Index

A

• additional resources
  • about / Additional resources
• AngularJS
  • about / AngularJS
  • URL / AngularJS
• anonymous function / Anonymous functions and callbacks
• API
  • about / What is an API?
• API endpoint
  • consuming, request used / Consuming an API endpoint using Request
• app
  • launching / Launch the sample app
• application
  • testing / Testing the application
  • routes, testing / Testing the routes
  • server, testing / Testing the server
  • model, testing / Testing a model
  • controller, testing / Testing a controller
  • deploying / Deploying your application
  • Nodejitsu / Nodejitsu
  • Heroku / Heroku
  • AWS / Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Microsoft Azure / Microsoft Azure
  • Digital Ocean / Digital Ocean
• array.splice function / Removing data – DELETE
• arrays / Arrays
• asynchronous callbacks / Asynchronous callbacks
• asynchronous JavaScript code / Asynchronous
• async module
  • about / Introducing the async module
• automated build task managers / Automated build task managers
• AWS
  • about / Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • MongoLab account, creating / Create a MongoLab account and database
  • MongoLab database, creating / Create a MongoLab account and database
  • environment, creating / Create and configure the AWS environment
  • environment, configuring / Create and configure the AWS environment
• AWS environment
  • creating / Create and configure the AWS environment
  • configuring / Create and configure the AWS environment

B

• Backbone.js
  • about / Backbone.js
  • URL / Backbone.js
• Basic API server
  • creating / Creating a Basic API server
  • sample JSON data, creating / Creating sample JSON data
• Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
  • about / Running tests with the Mocha framework
  • URL / Asserting tests with Chai.js
• bodyParser, Connect middleware / Introducing Connect
• Bootstrap
  • URL / Views
• Bower.io
  • URL / Dependency management
• Broccoli
  • URL / Automated build task managers
• Browserify
  • about / Modularity
  • URL / Modularity

C

• callback function / Uploading an image
• callbacks / Anonymous functions and callbacks
• Chai.js
  • tests, asserting with / Asserting tests with Chai.js
  • installing, as devDependency / Installing Chai.js as a devDependency
• Chai documentation
  • URL / Asserting tests with Chai.js
• cloud
  • versus traditional hosting / Cloud versus traditional hosting
• code
  • writing, for app / The code
• command-line tools
  • creating / Not just on the web
• comment model
  • inserting / Comment – inserting a comment model
• comments helper
  • about / The comments helper
• comments module / The comments module
• comments property / Displaying an image
• comparison operators / Conditions and comparison operators
• complete data-driven website
  • creating / What to expect from this book
• condition statement / Conditions and comparison operators
• ConEmu
  • URL / Environment assumptions and requirements
  • about / Environment assumptions and requirements
• configure module
  • about / Configuration module
  • Handlebars view engine / Handlebars view engine
  • middleware, using / Using and understanding middleware
  • middleware, defining / Using and understanding middleware
  • Connect middleware / Introducing Connect
  • activating / Activating the configure module
• connect.static() middleware / Introducing Connect
• Connect framework
  • middleware / Introducing Connect
• Connect middleware
  • about / Introducing Connect
  • logger(*dev*) / Introducing Connect
  • bodyParser / Introducing Connect
  • json / Introducing Connect
  • urlencoded / Introducing Connect
  • methodOverride / Introducing Connect
  • cookieParser / Introducing Connect
  • errorHandler / Introducing Connect
  / Introducing Connect
• Content Delivery Network (CDN) / Iterating on the UI
• controller
  • testing / Testing a controller
• controller handler
  • adding / Adding a controller handler
• controllers
  • about / Routers and controllers, Controllers
  • CRUD, adding / Adding CRUD to the controllers
• cookieParser, Connect middleware / Introducing Connect
• create, read, update, delete (CRUD)
  • about / The basics of MongoDB
• create function / Handlebars view engine, Create – inserting an image model
  • key responsibilities / Uploading an image
• CRUD
  • adding, to controllers / Adding CRUD to the controllers
• CSS transpiling / CSS transpiling
• Custom middleware
  • about / Custom middleware

