Getting MEAN with Mongo, Express, Angular, and Node 1st Edition

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Getting MEAN with Mongo, Express, Angular, and Node teaches readers how to develop web applications end-to-end using the MEAN stack. You'll systematically discover each technology in the MEAN stack as you build up an application one layer at a time, just as you'd do in a real project.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the Technology

Traditional web dev stacks use a different programming language in every layer, resulting in a complex mashup of code and frameworks. Together, the MongoDB database, the Express and AngularJS frameworks, and Node.js constitute the MEAN stack—a powerful platform that uses only one language, top to bottom: JavaScript. Developers and businesses love it because it's scalable and cost-effective. End users love it because the apps created with it are fast and responsive. It's a win-win-win!

About the Book

Getting MEAN with Mongo, Express, Angular, and Node teaches you how to develop web applications using the MEAN stack. First, you'll create the skeleton of a static site in Express and Node, and then push it up to a live web server. Next, you'll add a MongoDB database and build an API before using Angular to handle data manipulation and application logic in the browser. Finally you'll add an authentication system to the application, using the whole stack. When you finish, you'll have all the skills you need to build a dynamic data-driven web application.

What's Inside

Full-stack development using JavaScript
Responsive web techniques
Everything you need to get started with MEAN
Best practices for efficiency and reusability

About the Reader

Readers should have some web development experience. This book is based on MongoDB 2, Express 4, Angular 1, and Node.js 4.

About the Author

Simon Holmes has been a full-stack developer since the late 1990s and runs Full Stack Training Ltd.

Table of Contents

PART 1 SETTING THE BASELINE

Introducing full-stack development
Designing a MEAN stack architecture

PART 2 BUILDING A NODE WEB APPLICATION

Creating and setting up a MEAN project
Building a static site with Node and Express
Building a data model with MongoDB and Mongoose
Writing a REST API: Exposing the MongoDB database to the application
Consuming a REST API: Using an API from inside Express

PART 3 ADDING A DYNAMIC FRONT END WITH ANGULAR

Adding Angular components to an Express application
Building a single-page application with Angular: Foundations
Building an SPA with Angular: The next level

PART 4 MANAGING AUTHENTICATION AND USER SESSIONS

Authenticating users, managing sessions, and securing APIs

APPENDIXES

Installing the stack
Installing and preparing the supporting cast
Dealing with all of the views
Reintroducing JavaScript - available online only

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Simon Holmes has been a full-stack developer since the late 1990s and runs Full Stack Training Ltd.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Manning Publications; 1st edition (December 1, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 440 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1617292036
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1617292033
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.69 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches

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Anna T.

Outstanding teaching technique

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2017

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I am just loving this book. I have gone from zero to a full-stack developer in a matter of week with this book.

The layered approach introducing all these new (to me) technologies is just amazing. Simon introduces new concepts layer by layer and in doing so, enabled me to understand each and empower me to use them and learn more.

At the time of writing this review, the 2nd edition of this book is ready to go out. A lot of the technologies have evolved since the 1st edition was published which in a way was a help with my learning - I had to investigate many issues that were evident due to changing times and that forced me into deeper understanding of what my guide was showing me.

I followed Simon's loc8r app about half way through the book and then decided to start over with my own app, using the book as my guide. I went right through to the end.

Brilliant - the best technical book I have ever read.

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thopk

Maybe the best coding book I've ever read

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2016

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Maybe the best coding book I've ever read. The author resists the temptation that many authors fall into which is to get too clever in their examples, trying to make two or three points at a time and unwittingly obscuring the essence of what's being taught. Holmes is extremely systematic in his approach, focusing on one and only one point at a time, allowing it to sink in before moving on to the next. His coding style is also very well organized, with emphasis on best practices. In retrospect, the other books and tutorials I read on MEAN stack were less than helpful. It won't surprise you that I highly recommend it. Also check out Holmes's online Appendix D about javascript coding practices, particularly the section on callbacks.

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Harrison Hawkes

Very Good Book, But Buy the Second Edition

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2019

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This book does it's intended purpose well. It explains and teaches the MEAN stack effectively and efficiently. However, there are some small problems with it. Such as the section explaining MongoDB usage is a bit unclear, and there are a few instances were the book is a bit outdated. The main example would be that the author writes several examples through the book using Jade, a scripting language with some Javascript functionalities for generating HTML. However, now it's recommended to use EJS or PUG instead.

I would like to stress that I learned a LOT even with the small problems that I had with the book, I do not regret buying it. HOWEVER! Soon the author will release a NEW version of this book, which will be more polished and up to date. I recommend checking to see if the new version is out if you are reading this review.

