Beginning Node.js, Express & MongoDB Development

In this book, we take you on a fun, hands-on and pragmatic journey to learning Node.js, Express and MongoDB development. You'll start building your first Node.js app within minutes. Every chapter is written in a bite-sized manner and straight to the point as I don't want to waste your time (and most certainly mine) on the content you don't need. In the end, you will have the skills to create a blog app and deploy it to the Internet.



In the course of this book, we will cover:



Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Introduction to npm & ExpressChapter 3: Beginning our Blog ProjectChapter 4: Templating EnginesChapter 5: Introduction to MongoDBChapter 6: Applying MongoDB to our ProjectChapter 7: Uploading an Image with ExpressChapter 8: Introduction to Express MiddlewareChapter 9: Refactoring to MVCChapter 10: User RegistrationChapter 11: User Authentication with Express SessionsChapter 12: Showing Validation ErrorsChapter 13: Relating Post Collection with User CollectionChapter 14: Adding a WYSIWYG EditorChapter 15: Using MongoDB AtlasChapter 16: Deploying Web Apps on Heroku

The goal of this book is to teach you Node.js, Express and MongoDB development in a manageable way without overwhelming you. We focus only on the essentials and cover the material in a hands-on practice manner for you to code along.



About the Reader



No previous knowledge on Node.js development required, but you should have basic programming knowledge.



About the Author



Greg Lim is a technologist and author of several programming books. Greg has many years in teaching programming in tertiary institutions and he places special emphasis on learning by doing.