D

• data
  • inserting / Inserting data
  • updating / Updating data
  • deleting / Deleting data
• data, DELETE requests
  • removing / Removing data – DELETE
• data, POST requests
  • receiving / Receiving data – POST and PUT requests
• data, PUT requests
  • receiving / Receiving data – POST and PUT requests
• database
  • checking / Check the actual database
• dbhost variable / The code
• dependency management / Dependency management
• describe block
  • about / Running tests with the Mocha framework
• devDependencies section
  • about / Installing modules using npm
• devDependency
  • Chai.js, installing as / Installing Chai.js as a devDependency
• Digital Ocean
  • about / Digital Ocean
  • URL / Digital Ocean
• document
  • inserting / Inserting a document
  • retrieving / Retrieving a document
• DOM
  • about / Iterating on the UI
• drop() function / Deleting data
• Dust.js
  • URL / HTML template-rendering engines

E

• EJS
  • URL / HTML template-rendering engines
• else condition / Uploading an image
• Ember.js
  • about / Ember.js
  • URL / Ember.js
• environment
  • assumptions / Environment assumptions and requirements
  • requisites / Environment assumptions and requirements
• errorHandler, Connect middleware / Introducing Connect
• event driven / Event driven
• Express.js
  • about / What is Express.js?
• Express v4.0.0
  • migrating to / Migrating to Express v4.0.0
  • middleware, using / Using new middleware
• external APIs
  • consuming, from Node.js / Consuming external APIs from Node.js
  • API endpoint consumption, request used / Consuming an API endpoint using Request

F

• file IO / Networking and file IO
• files
  • organizing / Organizing the files
• File System (fs) / Uploading an image
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP) / Introduction to Git
• find() function / Querying
• findOne function / Retrieving a document
• first app
  • writing / Writing your first app
  • code, writing / The code
  • sample app, launching / Launch the sample app
  • database, checking / Check the actual database
• Flatiron
  • about / Flatiron
  • URL / Flatiron
• flow / Flow
• frontend development tools
  • about / Frontend development tools
  • automated build task managers / Automated build task managers
  • dependency management / Dependency management
  • modularity / Modularity
  • HTML template-rendering engines / HTML template-rendering engines
  • CSS transpiling / CSS transpiling
• frontend framework
  • need for / Why use a frontend framework?
  • TodoMVC project / The TodoMVC project
  • Backbone.js / Backbone.js
  • Ember.js / Ember.js
  • AngularJS / AngularJS
• frontend JavaScript
  • testing / Testing and test-driven development
  • PhantomJS headless browser / PhantomJS headless browser
• functions
  • declaring / Declaring functions
  • about / Functions are objects

G

• GET
  • reference links / What is a RESTful API?
• GET requests
  • responding to / Responding to GET requests
• Git
  • about / Introduction to Git
  • URL / Introduction to Git
• global helpers / Global helpers
• Gravatar
  • URL / Views
  / Comment – inserting a comment model
• Gulp
  • URL / Automated build task managers

H

• Handlebars
  • syntax / Basic syntax for Handlebars
  • URL / HTML template-rendering engines
• Handlebars helpers
  • about / Handlebars Helpers
  • global helpers / Global helpers
  • view-specific helpers / View-specific helpers
• Handlebars image page template
  • updating / Updating the Handlebars image page template
• Handlebars view engine
  • about / Handlebars view engine
  • template engines / Other template engines
• hapi
  • about / hapi
  • URL / hapi
• helpers
  • about / Helpers
  • comments helper / The comments helper
  • sidebar / The helper sidebar
  • troubleshooting / Troubleshooting
  • stats helper / The stats helper
  • images helper / The popular images helper
  • popular images helper / The popular images helper
• helpers, for reusable code
  • about / Helpers for reusable code
  • sidebar module / The sidebar module
  • stats module / The stats module
  • images module / The images module
  • comments module / The comments module
  • sidebar implementation, testing / Testing the sidebar implementation
• helper sidebar
  • about / The helper sidebar
• helpers property / Global helpers
• Heroku
  • about / Heroku
  • URL / Heroku
• Homebrew
  • URL / Mac OS X installation instructions
• home controller
  • updating / Updating the home controller
  • about / The home controller
• HTML template-rendering engines / HTML template-rendering engines
• HTTP verbs, REST APIs
  • GET / What is a RESTful API?
  • POST / What is a RESTful API?
  • PUT / What is a RESTful API?
  • PATCH / What is a RESTful API?
  • DELETE / What is a RESTful API?

