What this book covers

Chapter 1, Welcome to JavaScript in the Full stack, provides an introduction on Node.js and MongoDB. In addition to this, it will explain the overall architecture of the application you will build using this book.

Chapter 2, Getting Up and Running, explains how to set up the development environments for Node.js and MongoDB. You will also verify that everything is set up properly by writing a sample app and running it.

Chapter 3, Node and MongoDB Basics, is about learning JavaScript at base. Further, going through need to know concepts of NodeJS and basic CRUD operations on MongoDB.

Chapter 4, Introducing Express, introduces you to the Express framework and its various components. It also walks you through organizing the basic application that you are building with this framework. It will also give you a detailed overview of the MVC components of Express.

Chapter 5, Templating with Handlebars, introduces you to the concept of using a templating engine and handlebars. Also, it shows you how to use handlebars in your application as a templating engine.

Chapter 6, Controllers and View Models, shows you how to organize the code for the sample application you build into the controllers and view of the Express framework. It will introduce you to the MVS concepts indirectly via introducing the need of separating the code into various modules and utilizing the Express framework.

Chapter 7, Persisting Data with MongoDB, shows you how to connect to the MongoDB server from the Node.js application you are building. It will also introduce you to the concept of ODM, the most popular one being Mongoose.

Chapter 8, Creating a RESTful API, introduces you to RESTful APIs. Also, it shows you the importance of RESTful wrapper for the application. Then, it will teach you how to change the current application to a REST API-based application.

Chapter 9, Testing Your Code, shows you why you need testing incorporated with your application and also what you should keep in mind for the testability of the code written in the chapter.

Chapter 10, Deploying with Cloud-Based Services, discusses the options for hosting the Node.js MongoDB application that you are building. It also compares the various PaaS solutions available in the market.

Chapter 11, Popular Node.js Web Frameworks, covers the various web frameworks available on Node.js, other than Express, which you will use to build the application in this book. You will analyze various web frameworks, such as Meteor, Sails, Koa, Hapi, and Flatiron. You will also learn one of the distinct type of framework, that is, hapi.js, in more detail by creating an API server.

Chapter 12, Single page Applications with Popular Frontend Frameworks, provides a comparative study of single-pages applications with popular frontend frameworks, such as backbone.js, ember.js, react.js, and Angular. You will learn one of the trending framework--Angular4--in detail. Also, you will analyze popular frontend aspects, such as the automation tools and transpilers available.