Appendix A. An introduction to our code framework

A.1. An Introduction to Our Code Framework

Throughout this book, we’ll be developing applications in JavaScript using the Express.js[1] web application framework running on Node.js,[2] a server-side JavaScript engine. Although the examples themselves will be written in JavaScript, all concepts in the examples should be readily portable to other platforms and application frameworks. Wherever possible, we’ve tried to keep the specific quirks of JavaScript (such as closures and function callbacks) away from the bits of code that you’ll be working with directly, since the goal of this book is not to make you a proficient JavaScript programmer. We also will be making use of library code for non-OAuth-specific ...

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