Create a ChatApp from scratch and communicate with friends and family
What you’ll learn
Setup a nodejs development environment
Setup mongodb environment via mlab
Create packagejson file
Setup socketio
Setup a model for mongodb
Use mongoose to connect to mongodb
Test http get and post request using postman
Create functions
Create callbacks
Create get messages service
Emit messages to clients
Save data to mongodb
Initialise git repository
Create an heroku app
Deploy app to heroku for hosting
Check application logs on heroku
Requirements
You should be able to use a PC at beginner level
Basic HTML knowledge
Basic CSS knowledge
Basic JavaScript knowledge
Description
Welcome to this course where will be building a real-time chat application that you can use to communicate with your friends and family using node ,express ,socketio and mongodb
Nodes is a platform built on the Chrome JavaScript run time that can help you build fast, Scalable network applications. Nodes uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient—perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.
Socket.IO is a web library that enables real-time bidirectional event-based communication.
Express.js is a Node.js framework used in building nodejs applications
MongoDB—an open-source, document database—makes it easy to bring up an application stack and start coding.
Topics include:
Installing Nodejs
Installing Express
Installing Mongoose
Installing socketio
Setting up socketio
Serving static content with Express
Adding bootstrap and jQuery
Creating a get messages service
Creating a post services message
Emitting messages to clients
Setting up MongoDB using mLab
Connecting your app to mLab
Saving data to mongoDB
Initialising a git repository
Creating a hosting app on heroku
Tracking your app with git
Creating a model for mongoDB
Connecting with mongoose
Deploying application into Heroku cloud platform
Checking the logs for your app on Heroku platform
Who this course is for:
Beginners to Nodejs
Beginners to socketio
Beginners to mongoDB
Anyone who wants to learn how to build a chatapp
Created by Bluelime Learning Solutions
Last updated 3/2018
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