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Building RESTful APIs with Node.js and Express

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Find out how to build a simple, RESTful web API using Node.js, Express, and MongoDB.

Syllabus

Introduction

Building a REST API with Node and Express
What you should know

1. Setting Up

Brief introduction of the libraries
Introduction to your project
Introduction to Postman
Install Node and Express
Install Mongo
Basic Babel ES6 setup

2. Initial Server Build

RESTful APIs refresher
Initial server setup
Initial server files and folders
Basic routing endpoints
Basics of middleware and uses

3. CRUD Operations

MongoDB basics refresher
Database setup
Schema setup
Create POST endpoint
Create all items GET endpoint
Create specific ID GET endpoint
Create PUT endpoint
Create DELETE endpoint

4. Other API Options

Static files serving
Other potential libraries for API

Conclusion

Next steps

Taught by

Emmanuel Henri

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