4.9/5, I like javascript now.

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Joseph D. Brown

A good introduction

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2016

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EDIT (10/16):

After finishing a node project, I've lowered my review from 4 to 3 stars. While this book is a well written introduction to Node and Express (though it inexplicably omits Swagger when the subject turns to APIs), it struggles when the subject changes to Mongo, Mongoose, and Angular. It's still a readable book, but don't expect to come away with an understanding of APIs, Mongo, Mongoose, or Angular (which in 2016, feels like dated framework). Ironically, the book's awkward approach to Angular did a good illuminating why you might want to look for a different client-side framework..

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This is a very good intro to MEAN development. The book has a good project that it's based around, it develops all the themes you'll need and most important, it's very readable, easy to scan, and the examples are straightforward, easy to read and implement immediately. I would recommend this book to anybody like myself who needs to get up to speed with MEAN quickly, without a prior, deep background in Javascript.

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Tom

Best books on Node but a lot of debugging...

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2016

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I'm on chapter 10(out of 11 chapters) so I've worked on most of the book.

The book starts out great and has a very intuitive architecture for the projects. As progress further into the book, however, more things begin to not work either because the book uses an older version of a module(which I understand the author can't control after the book is released) or because the instructions in the book are just wrong or things are left out. As you get into the later chapters, there's a lot of debugging you need to do because of these mistakes. Thankfully the book has a git repo that you can clone and check the code with for every chapter.

Overall, this is a great book on learning Node but the mistakes that appear later were time consuming and annoying to fix. Hopefully the author will be releasing a second edition where these things will be fixed.

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Kevin M

Nice book. Describes the fundamentals of each component of ...

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2018

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Nice book. Describes the fundamentals of each component of the MEAN stack quite thoroughly. Would recommend to those looking for a foundation to build on.

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Sharon S.

If you want to learn the MEAN stack, I would start here.

Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2016

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Seriously, what a great book!!!! Covers so much and you can build a little something in the process. What I like the most is somehow the author found a way to make a topic that can be dry while reading, actually easy to read. I found everything easy to follow and a even a bit of humor thrown in.

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BRADEN T BADUA

Just an awesome first book to learn the MEAN stack

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2016

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Just an awesome first book to learn the MEAN stack. I'm not super proficient with javascript, but I was able to understand and digest all concepts and code presented. The code works. The book is methodical. The author does a great job with explaining and guiding the reader. There is rarely any ambiguity. A must read.

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Laurence Timms

Well planned, well designed and well written.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 26, 2016

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This book knocks all the online MEAN tutorials I've seen into a cocked hat. It's well planned, well designed and well written. It takes a sensible path through the MEAN technologies rather than dumping everything onto your plate at the same time, and it pays attention to all the important ancillary factors such as how to deploy the site into a live environment.

It's also refreshing to see a book that pitches the narrative at exactly the right level. Clearly this isn't a book for utter beginners, but an intelligent enthusiast with a smattering of knowledge will be able to make decent progress and adept developers who want to learn the MEAN stack won't feel like they're being talked down to.

By the end of this book you'll have a firm grasp on all the individual elements of the MEAN stack (and a whole bunch of extra stuff such as Twitter Bootstrap, Jade, Git and Heroku) and you'll know how and when to use them. That's what you want, isn't it? Well worth the money. Go buy a copy.

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Mr. Myke Black

Well written and informative, but a little outdated now.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2018

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Some of the information on node and angular is a bit outdated now, but if you can pick one up cheap, its worth a read. The book itself is very well written with good use of examples and new concepts are explained very clearly.

If the book was refreshed with the latest angular 6 and nodejs 10 frameworks, it would have 5 stars easily.

Pehobbes

A great resource to learn the MEAN stack

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2016

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This book covers the development of a web application from the front and back-end perspectives. Different kinds of architectures are proposed, depending o the type of app that you want to create, and the author guides you along the way to develop one. It is full of best practices and a great resource for you to learn the MEAN stack.

AkT

Well organised, thought through, step-by-step tutorial guide on MEAN stack.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 29, 2016

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I have never given a review on any book on Amazon. Not ever. I have purposely stopped 3/4 way through this book to provide some feedback.

It is the best technical show-how- it's-done text I have ever read. If you are keen on learning the MEAN stack, you really needn't look any further. Well done Mr. Holmes.

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Informative and easy to follow

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 5, 2016

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Could do with an extra chapter which covers authentication without using an angular front end. But since the book is focused on the MEAN stack I think it is certainly worth the money.

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