Building a tourism application with React and Nodes.js

Abstract

The primary purpose of this thesis was to study and experiment on a method of building a single-page application website with the help of React, Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB. The thesis consists of four major contents. The first content went through the tools and requirements to work with React and Node.js in a local machine. The second content presented the React library through generic experiments on the React fundamental building blocks, and the integrated Babel compiler. During the second content, the thesis explained the syntax structure, behaviors, anatomy, and core mechanism of React library, which made it a popular JavaScript library for front-end development. The third content was the study of the back-end RESTful APIs with Node.js, Express.js. The third content thoroughly described JavaScript's implementation in back-end development with the examples of building a complete RESTful API with Node.js and Express.js according to the MVC design pattern. The fourth content was about the process of step-by-step from planning and sketching to creating and testing a dynamic website. The thesis also stated the importance of authentication and security of web development through the implementation of hashing algorithms and access tokens.

The result of the thesis work was a tourism website, which was a final product of the study and experience of MERN stack web development. The result showed specifically the efficiency, reliability, security, and reusability of the core features and principles of the previously mentioned technologies. The structure and functionality of the website were explained and demonstrated in detail.