I

• IaaS
  • versus PaaS / Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) versus Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• image
  • displaying / Displaying an image
  • uploading / Uploading an image
• image controller
  • about / The image controller
• image controller, updating
  • about / Updating the image controller
  • image, displaying / Displaying an image
  • image, uploading / Uploading an image
• image model
  • retrieving / Index – retrieving an image model
  • inserting / Create – inserting an image model
  • updating / Like – updating an image model
• image property / Displaying an image
• image removal capability
  • adding / Iterating by adding an image removal capability
• image removal capability, adding
  • route, adding / Adding a route
  • controller handler, adding / Adding a controller handler
  • Handlebars image page template, adding / Updating the Handlebars image page template
  • jQuery, updating / Updating the jQuery
• images helper
  • about / The popular images helper
• images module / The images module
• imgPloadr.io / Building a complete web application
• index function / Index – retrieving an image model
  • controller's responsibilities / Index – retrieving an image model
• initialize function / Routers and controllers

J

• Jasmine, for writing tests
  • URL / Testing and test-driven development
• JavaScript
  • about / Declaring variables
• JavaScript Primer
  • about / A JavaScript Primer
  • variables, declaring / Declaring variables
  • functions, declaring / Declaring functions
  • objects, declaring / Declaring objects
  • functions / Functions are objects
  • anonymous function / Anonymous functions and callbacks
  • callbacks / Anonymous functions and callbacks
  • arrays / Arrays
  • condition statement / Conditions and comparison operators
  • comparison operators / Conditions and comparison operators
  • flow / Flow
  • JSON / JSON
• Joyent
  • about / Linux installation instructions
• Joyent GitHub wiki
  • URL / Other template engines
• jQuery
  • updating / Updating the jQuery
• JSON / JSON
• json, Connect middleware / Introducing Connect
• JSONView Chrome extension
  • using / Using the JSONView Chrome extension

K

• Karma, for running tests
  • URL / Testing and test-driven development
• Koa
  • about / Koa
  • URL / Koa

L

• layouts
  • about / Layouts
• LESS
  • URL / CSS transpiling
• library, modules
  • URL / Node Package Manager
• lightweight Node
  • example / Node.js changed JavaScript forever
• Like button / Like – updating an image model
• like function / Iterating on the UI
• Linux, MongoDB server
  • installation instructions / Linux installation instructions
• Linux, Node.js
  • installation instructions / Linux installation instructions
• listen function / Server.js – where it all begins
• logger(*dev*), Connect middleware / Introducing Connect

M

• Mac is iTerm2
  • URL / Environment assumptions and requirements
• Mac OS X, MongoDB server
  • installation instructions / Mac OS X installation instructions
• Mac OS X, Node.js
  • installation instructions / Mac OS X installation instructions
• MEAN (MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node.js) / Digital Ocean
• Meteor
  • about / Meteor
  • URL / Meteor
• methodOverride, Connect middleware / Introducing Connect
• Microsoft Azure
  • about / Microsoft Azure
  • URL / Microsoft Azure
• middleware
  • using / Using and understanding middleware
  • defining / Using and understanding middleware
• middleware, using
  • server/configure.js / server/configure.js
  • server/routes.js / server/routes.js
• mkdir
  • URL / Nodejitsu
• Mocha framework
  • tests, running with / Running tests with the Mocha framework
• model
  • testing / Testing a model
• Model, View, ViewModel (MVVM) / Views
• models
  • about / Models, Defining the schema and models
• models index file
  • about / Models index file
• Model View Controller (MVC) / Views
• modularity, frontend development tools / Modularity
• modules
  • about / Require and modules
  • installing, npm used / Installing modules using npm
• moment module / Global helpers
• MongoDB / Node and MongoDB in the wild
  • advantages / The NoSQL movement
  • about / The basics of MongoDB
  • mongo shell / The mongo shell
  • data, inserting / Inserting data
  • querying / Querying
  • data, updating / Updating data
  • data, deleting / Deleting data
  • using, with node / Using MongoDB with Node
  • connecting to / Connecting to MongoDB
  • document, inserting / Inserting a document
  • document, retrieving / Retrieving a document
  • testing / Testing everything out so far
• MongoDB installation
  • confirming / Confirming successful MongoDB installation
• mongodb npm module / Using MongoDB with Node
• MongoDB server
  • installing / Installing the MongoDB server
• MongoDB server, installing
  • Mac OS X, installation instructions / Mac OS X installation instructions
  • Windows 7, installation instructions / Windows 7 or 8 installation instructions
  • Windows 8, installation instructions / Windows 7 or 8 installation instructions
  • Linux, installation instructions / Linux installation instructions
  • installation, confirming / Confirming successful MongoDB installation
  • online documentation, bookmarking / Bookmarking the online documentation
• MongoDB University
  • URL / Additional resources
• MongoLab account
  • creating / Create a MongoLab account and database
• MongoLab database
  • creating / Create a MongoLab account and database
• Mongoose
  • about / Introducing Mongoose
  • schemas / Schemas
  • models / Models
  • built-in validation / Built-in validation
  • static methods / Static methods
  • virtual properties / Virtual properties
  • URL / Virtual properties
  • connecting with / Connecting with Mongoose
• mongoose object / Event driven
• mongo shell / The mongo shell
• Mozilla Developer Network
  • URL / Additional resources
• Mustache
  • URL / HTML template-rendering engines

