Learning Web Application Development

Web application development comes in many different styles, making it hard for learners to figure out which paths they should explore. Learning Web Application Development provides a foundation, introducing readers to the major components of client- and server-side web application development and demonstrates commonly used frameworks.

• Uses a single programming language--JavaScript--for the client, the server, and the data storage solution
• Includes a section on "mental models" in each chapter. These sections explicitly outline, through images and text, what goes through a programmers head while he/she is writing code.
• Concludes, rather than starts, with the idea of the Model-View-Controller architecture.