Content API
A clean CRUD service with validation, filtering, pagination, and API documentation.
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.
05Modules
Node.js foundations
4 topicsRuntime concepts, modules, asynchronous execution, package structure, and service architecture.
- Node.js
- Modules
- Async
- Architecture
REST API design
4 topicsResources, routes, controllers, validation, errors, pagination, filtering, and documentation.
- Express
- REST
- Validation
- OpenAPI basics
Databases
4 topicsSchema design, relationships, indexing, queries, migrations, and safe data access patterns.
- MongoDB
- SQL concepts
- Indexes
- Data modeling
Security and testing
4 topicsAuthentication, authorization, common web risks, unit tests, integration tests, and observability.
- JWT
- Permissions
- Testing
- Logging
Production delivery
4 topicsEnvironment configuration, performance, deployment, documentation, and capstone review.
- Deployment
- Performance
- Docs
- Review
Portfolio projects
Build work worth explaining in an interview.
Secure account service
Authentication and role-based access with tested protected workflows.
Backend capstone
A documented, deployed API designed around a realistic product requirement.