Learn web application development through design thinking and illustrated use-cases.Description'Building Production-ready Web Apps with Node.js' teaches you how a web application works from the inside out with detailed illustrations of the various components. You should be able to use the knowledge to develop new web applications, enhance existing applications, or re-architect applications to meet new workload characteristics or deployment scenarios. This book, written by a Node.js community leader, walks you through the various aspects of a web application, beginning with platform selection and ending with production problem determination. It offers unique Node.js features that make it a high-performer in IO workloads. The book then walks you through the components of a web application, such as the front-end, back-end, middleware functions, database, and third-party services.What you will learn ? Learn how to create web app components from zero. ? Receive expert guidance on optimizing backend components' performance. ? Develop the ability to convert monolithic applications to microservices.Who this book is for This book is intended for students, mobile developers, application developers, and architects who want to create and redesign web applications. Prior experience with JavaScript programming is preferred but not required.Table of Contents 1. Getting Started with the Fundamentals 2. Setting up the Environment 3. Introduction to Web Server 4. Our First program: Time of the Day Server 5. Common Networking Interfaces of Node.js 6. Major Web Server Components 7. Interacting with Backend Components 8. Implementing Common Website Features 9. Making our Website Production Grade 10. Best Practices for High Performant Code 11. Debugging Program Anomalies
