Node.js, MongoDB, and AngularJS Web Development

Node.js, MongoDB and AngularJS Web Development

The definitive guide to building JavaScript-based Web applications from server to browser

Node.js, MongoDB, and AngularJS are three new web development technologies that together provide an easy to implement, fully integrated web development stack. Node.js is a leading server-side programming environment, MongoDB is the most popular NoSQL database, and AngularJS is quickly becoming the leading framework for MVC-based front-end development. Together they allow web programmers to create high-performance sites and applications built completely in JavaScript, from server to client.

Node.js, MongoDB and AngularJS Web Development is a complete guide for web programmers who want to integrate these three technologies into full working solutions. It begins with concise, crystal-clear tutorials on each of the three technologies and then quickly moves on to building several common web applications.

Readers will learn how to use Node.js and MongoDB to build more scalable, high-performance sites, how to leverage AngularJS’s innovative MVC approach to structure more effective pages and applications, and how to use all three together to deliver outstanding next-generation Web solutions.

• Implement a highly scalable and dynamic web server using Node.js and Express
• Build server-side web services in JavaScript
• Implement a MongoDB data store for your web applications
• Access and interact with MongoDB from Node.js JavaScript code
• Define static and dynamic web routes and implement server-side scripts to support them
• Implement Express in Node.js
• Create Jade templates
• Define your own custom AngularJS directives that extend the HTML language
• Implement client-side services that can interact with the Node.js web server
• Build dynamic browser views that provide rich user interaction
• Add authenticated user accounts to your web applications
• Add nested comment components to your web pages
• Build an end-to-end shopping cart

Table of Contents

Part I: Getting Started
Chapter 1 Introducing the Node.js-to-AngularJS Stack
Chapter 2 JavaScript Primer

Part II: Learning Node.js
Chapter 3 Getting Started with Node.js
Chapter 4 Using Events, Listeners, Timers, and Callbacks in Node.js
Chapter 5 Handling Data I/O in Node.js
Chapter 6 Accessing the File System from Node.js
Chapter 7 Implementing HTTP Services in Node.js
Chapter 8 Implementing Socket Services in Node.js
Chapter 9 Scaling Applications Using Multiple Processors in Node.js
Chapter 10 Using Additional Node.js Modules

Part III: Learning MongoDB
Chapter 11 Understanding NoSQL and MongoDB
Chapter 12 Getting Started with MongoDB
Chapter 13 Getting Started with MongoDB and Node.js
Chapter 14 Manipulating MongoDB Documents from Node.js
Chapter 15 Accessing MongoDB Documents from Node.js
Chapter 16 Using Mongoose for Structured Schema and Validation
Chapter 17 Advanced MongoDB Concepts

Part IV: Using Express to Make Life Easier
18 Implementing Express in Node.js
19 Implementing Express Middleware

Part V: Learning AngularJS
Chapter 20 Getting Started with AngularJS
Chapter 21 Understanding AngularJS Modules and Dependency Injection
Chapter 22 Implementing the Scope as a Data Model
Chapter 23 Using AngularJS Templates to Create Views
Chapter 24 Implementing Directives in AngularJS Views
Chapter 25 Implementing AngularJS Services in Web Applications

Part VI: Building Practical Web Application Components
Chapter 26 Adding User Accounts to Your Website
Chapter 27 Adding Comment Threads to Pages
Chapter 28 Creating Your Own Shopping Cart
Chapter 29 Building Interactive Web 2.0 Application Components