This course will teach you the basic concepts of the MEAN stack while walking you through building a shopping cart application. This online store will enable users to search for products, add them to their cart, and check out using Stripe, an online payment processor. You’ll build your own REST API (Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface) server from scratch using solid MongoDB schema design principles, as well as a web application using AngularJS and a hybrid mobile application using the Ionic framework.
When you complete the course, you will receive a discount to MongoDB Professional Certification, enabling you to demonstrate your skills, show recruiters and hiring managers your expertise, and earn a spot in the MongoDB Certified Professional Finder.
No prior experience with any of the MEAN stack technologies needed. The only prerequisite is a basic knowledge of the JavaScript programming language.
What you'll learn:
- Installing and working with MongoDB and Node.js
- MongoDB schema design fundamentals
- Building REST APIs with Node.js and Express
- Building single page applications with AngularJS
- Building mobile apps with the Ionic framework
Course Syllabus
Part 1: Introduction to MongoDB and NodeJS
- Starting a standalone mongod and connecting with shell
- package.json: installing dependencies with npm
- Connecting to mongodb with node.js
- node.js concurrency and event loop fundamentals
- require() basics
- Using mocha for testing
- package.json: npm run-script
- Running mocha tests with gulp
Part 2: MongoDB schema design
- Overview of retail application
- Introduction to mongoose
- Schema design principle: store what you query for
- Schema design principle: principle of least cardinality
- MongoDB indexes
- Retail application schema: product
- Retail application schema: category
- Retail application schema: user and cart
- Advanced mongoose features: virtuals
- Advanced mongoose features: custom setters and sorting by currency
Part 3: NodeJS REST APIs with Express
- What is a REST API?
- Introduction to express
- Dependency injection in NodeJS + ExpressJS
- API-level TDD
- Product API
- Category API
- Cart API
- Integrating facebook oauth on the server-side
- Integrating Stripe for payments
- Integrating MongoDB Text Search
- Integrating OpenExchangeRates
Part 4: Building an AngularJS client
- Introduction: browserify and gulp-browserify
- What is a single page app?
- AngularJS philosophy and why it matters
- Controllers
- Services
- Client-side routing
- Facebook oauth token authentication
- Category view
- Product view
- Cart view
- Advanced topics: infinite scroll
Part 5: Hybrid Mobile Apps with Ionic
- Introduction to hybrid mobile apps
- What is the Ionic framework?
- Code sharing between web client and Ionic app
- Ionic UI components
- Routing in Ionic
- Category view
- Product view
- Cart view