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

by Simon Holmes
November 2015
Intermediate to advanced
440 pages
13h 27m
English
Manning Publications
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Chapter 4. Building a static site with Node and Express

This chapter covers

  • Prototyping an application through building a static version
  • Defining routes for application URLs
  • Creating views in Express using Jade and Bootstrap
  • Using controllers in Express to tie routes to views
  • Passing data from controllers to views

In chapter 3 you should have had an Express application running, set up in an MVC way, with Bootstrap included to help with building page layouts. Our next step is to build on this base, creating a static site that you can click through. This is a critical step in putting together any site or application. Even if you’ve been given a design or some wireframes to work from, there’s no substitute for rapidly creating a realistic ...

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