Node.js Blueprints -- Table of Contents -- Node.js Blueprints -- 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 -- Downloading the color images of this book -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Common Programming Paradigms -- Node.js fundamentals -- Organizing your code logic in modules -- Building a car construction application -- Using the car's engine -- Understanding inter-module communication -- Asynchronous programming -- Exploring middleware architecture -- Composition versus inheritance -- Managing dependencies -- Summary -- 2. Developing a Basic Site with Node.js and Express -- Getting acquainted with Express -- Installing Express -- Using package.json -- Using a command-line tool -- Managing routes -- Handling dynamic URLs and the HTML forms -- Returning a response -- The example-logging system -- Summary -- 3. Writing a Blog Application with Node.js and AngularJS -- Exploring AngularJS -- Bootstrapping AngularJS applications -- Using directives and controllers -- Data binding -- Encapsulating logic with modules -- Preparing data with filters -- Dependency injection -- The model in the context of AngularJS -- Final words on AngularJS -- Selecting and initializing the database -- Using NoSQL with MongoDB -- Using MySQL -- Developing the client side with Angular -- Implementing a control panel -- Summary -- 4. Developing a Chat with Socket.IO -- Exploring WebSockets and Socket.IO -- Understanding the basic application structure -- Running the server -- Adding Socket.IO -- Writing the client side of the chat.

Preparing the HTML markup -- Writing the chat logic -- Implementing user-to-user communication -- Changing the server-side code -- Making changes to the frontend of the chat -- Summary -- 5. Creating a To-do Application with Backbone.js -- Exploring the Backbone.js framework -- Recognizing the framework dependency -- Extending the functionality -- Understanding Backbone.js as an event-driven framework -- Using models -- Using collections -- Implementing views -- Using the router -- Talking to the backend -- Writing the backend of the application -- Running the Node.js server -- Managing the to-do lists -- Writing the frontend -- Looking into the base of the application -- Listing the to-do activities -- Adding, deleting, and editing the to-do lists -- Summary -- 6. Using Node.js as a Command-line Tool -- Exploring the required modules -- Planning the application -- Obtaining images from a folder -- Authorizing the Flickr protocol -- Obtaining your application's Key and Secret -- Writing into the Flickr.js module -- Running our application tool -- Uploading the images -- Summary -- 7. Showing a Social Feed with Ember.js -- Preparing the application -- Running the server and delivering the assets -- Getting tweets based on a user handle -- Discovering Ember.js -- Knowing the dependencies of Ember.js -- Understanding Ember.js -- Exploring classes and objects in Ember.js -- Computed properties -- Router -- Views and templates -- Models -- Controllers -- Writing Ember.js -- Defining the templates -- Defining the routes -- Handling the user input and moving to the second screen -- Displaying the tweets -- Summary -- 8. Developing Web App Workflow with Grunt and Gulp -- Introducing the task runners -- Exploring Grunt -- Concatenating files -- Minifying your code -- Watching files for changes -- Ignoring files -- Creating our own task.

Generating a cache manifest file -- Documenting our code -- Discovering Gulp -- Installing Gulp and fetching plugins -- Concatenating and minifying with Gulp -- Creating your own Gulp plugin -- Summary -- 9. Automate Your Testing with Node.js -- Understanding the importance of writing tests -- Choosing a testing methodology -- Test-driven development -- Behavior-driven development -- Classifying tests -- Using Jasmine -- Installing Jasmine -- Defining the module for testing -- Following the test-driven development concept -- Testing the file-reading process -- Finding strings in the file content -- Writing an integration test -- Testing with Mocha -- Installation -- Translating our example using Mocha -- Selecting a reporter -- Testing with a headless browser -- Writing the subject of our test -- Testing with PhantomJS -- Developing the micro testing framework -- Understanding how PhantomJS works -- Writing the actual test -- Testing with DalekJS -- Summary -- 10. Writing Flexible and Modular CSS -- Writing modular CSS -- BEM (block, element, modifier) -- Using the Object Oriented CSS approach -- Separate structure and skin -- Separate container and content -- Scalable and modular architecture for CSS -- Atomic design -- Exploring CSS preprocessors -- Using Less -- Defining variables -- Using mixins -- Structuring the styles into nested definitions -- Using Sass -- Using Stylus -- Working with AbsurdJS -- Styling a simple login form -- Summary -- 11. Writing a REST API -- Discovering REST and API -- Developing an online library - a REST API -- Defining the API parts -- Writing the base -- Implementing the API router -- Writing the responder -- Working with the database -- Creating a new record -- Editing a record -- Deleting a record -- Displaying all the books -- Adding a default route -- Testing the API -- Summary.

12. Developing Desktop Apps with Node.js -- Using node-webkit -- Writing the base of the application -- Writing the package.json file -- Preparing the HTML layout -- Designing the JavaScript base -- Displaying and using the working directory -- Displaying the current working directory -- Showing the files and folders -- Changing the current directory -- Copying, moving, and deleting files -- Extending the application -- Tweaking the updateFileArea function -- Loading a new page for the selected image -- Showing the image and its dimensions -- Removing the toolbar -- Summary -- Index.