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RESTful Web Services with Node.js and Express

Jonathan Mills

Node.js is a simple and powerful tool for backend development. When combined with Express, you can create lightweight, fast, scalable APIs quickly and simply. With REST, those APIs become simple and user-friendly to make your APIs more usable.

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Node.js is a simple and powerful tool for backend development. When combined with Express, you can create lightweight, fast, scalable APIs quickly and simply. With REST, those APIs become simple and user-friendly to make your APIs more usable.

At the core of Node.js application development is a thorough knowledge of RESTful APIs. In this course, RESTful Web Services with Node.js and Express, you will learn how to create lightweight, fast, scalable APIs quickly and simply. First, you will discover what REST APIs are and how to implement the REST verbs. Next, you will explore how to build unit tests for your application. Finally, you will learn how to expose API navigation through hypermedia. When you are finished with this course, you will understand how to build real backend REST APIs with Node.js that will help you as you move forward to build web applications. Software required: Node.js; MongoDB

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Course Overview
What Is REST?
Getting Data
Posting Data
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Covers how to build real backend REST APIs with Node.js, developing learners' industry-standard skills
Develops RESTful APIs that help learners as they move forward to build web applications, covering essential skills
Jonathan Mills is the instructor for this course, an experienced industry professional
Teaches RESTful APIs and how to implement the REST verbs, a foundational skill for building lightweight, fast, scalable APIs
Takes a practical approach by exploring how to build unit tests for an application, strengthening testing skills
Teaches how to expose API navigation through hypermedia, enhancing API usability

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124 hours
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Intermediate
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Instructor
Jonathan Mills
Language
English
This course belongs to a collection called Node.js. It's comprised of 12 courses:
  1. Node.js: Getting Started
  2. NPM Playbook
  3. Building a JavaScript Development Environment
  4. Building Web Applications with Node.js and Express 4.0 (UPDATE)
  5. Advanced Node.js 12
  6. Learning To Program - Part 1: Getting Started
  7. Introduction to Node.js
  8. RESTful Web Services with Node.js and Express (viewing)
  9. Node.js Testing Strategies
  10. Node Application Patterns
  11. Practical Cryptography in Node.js
  12. Node.js 12: The Big Picture
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Read about what's good
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and possible dealbreakers
Covers how to build real backend REST APIs with Node.js, developing learners' industry-standard skills
Develops RESTful APIs that help learners as they move forward to build web applications, covering essential skills
Jonathan Mills is the instructor for this course, an experienced industry professional
Teaches RESTful APIs and how to implement the REST verbs, a foundational skill for building lightweight, fast, scalable APIs
Takes a practical approach by exploring how to build unit tests for an application, strengthening testing skills
Teaches how to expose API navigation through hypermedia, enhancing API usability
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