RESTful Web API Design with Node.js

Design and implement comprehensive RESTful solutions in Node.js

About This Book

• Design, implement, and route Node.js RESTful services with the Express framework module
• Test user-developed modules with Nodeunit and module mocking with SinonJS
• Use this practical guide to integrate MongoDB in your Node.js application

Who This Book Is For

If you are a web developer wanting to enrich your development skills to create scalable, server-side, RESTful applications based on the Node.js platform, this book is for you. You also need to be aware of HTTP communication concepts and should have a working knowledge of JavaScript. Knowledge of REST would be an added advantage but is definitely not a necessity.

What You Will Learn

• Learn about NoSQL data stores and integrate MongoDB in your Node.js application with Mongoose
• Install, develop, and test your own Node.js user modules
• Eliminate third-party dependencies in your tests with mocking
• Comprehend the differences between an HTTP and RESTful application
• Optimize RESTful service URI routing with best practices
• Secure your services with NoSQL database integration within Node.js applications

In Detail

In this era of cloud computing, every data provisioning solution is built in a scalable and fail-safe way. Thus, when building RESTful services, the right choice of the underlying platform is vital. Node.js, with its asynchronous, event-driven architecture, is just the right choice to build RESTful APIs.

This book will be your step-by-step guide in the RESTful world of Node.js. It starts with the implementation of a simple HTTP handler application and follows its evolution to a completed RESTful service solution, which introduces you to the best practices in developing RESTful services.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: REST – What You Didn’t Know
Chapter 2: Getting Started with Node.js
Chapter 3: Building a Typical Web API
Chapter 4: Using NoSQL Databases
Chapter 5: Implementing a Full-fledged RESTful Service
Chapter 6: Keeping the Bad Guys Out