Backend Development with Node.js and Express.js Track

Backend Development with Node.js and Express.js

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Learn how to build backend applications from scratch using JavaScript, Node.js, and Express.js. Create servers, handle requests, build APIs, and store…

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Understand how backend systems work and how servers handle requests and responses

Create and manage REST APIs with full CRUD functionality

Handle user input, send structured JSON responses, and manage application logic

Use JavaScript in a backend environment with Node.js to run code and work with files

Store and retrieve data using MongoDB and Mongoose

Organize backend code into modules, routes, and clean project structure

Build servers and APIs with Express.js, including routing, middleware, and data handling

Connect a database to an existing API and replace file-based storage

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What Is the Web and How It Works

Frontend vs Backend

What Backend Developers Actually Do

Why JavaScript Is Used for Backend

What Is Node.js?

Node.js vs Browser JavaScript

Key Advantages of Using Node.js

Installing Node.js

Running JavaScript Files

Using the Node.js REPL

Creating Your First Node.js App

Working with process

Understanding __dirname and __filename

What Are Modules?

How Node.js Loads Modules

Exporting with module.exports

Importing with require

Relative Paths in require

Exporting with export and export default

Importing with import

Mixing CommonJS and ES Modules

Working with the fs Module

Manipulating Paths with the path Module

Getting System Info with the os Module

Reading Files

Writing Files

Updating / Appending Files

Using Files as Simple Storage

Initializing a Project with npm

Installing and Using External Packages

Updating and Removing Packages

What Are Console Applications

Building Command Line Interface Apps

Using Commander Module

What Is Express.js and Why It Exists

Creating Your First Server

Your First Route

Understanding Multiple Routes

Request and Response Basics

Sending JSON Responses

Route Parameters

Query Parameters

Receiving Data from Client

Introduction to Middleware

Creating Custom Middleware

Building GET Endpoints for API

Creating Data with POST for API

Updating and Deleting Data

Handling Errors in Express

Organizing Express Code

Testing Your API

Why Backends Need Databases

What Is MongoDB?

Setting Up MongoDB

Connecting to MongoDB

Introduction to Mongoose

Creating a Model

Creating Data with POST

Reading Data with GET

Updating Data

Deleting Data

Connecting Database to Existing API (GET)

Connecting Database to Existing API (POST, UPDATE, DELETE)

Basic Validation with Mongoose

Organizing Database Code

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