This book will teach you how to create powerful, interactive websites and web applications—from the webserver and services on the server to the browser-based interactive web applications. The technologies covered here are all open source, and you will be able to use JavaScript for both the server-side and browser-side components.
Typical readers of this book want to master Node.js and MongoDB for the purpose of building highly scalable and high-performing websites. Typical readers will also want to leverage the innovative MVC approach of AngularJS to implement well-designed and structured webpages and web applications. Overall, Node.js, MongoDB, and AngularJS provide an easy-to-implement, fully integrated web development stack that allows you to implement amazing Web 2.0 applications.