N

• networking / Networking and file IO
• next parameter / Custom middleware
• Node
  • about / Node and MongoDB in the wild
  • companies, working with / Node and MongoDB in the wild
  • URL / The NodeJS core
  • MongoDB used / Using MongoDB with Node
• node-mkdirp
  • about / Nodejitsu
• Node.js
  • about / Node.js changed JavaScript forever, A JavaScript Primer
  • and JavaScript / Node.js changed JavaScript forever
  • asynchronous callbacks / Asynchronous callbacks
  • Node Package Manager / Node Package Manager
  • networking / Networking and file IO
  • file IO / Networking and file IO
  • command-line tools, creating / Not just on the web
  • real-time web, with Socket.io / Real-time web with Socket.io
  • URL / Installing Node.js
  • external APIs, consuming from / Consuming external APIs from Node.js
• Node.js, installing
  • Mac OS X, installation instructions / Mac OS X installation instructions
  • Windows 7, installation instructions / Windows 7 or 8 installation instructions
  • Windows 8, installation instructions / Windows 7 or 8 installation instructions
  • Linux, installation instructions / Linux installation instructions
  • installation, confirming / Confirming successful Node.js installation
  • online documentation, bookmarking / Bookmarking the online documentation
• Node.js installation
  • about / Installing Node.js
  • confirming / Confirming successful Node.js installation
• Node.js Web Frameworks
  • Meteor / Meteor
  • Sails / Sails
  • hapi / hapi
  • Koa / Koa
  • Flatiron / Flatiron
• Node API
  • URL / Additional resources
• node app.js command / Node.js changed JavaScript forever
• Nodejitsu
  • about / Nodejitsu
  • URL / Nodejitsu
• NodeJS
  • about / The basics of NodeJS
  • event driven / Event driven
  • asynchronous JavaScript code / Asynchronous
  • require() function / Require and modules
  • modules / Require and modules
  • core / The NodeJS core
• NodeJS core / The NodeJS core
• node modules
  • stubbing, with Proxyquire / Stubbing node modules with Proxyquire
• Node Package Manager / Node Package Manager
• Node School
  • URL / Additional resources
• NoSQL, using
  • advantages / The NoSQL movement
• NoSQL movement
  • about / The NoSQL movement
  • Node / Node and MongoDB in the wild
  • MongoDB / Node and MongoDB in the wild
• npm
  • used, for installing modules / Installing modules using npm

O

• objects
  • declaring / Declaring objects
• online documentation, MongoDB server
  • bookmarking / Installing the MongoDB server, Bookmarking the online documentation
• online documentation, Node.js
  • bookmarking / Bookmarking the online documentation
• options object / Handlebars view engine

P

• PaaS
  • versus IaaS / Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) versus Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Partial views
  • about / Partial views
• Path (path) / Uploading an image
• PhantomJS headless browser / PhantomJS headless browser
• popular function / The images module
• POST
  • reference links / What is a RESTful API?
• Postman REST Client
  • about / Introducing Postman REST Client
  • installation instructions / Installation instructions
  • using / A quick tour of Postman REST Client
  • JSONView Chrome extension, using / Using the JSONView Chrome extension
• pretty() function / Inserting data
• Proxyquire
  • node modules, stubbing with / Stubbing node modules with Proxyquire
• PUT
  • reference links / What is a RESTful API?

