Node.js & Express APIs

Online self-study + projects. Design and build secure REST APIs with authentication, validation, and databases.

Node.js & Express APIs

Course Overview

Build production-ready REST APIs with Node.js and Express. You’ll create secure endpoints, add authentication, request validation, connect databases, and handle errors gracefully. The course culminates in a fully documented API project deployed to the cloud.

What You’ll Learn

  • Express routing, middleware, and error handling
  • Authentication with JWT and sessions
  • Input validation using Joi or Zod
  • Working with PostgreSQL or MongoDB through ORMs/ODMs
  • API versioning and documentation with OpenAPI
  • Environment configuration and secure secrets management
  • Integration testing using Supertest
  • Deployment, logging, and monitoring

Topics Covered

  • Project setup and scripts
  • Routes and controllers
  • Middleware design
  • JWT auth & refresh tokens
  • RBAC & user roles
  • Rate limiting & CORS
  • ORM/ODM basics
  • Transactions & indexing
  • Validation layers
  • Error handlers & logging
  • OpenAPI documentation
  • Testing endpoints with Supertest
  • Health checks & metrics
  • Project: Product API
  • Dockerize the app
  • Deploy to a cloud host

Who Is This For?

Web developers who understand JavaScript basics and want to confidently design, build, and deploy backend services using Node.js and Express.

FAQs

Basic knowledge of JavaScript, HTTP, and JSON. Familiarity with front-end development is helpful.

Node.js LTS, VS Code, Postman, and Docker (optional). Step-by-step setup instructions included.

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