Traditionally, web applications have been architected so that the back-end houses all the front-end code. This has resulted in heavy projects that are difficult to manage and scale. This book will explain a new way to write web applications by treating the front-end as if it were a third-party (such as a mobile client). This book, written by a practicing MEAN developer, will take a holistic approach to using the MEAN JavaScript platform for creating modern web applications and lay out how to use the MEAN (Mongo, Express, AngularJS, and Node.js) set of tools to create a web application, from installation and setup of the tools to debugging and deploying your app. After an introduction to how web development is changing and the advantages of using the MEAN stack, the author jumps into an introduction to each tool and then dives into using the complete JavaScript-based application stack to build, test, and deploy apps.

The MEAN stack (Mongo, Express, AngularJS, and Node.js) offers a new path to writing web applications by treating the front-end as if it were a third-party (such as a mobile client). This video by full-stack developer Jeff Dickey takes a holistic approach to learning the MEAN JavaScript platform and shows how to build, test, and deploy apps.

Develop your real-time MEAN application efficiently using a combination of MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node About This Book Construct a fully-functional MEAN application by using its components along with the best third-party modules Harness the power of the JavaScript ecosystem to effectively run, build, and test your MEAN application Gain a deep, practical understanding of real-time web application development through real-world examples Who This Book Is For If you are a JavaScript developer who is interested in building modern web applications using MongoDB, Express, Angular 2, and Node 5.0, then this book is for you. You only need knowledge of JavaScript development. What You Will Learn Use MongoDB to store and retrieve your application's data Connect your Express application to MongoDB and use the Mongoose module Manage your users' authentication and offer them diverse login options using Passport Structure and use an Angular 2 application in your MEAN project Use Socket.io to create real-time communication between your client and server Test your application's Express and Angular 2 entities In Detail The MEAN stack is a collection of the most popular modern tools for web development that helps you build fast, robust, and maintainable web applications. Starting with the MEAN core frameworks, this pragmatic guide will explain the key concepts of each framework, how to set them up properly, and how to use popular modules to connect it all together. By following the real-world examples shown in this tutorial, you will scaffold your MEAN application architecture, add an authentication layer, and develop an MVC structure to support your project development. You will learn the best practices of maintaining clear and simple code and will see how to avoid common pitfalls. Finally, you will walk through the different tools and frameworks that will help expedite your daily development cycles. Watch how your application development grows by learning from the only guide that is solely orientated towards building a full, end-to-end, real-time application using the MEAN stack! Style and approach This comprehensive guide covers every part of the MEAN stack, and focuses on the gestalt power of the apps they can create through practical, real-world examples

Annotation Traditionally, web applications have been architected so that the back-end houses all the front-end code. This has resulted in heavy projects that are difficult to manage and scale. This book will explain a new way to write web applications by treating the front-end as if it were a third-party (such as a mobile client). This book, written by a practicing MEAN developer, will take a holistic approach to using the MEAN JavaScript platform for creating modern web applications and lay out how to use the MEAN (Mongo, Express, AngularJS, and Node.js) set of tools to create a web application, from installation and setup of the tools to debugging and deploying your app. After an introduction to how web development is changing and the advantages of using the MEAN stack, the author jumps into an introduction to each tool and then dives into using the complete JavaScript-based application stack to build, test, and deploy apps.

Summary Getting MEAN, Second Edition teaches you how to develop full-stack web applications using the MEAN stack. This edition was completely revised and updated to cover MongoDB 4, Express 4, Angular 7, Node 11, and the latest mainstream release of JavaScript ES2015. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology Juggling languages mid-application can radically slow down a full-stack web project. The MEAN stack—MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node—uses JavaScript end to end, maximizing developer productivity and minimizing context switching. And you'll love the results! MEAN apps are fast, powerful, and beautiful. About the Book Getting MEAN, Second Edition teaches you how to develop full-stack web applications using the MEAN stack. Practical from the very beginning, the book helps you create a static site in Express and Node. Expanding on that solid foundation, you'll integrate a MongoDB database, build an API, and add an authentication system. Along the way, you'll get countless pro tips for building dynamic and responsive data-driven web applications! What's inside MongoDB 4, Express 4, Angular 7, and Node.js 11 MEAN stack architecture Mobile-ready web apps Best practices for efficiency and reusability About the Reader Readers should be comfortable with standard web application designs and ES2015-style JavaScript. About the Author Simon Holmes and Clive Harber are full-stack developers with decades of experience in JavaScript and other leading-edge web technologies. Table of Contents PART 1 - SETTING THE BASELINE Introducing full-stack development Designing a MEAN stack architecture PART 2 - BUILDING A NODE WEB APPLICATION Creating and setting up a MEAN project Building a static site with Node and Express Building a data model with MongoDB and Mongoose Writing a REST API: Exposing the MongoDB database to the application Consuming a REST API: Using an API from inside Express PART 3 - ADDING A DYNAMIC FRONT END WITH ANGULAR Creating an Angular application with TypeScript Building a single-page application with Angular: Foundations Building a single-page application with Angular: The next level PART 4 - MANAGING AUTHENTICATION AND USER SESSIONS Authenticating users, managing sessions, and securing APIs Using an authentication API in Angular applications

