Backend Development With Nodejs, Expressjs, Mongodb

Starting to build servers with JavaScript from zero

What you'll learn

Set up your first server with JavaScript and NodeJS, ExpressJS

Understand what is a server and how it works

Define your first routes and controllers

Connect to the nonSQL database and learn how to use it for persistent storage

Requirements

You will need to be confident using plain JavaScript, CLI (Terminal or gitBash)

Description

If you already know JavaScript and want to master backend development, this course is designed for you. We will start from the very basics – understanding what a server actually is – and gradually move toward building more powerful backend connected to databases and organized with professional standards.You will not only learn the concepts but also get plenty of hands-on practice. By the end, you’ll be able to set up a server from scratch, design routes for all request types, handle data securely, and connect everything to mongoDB – both locally and in the cloud with Mongo Atlas.Here’s what we will cover step by step:– Understanding the server conceptually– Initializing and running a server with nodemon– Using GET requests and passing data in params and queries– Understanding how frontend and backend communicate (including CORS)– Checking and testing endpoints with Postman– Organizing routes, controllers, and responses– Using POST, PUT, DELETE requests and sending data in the body– Status codes and serving static content– MongoDB and Mongoose fundamentals, connecting the server to the database– Building with the MVC pattern, refactoring routes and controllers– Creating, deleting, and updating documents in the database, including multiple collections and relationships with populate()– Working with Mongo Atlas for cloud databases– Writing clearl API descriptions and using industry toolsWith these solid foundations, you will gain the skills and confidence to create and scale your own backend applications. No fluff, no unnecessary theory – just a practical, step-by-step path understand the backend development with JavaScript.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 What is a server and why do we need it

Lecture 2 Tools we are going to use

Section 2: Starting your first server

Lecture 3 Initializing and running a server

Lecture 4 Let's try to make our server do something

Lecture 5 Understanding how a server communicates with a frontend

Lecture 6 Cross-Origin Resource Sharing

Lecture 7 Using Postman tool to test your server in development

Lecture 8 Order of declaring routes and why it matters

Lecture 9 One output per function

Section 3: Reinforcement practicing

Lecture 10 Expanding functionality of your server

Section 4: Going further: POST, PUT, DELETE requests, status codes, body of a request

Lecture 11 Tidy up: external data file, .env file, .gitignore file

Lecture 12 POST vs GET request comparison, URL queries

Lecture 13 Using POST requests in practice

Lecture 14 PUT and DELETE requests

Lecture 15 Status codes, like those 404 or 500 errors you've seen!

Lecture 16 Exposing a static content folder

Lecture 17 Same route, different types of request

Section 5: Using a database

Lecture 18 mongoDB overview

Lecture 19 Establishing a connection with the database

Lecture 20 Refactoring the rest of your server to follow MVC pattern

Lecture 21 Going deeper into working with the DB

Lecture 22 Referencing across DB collections

Lecture 23 Using a cloud database

Lecture 24 Refactoring controllers to work with Mongo Atlas

Lecture 25 Describing API

JavaScript developers curious about trying backend development