Название: REST API Development with Node.js: Manage and Understand the Full Capabilities of Successful REST Development, Second Edition
Автор: Fernando Doglio
Издательство: Apress
Год: 2018
Страниц: 331
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 11.2 MB

Manage and understand the full capabilities of successful REST development. REST API development is a hot topic in the programming world, but not many resources exist for developers to really understand how you can leverage the advantages. This completely updated second edition provides a brief background on REST and the tools it provides (well known and not so well known), then explains how there is more to REST than just JSON and URLs. You will learn about the maintained modules currently available in the npm community, including Express, Restify, Vatican, and Swagger. Finally you will code an example API from start to finish, using a subset of the tools covered.

The Node community is currently flooded with modules; some of them are published once and never updated again - cluttering the entire universe of packages. Pro REST API Development with Node.js shines light into that black hole of modules for the developers trying to create an API. Understand REST API development with Node.js using this book today.

Starting from a theoretical point of view, you’ll learn how REST came to be, who created it, and its characteristics. Later, you’ll move toward the practical side by going over API development and the lessons that years of experience from the community have taught us. Finally, you’ll move into a fully practical approach, and you’ll see how Node.js and its modules can help create a RESTful API. You’ll also get a taste of what a real-world development flow would be like and what it would take to both test and deploy your code into a production environment.

The final chapters will be 100% practical, going over a real-world example of a RESTful API developed in Node.js. I will cover everything from the requirement-gathering process, to tools selection, through actual development, and, finally, you’ll land in troubleshooting-land, where I’ll discuss the different things that can go wrong and how to tackle them. Now sit back, relax, and enjoy the reading.

What You'll Learn:

Understand how REST and API development mix up with Node.js
Create a scalable, technology agnostic, and uniform interface
Prepare your services to be consumed by your clients
Test and deploy your API
Review troubleshooting techniques

Who This Book Is For:
Any Node.js developer who wants to fully understand REST API development.
Beginner and Intermediate Node.js developers who are looking to fully understand how to create RESTful microservices.