Book Description
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 for the underlying platform is vital. Node.js, with its asynchronous, event-driven architecture, is exactly the right choice to build RESTful APIs.
This book will help you enrich your development skills to create scalable, server-side, RESTful applications based on the Node.js platform.
Starting with the fundamentals of REST, you will understand why a RESTful web service is better than any other framework. You will then start creating development environment by installing node.js, express.js, and other modules. You will then write a simple HTTP request handler and create and test Node.js modules using automated tests and mock objects. You will also learn to build a Typical Web API making use of Ansible's advanced features. You will then store data by choosing the best option between a key/value data store and a document data store. Further, you will improve your existing API to make it a fully fledged, secure RESTful service.
