The Definitive Guide to AdonisJs (eBook)

Christopher Pitt is a developer and writer, working at SilverStripe. He usually works on application architecture, though sometimes you’ll find him building compilers or robots.  He is also the author of several web development books and is a contributor on various open source projects like AdonisJs.

1. Getting started (1 week to write)Learn how to get NodeJS and AdonisJS set up, so that you can start building yourapplication. Get familiar with the folder structure, and start customizing it.2. Routing (1 week)Learn how to connect the browser to your JS code, by defining different routes. These routescan target different HTTP request methods and headers. Create routes for registration, login,and profile management.3. Templates (1 week)Learn about how to create and use views and template code. Define templates forregistration and login. Render these individual views when different URLs are entered in thebrowser.4. Requests (1 week)Learn about the different parts of an HTTP request, and how they are represented withinAdonisJS. Pass form data from the registration and login screens, to the controllers that willallow users to register and log in.5. Responses (1½ weeks)Learn about the different kinds of response data and headers, and how they are representedwithin AdonisJS. Create API routes, which produce JSON data, and redirects which movefrom one route to another.6. Generators (½ week)Learn about what generators (language syntax) are, and how they came to be. See how theycan be used to implement cooperative multitasking, in JavaScript.7. Promises (½ week)Learn about what promises (language syntax) are, and how they can be used to representeventual values. See how they can be used, in conjunction with generators, to create syntaxwhich is simple but asynchronous.8. Controllers and Middleware (2 weeks)Learn about how to organize and isolate your code in controllers. See how they can bedecorated, with middleware, to do things like authentication.9. Databases (3 weeks)Learn about how to interact with databases; to read and write data. Build queries, using theLucid DSL, and package these database entities up into model classes.10. Validation and Error Pages (1 week)Learn how to validate form data, and respond with the appropriate error messages. Learnhow to respond to general framework/application errors, with custom error pages.11. Sessions and Cookies (1 week)Learn the deeper parts of sessions (not already covered in the middleware chapter), and howto use cookies. Maintain a user session (and cart) between pages of the application.12. Security (1½ weeks)Learn about how to make cross-origin requests, protect against cross-site scripting attacks,encrypt and hash data securely.13. Front-end (1½ weeks)Learn how to create a front-end build-chain: to preprocess and optimize JavaScript and CSScode. Set up ReactJS, for isolated front-end components, and use SASS to style theapplication.14. Web sockets (1 week)Learn how to update the state of the user interface, with web sockets. Connect these toisolated ReactJS components, for rapid and stable data updates.15. Deployment (1½ weeks)Learn how to host AdonisJS application, in modern hosting environments. Forward requests,from popular web servers, to AdonisJS applications. Create SSL certificates and fault-tolerantdaemon management.16. Adding Polish (Finishing the Application) (1 week)See all the bits of work required to finish the application. Each section highlights the required learning – pointing out each chapter thatshould be read and understood before completing the work for it.