Node.js foundations
Runtime concepts, modules, asynchronous execution, package structure, and service architecture.
Node.jsModulesAsyncArchitecture
Development · API engineering
Backend Node.js Development
Design secure APIs, model reliable data, handle authentication, and ship maintainable Node.js services.
10 weeksIntermediate5 projects
Course overview
Learn the whole workflow, not isolated tricks.
Learn backend engineering through realistic service requirements. You will design APIs, validate data, model databases, secure endpoints, test behavior, and prepare services for production delivery.
What you will be able to do
Clear outcomes you can demonstrate.
Design consistent APIs with clear resources, validation, and errors.
Implement authentication, permissions, and essential security controls.
Model and query application data for reliability and performance.
Test, document, and deploy a production-style backend service.
Curriculum
A focused path from foundation to final build.
REST API design
Resources, routes, controllers, validation, errors, pagination, filtering, and documentation.
ExpressRESTValidationOpenAPI basics
Databases
Schema design, relationships, indexing, queries, migrations, and safe data access patterns.
MongoDBSQL conceptsIndexesData modeling
Security and testing
Authentication, authorization, common web risks, unit tests, integration tests, and observability.
JWTPermissionsTestingLogging
Production delivery
Environment configuration, performance, deployment, documentation, and capstone review.
DeploymentPerformanceDocsReview
Portfolio projects
Build work worth explaining in an interview.
Content API
A clean CRUD service with validation, filtering, pagination, and API documentation.
Secure account service
Authentication and role-based access with tested protected workflows.
Backend capstone
A documented, deployed API designed around a realistic product requirement.