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Node.js in Action
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Node.js in Action

by TJ Holowaychuk, Nathan Rajlich, Mike Cantelon, Marc Harter
October 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
416 pages
13h 2m
English
Manning Publications
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Chapter 9. Advanced Express

This chapter covers

  • Implementing authentication
  • URL routing
  • Creating a REST API
  • Handling errors

In this chapter, you’ll learn a number of advanced Express techniques that will enable you to take more advantage of the framework’s functionality.

To demonstrate these techniques, you’ll create a simple application that allows people to register and post public messages that are displayed, in reverse chronological order, for visitors to see. This type of application is known as a “shoutbox” application. Figure 9.1 shows the front and user registration pages. Figure 9.2 shows the login and post pages.

Figure 9.1. The front and registration pages of the shoutbox application
Figure 9.2. The login and post pages ...
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