Mastering web application development with Express a comprehensive guide to developing production-ready web applications with Express

A comprehensive guide to developing production-ready web applications with Express About This Book Create fast, secure and reliable production-ready web applications using Express Packed with the latest techniques for tackling real world issues Improve code quality and speed up development by using a variety of patterns and tools You can download the updated code file from here Who This Book Is For If you are a Node.js developer who wants to take your Express skills to the next level and develop high performing, reliable web applications using best practices, this book is ideal for you. The only prerequisite is knowledge of Node.js. In Detail Prototyping an application is one thing, but making sure it's ready to launch is a whole different story. This book will enable you to create maintainable, high performance, and scalable web applications that will meet your production needs. From getting started to how to develop, hone, and protect your application with Express, this book gives you all the practical information you need to feel truly confident with the advanced features of Express. The essential bits and pieces of the framework are explained at the beginning, for a better understanding of the strong points of the framework. From there, we'll take you through the development of an application, from using middleware and template engines to RESTful APIs. By the end, you will have mastered the patterns of reusable code and error handling, and will have learned about other important aspects such as debugging, monitoring, and security.