Node.js, MongoDB and Angular Web Development The definitive guide to using the MEAN stack to build web applications Node.js is a leading server-side programming environment, MongoDB is the most popular NoSQL database, and Angular is the leading framework for MVC-based front-end development. Together, they provide an easy-to-implement, fully integrated web development stack that allows web programmers to create high-performance sites and applications built completely in JavaScript, from server to client. Updated for Angular 2, Angular 4, and subsequent versions, this new edition of Node.js, MongoDB and Angular Web Development shows you how to integrate these three technologies into complete working solutions. It begins with concise, crystal-clear tutorials on each technology and then quickly moves on to building common web applications. You’ll learn how to use Node.js and MongoDB to build more scalable, high-performance sites, how to leverage Angular’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 Implement a MongoDB data store for your web applications Access and interact with MongoDB from Node.js JavaScript code Learn the basics of TypeScript Define custom Angular directives that extend the HTML language Build server-side web services in JavaScript 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 and nested comment components to your web applications and pages Contents at a Glance Part I: Getting Started 1 Introducing the Node.js-to-Angular Stack 2 JavaScript Primer Part II: Learning Node.js 3 Getting Started with Node.js 4 Using Events, Listeners, Timers, and Callbacks in Node.js 5 Handling Data I/O in Node.js 6 Accessing the File System from Node.js 7 Implementing HTTP Services in Node.js 8 Implementing Socket Services in Node.js 9 Scaling Applications Using Multiple Processors in Node.js 10 Using Additional Node.js Modules Part III: Learning MongoDB 11 Understanding NoSQL and MongoDB 12 Getting Started with MongoDB 13 Getting Started with MongoDB and Node.js 14 Manipulating MongoDB Documents from Node.js 15 Accessing MongoDB from Node.js 16 Using Mongoose for Structured Schema and Validation 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 Angular 20 Jumping into TypeScript 21 Getting Started with Angular 22 Angular Components 23 Expressions 24 Data Binding 25 Built-in Directives Part VI: Advanced Angular 26 Custom Directives 27 Events and Change Detection 28 Implementing Angular Services in Web Applications 29 Creating Your Own Custom Angular Services 30 Having Fun with Angular

With modern tools. it is possible to create a production grade, full-stack application using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript alone. The combination of MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, and Node.js has become so popular that it has earned the title MEAN stack -- the subject of this book. This book explores the MEAN stack in detail. We will begin by covering Node.js, as it will lay the groundwork for all of our server-side work. You will learn how to get Node running on your local machine as well as download modules using npm. The key aspects of the Node.js programming model will also be covered. From there, we will move on to MongoDB, where you'll learn how to interact with Mongo from a Node application. You will also learn how to create, retrieve, update, and delete data from a Mongo store. After you have a solid grasp on Node and Mongo, the book will move on to the Express web server. We'll cover the basics of Express applications via topics like routes and middleware. Building on previous chapters, we will cover the integration of Node, Mongo, and Express. Our coverage of the MEAN stack will wrap up with several chapters on AngularJS. These chapters will cover Angular fundamentals like data binding, directives, controllers, routing, and services. In an effort to explore competing technologies, a slight introduction to Ember.js will also be provided. Full stack JavaScript is not fully encompassed by the MEAN stack. There is an entire ecosystem of JavaScript tools to learn about, and this book will introduce a few of them. We will cover task runners Gulp.js and Grunt.js which are extremely useful for automating mundane, repetitive tasks. We'll also cover JSHint, a linting tool used to improve code quality. Linting tools analyze source code and report potentials issues - a feature that is especially useful in non-compiled languages like JavaScript.

