Getting MEAN

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.

Table of Contents

PART 1 SETTING THE BASELINE

1 ■ Introducing full-stack development

2 ■ Designing a MEAN stack architecture

PART 2 BUILDING A NODE WEB APPLICATION

3 ■ Creating and setting up a MEAN project

4 ■ Building a static site with Node and Express

5 ■ Building a data model with MongoDB and Mongoose

6 ■ Writing a REST API: Exposing the MongoDB database to the application

7 ■ Consuming a REST API: Using an API from inside Express

PART 3 ADDING A DYNAMIC FRONT END WITH ANGULAR

8 ■ Creating an Angular application with TypeScript

9 ■ Building a single-page application with Angular: Foundations

10 ■ Building a single-page application with Angular: The next level

PART 4 MANAGING AUTHENTICATION AND USER SESSIONS

11 ■ Authenticating users, managing sessions, and securing APIs

12 ■ Using an authentication API in Angular applications

About the Authors

Simon Holmes has been a full-stack developer since the late 1990s, manages the European Solutions Engineering team for LivePerson and runs Full Stack Training Ltd.

Clive Harber has been building web applications in a variety of technologies for the past 15 years and heads up the Distorted Thinking Ltd software consultancy.