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Web Development with MongoDB and Node
Web Development with MongoDB and Node

Web Development with MongoDB and Node: Build fast web applications for handling any kind of data , Third Edition

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Web Development with MongoDB and Node

Chapter 2. Getting Up and Running

In this chapter, we will cover the necessary steps to set up your development environment. These will include the following:

  • Installing Node.js on your machine
  • Installing MongoDB on your machine
  • Verifying that everything is set up properly

Follow these sections carefully, as we need the development environment to be up and running before we jump into the chapters where we dive into actual coding. For the remainder of this book, it's going to be assumed that you are using either a Mac with OS X, Linux, or Windows 7/Windows 8. You will also need super user and/or administrator privileges on the computer, as you will be installing the Node and MongoDB server. The code and examples after this chapter will all be OS agnostic and should work in any environment, assuming you have taken the steps I outlined earlier to be prepared ahead of time.

You will need a proper text editor to write and edit the code. While any text editor you choose will serve this purpose, choosing...

Installing Node.js


The Node.js installer can be easily obtained by visiting the official Node website and accessing the downloads section. Once there, be sure to download the correct version depending on your OS and CPU (32-bit or 64-bit). As an alternative, you can also use OS-specific package managers to install this. Depending on the OS you are using, just jump into the specific subsection to get more details on the steps to be followed.

Note

You can jump into the Node.js download sections by following this link: https://nodejs.org/en/download.

Mac OS X

There is a universal installer available from the Node website specifically for OS X.

We need to follow these steps to install Node.js on a Mac:

  1. Visit the download page of the Node.js official website as mentioned earlier and click on the Mac OS X installer, which is independent of the processor type (32 or 64-bit).
  2. Once the download is complete, double-click on the .pkg file, which will launch the Node installer.
  3. Proceed through each step of...

Installing MongoDB


MongoDB can also be easily downloaded by visiting the official MongoDB website and accessing the downloads section from http://www.MongoDB.org/downloads. Once there, be sure to download the correct version depending on your OS and CPU (32-bit or 64-bit).

For Windows users, you can opt to download the MSI installer file, which will make the installation much simpler.

Note

Depending on the version of MongoDB you downloaded, you will want to replace <version> in the following sections with the appropriate version number that matches your file.

Mac OS X installation instructions

If you are using the Homebrew package manager, MongoDB can be installed using the following two commands:

$ brew update$ brew install MongoDB

Note

The remainder of this chapter assumes you are not using Homebrew and need to install MongoDB manually. If you are installing MongoDB via Homebrew, you can proceed directly to the Confirming successful MongoDB installation section.

After completing the download...

Writing your first app


Now that you have everything installed and confirmed that it's all working, you can write your first quick app that will use both Node and MongoDB. This will prove that your environment is good to go, and that you're ready to get started. In addition, it will give you a brief taste of the world of Node and MongoDB development! Don't worry if a lot of the following is confusing or just doesn't make sense to you, it will all be made clear throughout the rest of the book!

To begin with, we need to create a folder for our application where this application's specific code will reside, as follows:

$ mkdir testapp$ cd testapp

Creating the sample application

The testapp folder that we just created will be the root of our sample Node application. Even though it's not necessary, it's important and also best practice that we should create the package.json file for our Node app, which will hold the necessary data regarding the application such as its version, name, description, development...

Adding the application code


Now, let's write the simple application code to test things out. This app is going to basically connect to our locally running MongoDB server, insert a few records as seed data, and then provide the output on whether or not the data was inserted properly into MongoDB. You can download a Gist of the code via this URL: http://bit.ly/1JpT8QL.

Using your editor of choice, create a new file named app.js and save it to the application root, which is the testapp folder. Just copy the content of the preceding Gist on to the app.js file.

Understanding the code

Now, let's go through and explain what each section of the code is doing.

//require the mongoClient from MongoDB module var MongoClient = require('MongoDB').MongoClient;

The preceding line requires the MongoDB Node driver that we installed via npm. This is the required convention used in Node.js for bringing in external file dependencies to the current file in context.

We will explain more about this in the coming chapters...

Summary


In this chapter, we took time to make sure your development environment was properly configured with both the Node runtime environment and the MongoDB server. After making sure both were properly installed, we wrote a basic app that utilized both technologies. The app connected to a locally running MongoDB server, and inserted sample records.

Now that the tedious but necessary tasks of setup and installation are out of the way, we can move on to some fun and start learning!

In the next chapter, we will review a primer on the JavaScript language and understand the basics of Node. Then, we will review the basic CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations with MongoDB using the Mongo shell.

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Key benefits

  • 1. Learn the new ECMAScript along with Node 8 and MongoDB to make your application more effective.
  • 2. Get the up-to-date information required to launch your first application prototype using the latest versions of Node.js and MongoDB.
  • 3. A practical guide with clear instructions to designing and developing a complete web application from start to finish using trending frameworks such as angular4 and hapi

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Node.js builds fast, scalable network applications while MongoDB is the perfect fit as a high-performance, open source NoSQL database solution. The combination of these two technologies offers high performance and scalability and helps in building fast, scalable network applications. Together they provide the power for manage any form of data as well as speed of delivery. This book will help you to get these two technologies working together to build web applications quickly and easily, with effortless deployment to the cloud. You will also learn about angular 4, which consumes pure JSON APOIs from a hapi server. The book begins by setting up your development environment, running you through the steps necessary to get the main application server up-and-running. Then you will see how to use Node.js to connect to a MongoDB database and perform data manipulations. From here on, the book will take you through integration with third-party tools to interact with web apps. You will see how to use controllers and view models to generate reusable code that will reduce development time. Toward the end, the book supplies tests to properly execute your code and take your skills to the next level with the most popular frameworks for developing web applications. By the end of the book, you will have a running web application developed with MongoDB, Node.js, and some of the most powerful and popular frameworks.

Who is this book for?

The book is designed for JavaScript developers of any skill level who want to get up-and-running using Node.js and MongoDB to build full-featured web applications. A basic understanding of JavaScript and HTML is the only prerequisite for this book.

What you will learn

  • Work with Node.js building blocks
  • Write and configure a web server using Node.js powered by the Express.js framework
  • Build dynamic HTML pages using the Handlebars template engine
  • Persist application data using MongoDB and Mongoose ODM
  • Test your code using automated testing tools such as the Mocha framework
  • Automate test cases using Gulp
  • Reduce your web development time by integrating third-party tools for web interaction.
  • Deploy a development environment to the cloud using services such as Heroku, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure
  • Explore single-page application frameworks to take your web applications to the next level

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Welcome to JavaScript in the Full Stack Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Getting Up and Running Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Node and MongoDB Basics Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Introducing Express Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Templating with Handlebars Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Controllers and View Models Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Persisting Data with MongoDB Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Creating a RESTful API Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Testing Your Code Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Deploying with Cloud-Based Services Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Single Page Applications with Popular Frontend Frameworks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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