A step-by-step guide to building web applications with the MEAN stack KEY FEATURES ● Gain a comprehensive understanding of full stack development and the MEAN stack. ● Implement automated testing using Supertest and JEST for reliable and efficient code testing. ● Understand the importance of deployment with containers. DESCRIPTION The MEAN stack, comprising MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, and Node.js, is a widely used and robust web development framework. Acquiring expertise in the MEAN stack will equip you with the necessary skills to strengthen your web development capabilities, enabling you to build efficient and modern web applications. This book is a comprehensive guide to full stack development using the MEAN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, and Node.js). It covers all the essential aspects of building robust web applications, from architectural design to implementation. The book introduces the fundamentals of full-stack development and the advantages of using the MEAN stack. It explains the installation and configuration of the MEAN stack components and teaches how to connect them to create powerful full-stack applications seamlessly. The book also covers security mechanisms like authentication and authorization to ensure application security. The book will help you gain proficiency in front-end development with Angular and back-end integration with Node.js. The book also covers real-time data updates using NATS Streaming, automated testing techniques, and the integration of additional services like comments. By the end of the book, you can confidently build full-stack applications using the MEAN stack. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Install and configure the necessary components for building web applications. ● Master frontend development using Angular, including component creation and data binding. ● Discover the power of Node.js and its integration with Angular for efficient backend development. ● Explore the integration of the Comments service and understand the concepts of subdocuments and references. ● Test the integration of the Posts and Comments service, ensuring smooth communication between the two components. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Whether you are an absolute beginner or an experienced developer, this book caters to both audiences, providing valuable insights and practical knowledge. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Fundamentals of Full Stack Development and the MEAN Stack 2. Architectural Design of Our Sample Application 3. Installing the Components 4. Creation of the Frontend Using Angular 5. Addition of Node.js and Ideas for Integration 6. Handling Authorization 7. Creating the Posts Service and NATS Streaming Integration 8. Introducing Automated Testing 9. Integrating the Comments Service 10. Creating the Comments Service 11. Implementing the Frontend

Practical Node.js is your step-by-step guide to learning how to build a wide range of scalable real-world web applications using a professional development toolkit. Node.js is an innovative and highly efficient platform for creating web services. But Node.js doesn't live in a vacuum! In a modern web development, many different components need to be put together — routing, database driver, ORM, session management, OAuth, HTML template engine, CSS compiler and many more. If you already know the basics of Node.js, now is the time to discover how to bring it to production level by leveraging its vast ecosystem of packages. As a web developer, you'll work with a varied collection of standards and frameworks - Practical Node.js shows you how all those pieces fit together. Practical Node.js takes you from installing all the necessary modules to writing full-stack web applications by harnessing the power of the Express.js and Hapi frameworks, the MongoDB database with Mongoskin and Mongoose, Jade and Handlebars template engines, Stylus and LESS CSS languages, OAuth and Everyauth libraries, and the Socket.IO and Derby libraries, and everything in between. The book also covers how to deploy to Heroku and AWS, daemonize apps, and write REST APIs. You'll build full-stack real-world Node.js apps from scratch, and also discover how to write your own Node.js modules and publish them on NPM. You already know what Node.js is; now learn what you can do with it and how far you can take it!

Assemble the complete stack required to build a modern web app using MongoDB, Express, React, and Node. This book also covers many other complementary tools: React Router, GraphQL, React-Bootstrap, Babel, and Webpack. This new edition will use the latest version of React (React 16) and the latest React Router (React Router 4), which has a significantly different approach to routing compared to React Router 2 which was used in the first edition of the book. Though the primary focus of Pro MERN Stack is to equip you with all that is required to build a full-fledged web application, a large portion of the book will be devoted to React 16. The popular MEAN (MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, Node) stack introduced Single Page Apps (SPAs) and front-end Model-View-Controller (MVC) as new and efficient paradigms. Facebook's React is a technology that competes indirectly with AngularJS. It is not a full-fledged MVC framework. It is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces (in some sense the View part). Yet, it is possible to build a web app by replacing AngularJS with React – hence the term MERN stack What You Will LearnDiscover the features of React 16 to get the maximum out of this library Gain the basics of MongoDB, Express, and Node to build a web app Work with other libraries complementary to React, including React-Bootstrap, React Router, and GraphQL Use tools such as Babel and Webpack required to build JavaScript-based SPAs Tie all the components together to build a complete web app. Who This Book Is For Developers and architects who have prior experience in any web app stack other than the MERN stack will find the book useful to learn about this modern stack. Prior knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS is required.