Node.js, MongoDB and AngularJS Web Development

The definitive guide to building using the MEAN stack to build web applications

Also known as the MEAN stack, 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

Contents at a Glance

Part I: Getting Started

1 Introducing the Node.js-to-AngularJS 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 Documents 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 AngularJS

20 Getting Started with AngularJS

21 Understanding AngularJS Modules and Dependency Injection

22 Implementing the Scope as a Data Model

23 Using AngularJS Templates to Create Views

24 Implementing Directives in AngularJS Views

25 Implementing AngularJS Services in Web Applications

Part VI: Building Practical Web Application Components

26 Adding User Accounts to Your Website

27 Adding Comment Threads to Pages

28 Creating Your Own Shopping Cart

29 Building Interactive Web 2.0 Application Components

Introduction