005 What Is Node.js and Why Use It_

What you'll learn
Master the entire modern back-end stack: Node, Express, MongoDB and Mongoose (MongoDB JS driver)

Build a complete, beautiful & real-world application from start to finish (API and server-side rendered website)

Build a fast, scalable, feature-rich RESTful API (includes filters, sorts, pagination, and much more)

Learn how Node really works behind the scenes: event loop, blocking vs non-blocking code, streams, modules, etc.

CRUD operations with MongoDB and Mongoose

Deep dive into mongoose (including all advanced features)

How to work with data in NoSQL databases (including geospatial data)

Advanced authentication and authorization (including password reset)

Security: encryption, sanitization, rate limiting, etc.

Server-side website rendering with Pug templates

Credit card payments with Stripe

Sending emails & uploading files

Deploy the final application to production (including a Git crash-course)

Downloadable videos, code and design assets for projects

Requirements

Absolutely NO understanding of Node or back-end development is required! I take you from beginner to advanced developer!

Basic understanding of JavaScript is required (the course contains a section about asynchronous JavaScript with promises and async/await in case you need to get up to speed)

Basic understanding of HTML is a plus (only for final part of the course), but NOT a must

Any computer and OS will work — Windows, macOS or Linux