Building Node Applications with MongoDB and Backbone: Rapid Prototyping and Scalable Deployment

by Mike Wilson

Build an application from backend to browser with Node.js, and kick open the doors to real-time event programming. With this hands-on book, you’ll learn how to create a social network application similar to LinkedIn and Facebook, but with a real-time twist. And you’ll build it with just one programming JavaScript. If you’re an experienced web developer unfamiliar with JavaScript, the book’s first section introduces you to the project’s core Node.js, Backbone.js, and the MongoDB data store. You’ll then launch into the project―a highly responsive, highly scalable application―guided by clear explanations and lots of code examples.

Genres: Programming, Coding, Web, Technical

188 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Guilherme Ferreira · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a nice introduce about Node, MongoDB and Backbone. The book create a social network as example to be incremented along it. With this example the author show us how to use the MongoDB with Node (through Mongoose library) and many other resources like real-time activities using socket.io library and the event-driven programming paradigm. I belive this book is a nice tip for who is interested in learn the three tools that is in book's title.
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Este livro é uma boa introdução sobre Node, MongoDB e Backbone. O livro cria uma rede social como exemplo a ser incrementado durante todo o decorrer do livro. Com este exemplo o autor mostra-nos como usar o MongoDB em conjunto com o Node (através do Mongoose) e muitos outros recursos como atividades em tempo real usando a biblioteca socket.io e o paradigma de programação orientada a eventos. Acredito que este livro é uma ótima dica para quem está afim de conhecer as três ferramentas do título do livro.

[Amet Alvirde · Rating 3 out of 5]

Buen libro para explorar tecnologías tan emocionantes como node, mongo y backbone si no se tiene un fondo algo concreto. Lamentablemente el autor deja muchas ideas inconclusas o abiertas para el principiante. Además algunas partes de código expuesto no son tan buenas como podrían serlo.

Sin embargo es un libro emocionante porque, debido a la tecnología estudiada, se puede hacer mucho con muy poco. Es un libro muy bueno para quien se inicia en estas tecnologías, y muy probablemente prescindible para quien sepa manejarlas pero desee mejorar.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent job explaining some core concepts, but didn't go into as much detail add I'd like for some. planning on reading the author's Up and Running next.

[Andrew Magee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not exhilarating but a reasonable intro to node.js, express, MongoDB and backbone.js. A little long-winded/repetitive. Code samples pretty good.