Node cookbook : discover solutions, techniques, and best practices for server-side web development with Node. js 14 / Bethany Griggs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griggs, Bethany, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Web services.

Programming & scripting languages: general.

Distributed systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (512 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing, Limited, [2020]

Summary:

The fourth edition of Node Cookbook covers the latest features and libraries of Node.js 14. With this recipe-based guide, you'll learn how to handle files, build simple web applications, and build your own modules using Node.js. You'll also be able to diagnose problems in your apps, handle security concerns, and deploy your apps to the cloud.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

About Packt

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Introducing Node.js 14

Technical requirements

Installing Node.js 14 with nvm

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Accessing the Node.js API documentation

Adopting new JavaScript syntax in Node.js 14

Chapter 2: Handling I/O

Handling standard I/O

How to do it

How it works

Managing files with fs module

There's more

Inspecting file metadata

Watching for file updates

Creating TCP server and client communication

Chapter 3: Streams, Streams, Streams

Creating streams in Node.js

Interacting with paused streams

Piping streams

Transforming data with transform streams

Building stream pipelines

Chapter 4: Using Web Protocols

Using http module to make HTTP requests

See also.

Building an HTTP server to accept GET requests

Handling HTTP POST requests

Using formidable to handle file uploads

Using ws to create a WebSocket server

Sending an automated email using your own SMTP server

Chapter 5: Developing Node.js modules

Consuming Node.js modules

Setting up your own module

Implementing your module

Preparing and publishing your module to npm

Using ECMAScript modules

Chapter 6: Exploring Node.js web Frameworks

Building web applications with Express.js

Building web applications with Koa.js

See also...

Building web applications with Fastify

Building web applications with Hapi

Chapter 7: Working with Databases

Connecting and persisting to a MySQL database.

Getting ready

Connecting and persisting to a PostgreSQL database

Connecting and persisting to MongoDB

Persisting data with Redis

Persisting data with LevelDB

Chapter 8: Testing with Node.js

Testing with tape

Testing with Mocha

Testing with Jest

Stubbing HTTP requests

Using Puppeteer

Configuring Continuous Integration tests

Chapter 9: Securing Node.js Applications

Detecting known dependency vulnerabilities

Authentication with Express.js

Setting HTTP headers with Helmet

Protecting against HTTP parameter pollution attacks

Preventing JSON pollution

Preventing cross-site scripting attacks.

Guarding against cross-site request forgery attacks

Chapter 10: Performance Optimization

Benchmarking HTTP requests

Interpreting flame graphs

Detecting memory leaks

Optimizing synchronous functions

Optimizing asynchronous functions

Working with worker threads

Chapter 11: Deploying Node.js Microservices

Generating a microservice with LoopBack

Consuming a microservice

Handling errors

Building a Docker container

Publishing a Docker image

Deploying to Kubernetes

Chapter 12: Debugging Node.js

Diagnosing issues with Chrome DevTools

Logging with Node.js

Enabling debug logs

Enabling Node.js core debug logs

Increasing stack trace size

Creating diagnostic reports

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Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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OCLC:

1225543827