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Getting MEAN with Mongo, Express, Angular, and Node, Second Edition

by clive harber, Simon Holmes

May 2019

Intermediate to advanced

504 pages

17h 12m

English

Manning Publications

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1.1. Why learn the full stack?1.2. Introducing Node.js: The web server/platform1.3. Introducing Express: The framework1.4. Introducing MongoDB: The database1.5. Introducing Angular: The front-end framework1.6. Supporting cast1.7. Putting it together with a practical exampleSummary
2.1. A common MEAN stack architecture2.2. Looking beyond SPAs2.3. Designing a flexible MEAN architecture2.4. Planning a real application2.5. Breaking the development into stages2.6. Hardware architectureSummary
3.1. A brief look at Express, Node, and npm3.2. Creating an Express project3.3. Modifying Express for MVC3.4. Importing Bootstrap for quick, responsive layouts3.5. Making it live on HerokuSummary
4.1. Defining the routes in Express4.2. Building basic controllers4.3. Creating some views4.4. Adding the rest of the views4.5. Taking the data out of the views and making them smarterSummary
5.1. Connecting the Express application to MongoDB by using Mongoose5.2. Why model the data?5.3. Defining simple Mongoose schemas5.4. Using the MongoDB shell to create a MongoDB database and add data5.5. Getting your database liveSummary
6.1. The rules of a REST API6.2. Setting up the API in Express6.3. GET methods: Reading data from MongoDB6.4. POST methods: Adding data to MongoDB6.5. PUT methods: Updating data in MongoDB6.6. DELETE method: Deleting data from MongoDBSummary
7.1. How to call an API from Express7.2. Using lists of data from an API: The Loc8r homepage7.3. Getting single documents from an API: The Loc8r Details page7.4. Adding data to the database via the API: add Loc8r reviews7.5. Protecting data integrity with data validationSummary
8.1. Getting up and running with Angular8.2. Working with Angular components8.3. Getting data from an API8.4. Putting an Angular application into productionSummary
9.1. Adding navigation in an Angular SPA9.2. Building a modular app using multiple nested components9.3. Adding geolocation to find places near you9.4. Safely binding HTML content9.5. ChallengeSummary
10.1. Working with more-complex views and routing parameters10.2. Working with forms and handling submitted data10.3. Improving the architecture10.4. Using the SPA instead of the server-side applicationSummary
11.1. How to approach authentication in the MEAN stack11.2. Creating a user schema for MongoDB11.3. Creating an authentication API with Passport11.4. Securing relevant API endpointsSummary
12.1. Creating an Angular authentication service12.2. Creating the Register and Login pages12.3. Working with authentication in the Angular appSummary

Overview

Getting MEAN, Second Edition teaches you how to develop full-stack web applications using the MEAN stack. This edition was completely revised and updated to cover MongoDB 4, Express 4, Angular 7, Node 11, and the latest mainstream release of JavaScript ES2015.

About the Technology

Juggling languages mid-application can radically slow down a full-stack web project. The MEAN stack—MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node—uses JavaScript end to end, maximizing developer productivity and minimizing context switching. And you’ll love the results! MEAN apps are fast, powerful, and beautiful.

About the Book

Getting MEAN, Second Edition teaches you how to develop full-stack web applications using the MEAN stack. Practical from the very beginning, the book helps you create a static site in Express and Node. Expanding on that solid foundation, you’ll integrate a MongoDB database, build an API, and add an authentication system. Along the way, you’ll get countless pro tips for building dynamic and responsive data-driven web applications!

What's Inside

MongoDB 4, Express 4, Angular 7, and Node.js 11
MEAN stack architecture
Mobile-ready web apps
Best practices for efficiency and reusability

About the Reader

Readers should be comfortable with standard web application designs and ES2015-style JavaScript.

About the Author

Simon Holmes and Clive Harber are full-stack developers with decades of experience in JavaScript and other leading-edge web technologies.

Quotes
Wonderfully detailed walk-through from front end to back end, from UI to data—and all the connectivity in between.
- Joseph Tingsanchali, Netspend

Provides an accelerated learning process through building an application that mimics a realistic/useful application.
- Foster Haines, Rhodes Group

Great project-based approach to the material, covering every aspect of the stack from responsive layout to live database deployment.
- Tony Mullen, Northeastern University

Holmes and Harber make it easy!
- James McGinn, Bull Valley Software