Q

• querying / Querying

R

• -R flag
  • about / Writing a test helper
• real-time web
  • used, with Socket.io / Real-time web with Socket.io
• refactoring / Refactoring and improvements
• Representational State Transfer (REST) / What is a RESTful API?
• request
  • used, for consuming API endpoint / Consuming an API endpoint using Request
• request module
  • about / Stubbing node modules with Proxyquire
• require() function / Require and modules
• Require.js
  • about / Modularity
  • URL / Modularity
• RESTful API
  • about / What is a RESTful API?
• route
  • adding / Adding a route
• routers
  • about / Routers and controllers
• routes
  • testing / Testing the routes

S

• Sails
  • about / Sails
  • URL / Sails
• sample JSON data
  • creating / Creating sample JSON data
• SASS
  • URL / CSS transpiling
• schemas
  • about / Schemas, Defining the schema and models
  • datatypes / Schemas
• seedData function / The code
• server
  • testing / Testing the server
• server.js
  • about / Server.js – where it all begins
  • booting up / Booting up server.js
• server/configure.js / server/configure.js
• server/routes.js / server/routes.js
• showDocs function / The code
• sidebar implementation
  • testing / Testing the sidebar implementation
• sidebar module / The sidebar module
• Single Page Application (SPA)
  • about / What is a Single Page Application?
  • creating / What is a Single Page Application?
• Sinon.js
  • spies, using with / Spies and stubs with Sinon.js
  • stubs, using with / Spies and stubs with Sinon.js
• Sinon.js library
  • URL / Spies and stubs with Sinon.js
• site
  • requisites / Building a complete web application
• Socket.io
  • real-time web, using with / Real-time web with Socket.io
  • about / Sails
• Software as a Service (SaaS) / Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) versus Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• spies
  • with Sinon.js / Spies and stubs with Sinon.js
• spy
  • about / Spy and stub everything!
• static methods
  • about / Static methods
• stats helper
  • about / The stats helper
• stats module / The stats module
• stub
  • about / Spy and stub everything!
• stubs
  • with Sinon.js / Spies and stubs with Sinon.js
• Sublime Text 3
  • URL / Environment assumptions and requirements

T

• template engines / Other template engines
• test
  • writing / Writing and running your first test
  • running / Writing and running your first test
  • helper, writing / Writing a test helper
• test-driven development
  • about / Testing and test-driven development
• Test-driven Development (TDD)
  • about / Asserting tests with Chai.js
  • URL / Asserting tests with Chai.js
• test helper
  • writing / Writing a test helper
• tests
  • running, with Mocha framework / Running tests with the Mocha framework
  • asserting, with Chai.js / Asserting tests with Chai.js
• this keyword / Declaring objects
• TodoMVC project
  • about / The TodoMVC project
  • URL / The TodoMVC project
• tools, trade
  • tests, running with Mocha framework / Running tests with the Mocha framework
  • tests, asserting with Chai.js / Asserting tests with Chai.js
  • spies, with Sinon.js / Spies and stubs with Sinon.js
  • stubs, with Sinon.js / Spies and stubs with Sinon.js
  • node modules, stubbing with Proxyquire / Stubbing node modules with Proxyquire
• trade
  • tools / Tools of the trade
• traditional hosting
  • versus cloud / Cloud versus traditional hosting

U

• UI
  • iterating on / Iterating on the UI
• Underscore.js
  • URL / HTML template-rendering engines
• update() function / Updating data
• urlencoded, Connect middleware / Introducing Connect

V

• validation / Built-in validation
• variables
  • declaring / Declaring variables
• var keyword / Declaring variables
• view-specific helpers / View-specific helpers
• view models
  • about / View models
• views
  • about / Views
  • rendering / Rendering the views
• Virtual Private Server (VPS) / Cloud versus traditional hosting, Digital Ocean
• virtual properties
  • about / Virtual properties

W

• web application
  • building / Building a complete web application
• Windows 7, MongoDB server
  • installation instructions / Windows 7 or 8 installation instructions
• Windows 7, Node.js
  • installation instructions / Windows 7 or 8 installation instructions
• Windows 8, MongoDB server
  • installation instructions / Windows 7 or 8 installation instructions
• Windows 8, Node.js
  • installation instructions / Windows 7 or 8 installation instructions
• Windows Quick Start guide
  • URL / Windows 7 or 8 installation instructions