH MEAN

BY ADAM BRETZ
& COLIN J. IHRIG

Full Stack JavaScript Development with MEAN

by Adam Bretz and Colin J. Ihrig

Copyright © 2014 SitePoint Pty. Ltd.

English Editor: Kelly Steele
Product Manager: Simon Mackie

Cover Designer: Alex Walker
Technical Editor: Don Nguyen

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