Learning Single-page Web Application Development -- Table of Contents -- Learning Single-page Web Application Development -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more -- Why subscribe? -- Free access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Understanding Single Page Application -- Getting acquainted with SPA -- Understanding the work of SPAs -- Understanding the MVC/MVVM/MV* pattern -- Peculiarities between SPA and traditional web development -- Choosing a library or framework -- Introducing the MEAN stack -- Tools to develop web applications -- Text editor -- AngularJS -- Debugging tools -- Generators and the task manager -- Yeoman -- Bower -- Grunt -- The SPA directory structure -- It's all about JavaScript -- HTML, CSS, and the responsive way -- Pure CSS -- Summary -- 2. Taking a Deep Dive into Node.js and MongoDB -- Node server, NPM, and middleware -- Event-driven development and the event loop -- The event loop -- Working with require() and modules -- The require() function -- The Node modules -- Express - a web framework on a server -- MongoDB and the terminal -- Comparing a relational database with the NoSQL database -- The mongo shell -- MongoDB connection with Mongoose -- Mongoose schemas and models -- Summary -- 3. API with MongoDB and Node.js -- The working of an API -- Boilerplates and generators -- Hackathon starter -- MEAN.io or MEAN.JS -- The Passport module -- Generators -- The Express generator -- The speakers API concept -- The user history -- Creating the package.json file -- Initiating the JSON file -- Node server with server.js.

Model with the Mongoose schema -- Defining the API routes -- Using MongoDB in the cloud -- Inserting data with Postman -- Summary -- 4. Creating a Conference Web Application -- Rebuilding the API -- Getting the baseline structure -- Changing the initialization process -- Changing the directory structure -- Inserting new folders and files -- Creating the configuration file -- Adding the Passport middleware -- Adding session control and password encryption -- Setting password encryption to a user model -- Reviewing the changes in the server.js file -- Dealing with routes -- Templates with Embedded JavaScript -- Bower leading frontend dependencies -- Pure CSS and Responsive Boilerplate for frontend views -- Creating the index, profile, login, and signup pages -- Summary -- 5. Starting with AngularJS -- Starting the baseline application -- The AngularJS MVC pattern implementation -- Model -- View -- Controller -- Detailing directives, expressions, and scope -- Two-way data binding and templates -- Reusing templates -- Understanding dependency injection -- Services -- Modules in AngularJS -- Project organization -- Summary -- 6. Understanding Angular Views and Models -- Dissecting and understanding the MEAN.JS generator -- Differentiating MEAN.JS and MEAN.io -- Scaffolding the application -- The application anatomy -- Refactoring the API -- The angular-gravatar image directive -- Testing the speakers' API routes -- Summary -- 7. Testing Angular SPA with Karma and Protractor -- Testing concepts -- Introducing Jasmine -- Configuring Karma (unit testing) -- Reviewing the speaker controller test -- Running a Karma test -- Reviewing the speaker model test -- Karma testing with WebStorm -- Configuring Protractor (e2e testing) -- Configuring the e2e testing folder -- Starting the Selenium server -- Summary -- 8. Deploying the Application to the Cloud.

Hosting the project on GitHub -- Continuous application development -- Automatic deployment from GitHub -- Setting up a Shippable account -- Setting up a Heroku account -- Additional notes on Heroku deployment -- Hands-on deployment -- Checking the build process -- Checking the application in production -- Final notes on SPA -- Summary -- Index.