Learn how to build dynamic web applications with Express, a key component of the Node/JavaScript development stack. In this hands-on guide, author Ethan Brown teaches you the fundamentals through the development of a fictional application that exposes a public website and a RESTful API. You’ll also learn web architecture best practices to help you build single-page, multi-page, and hybrid web apps with Express.

Express strikes a balance between a robust framework and no framework at all, allowing you a free hand in your architecture choices. With this book, frontend and backend engineers familiar with JavaScript will discover new ways of looking at web development.

Create webpage templating system for rendering dynamic data

Dive into request and response objects, middleware, and URL routing

Simulate a production environment for testing and development

Focus on persistence with document databases, particularly MongoDB

Make your resources available to other programs with RESTful APIs

Build secure apps with authentication, authorization, and HTTPS

Integrate with social media, geolocation, and other third-party services

Implement a plan for launching and maintaining your app

Learn critical debugging skills

This book covers Express 4.0.