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NestJS Mastery: Build & Deploy a Production-Ready API

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Overview

Go from zero to a deployed & tested NestJS API with TypeScript, TypeORM, PostgreSQL & Docker.

What you'll learn:
  • Go from NestJS basics to advanced, production-ready patterns.
  • Build and deploy powerful REST and GraphQL APIs from scratch.
  • Write unit & E2E tests that give you 100% confidence to ship your code.
  • Implement a complete authentication system with JWT and access roles.
  • Connect to a real database with TypeORM and master the Query Builder.
  • Containerize your application with Docker for a professional development workflow.
  • Automatically validate and protect your API from bad data.
  • Design and build a portfolio-ready project that will impress employers.
  • Pinpoint and fix performance issues like a senior developer.
  • Set up professional-grade logging to monitor your app in production.

Stop building CRUD demos. Start building real APIs that get you hired.

This course takes you from NestJS beginner to production-ready backend developer by building and deploying a complete Task Management API — the kind of portfolio project that stands out to employers.

What you’ll build:

  • Secure JWT Authentication & Role-Based Access Control

  • Advanced Filtering, Sorting & Pagination for real-world data handling

  • Complex Relationships between Tasks, Users & Labels

  • Comprehensive Unit & End-to-End Testing for reliable deployments

  • Dockerized Deployment to get your API live and running anywhere

Skills you’ll master:

  • Clean API Architecture – scalable, maintainable, and easy to extend

  • Authentication & Security – passwords, JWT, and role-based permissions

  • Advanced Database Operations – TypeORM + PostgreSQL beyond basic queries

  • Automated Testing – unit & E2E tests for full confidence in your code

  • Modern DevOps Workflow – containerization & production deployment

Who this course is for:
→ Node.js developers ready to move beyond basic Express apps
→ Backend devs preparing for technical interviews or senior roles
→ Anyone wanting to learn NestJS with real-world architecture & testing
→ Developers who need to confidently deploy production APIs

Tech stack:
NestJS • TypeScript • PostgreSQL • TypeORM • JWT • Docker

This isn’t just about NestJS syntax — it’s about thinking like a senior backend engineer. By the end, you’ll know exactly how to design, build, test, and deploy APIs that are clean, secure, and ready for real users.

Syllabus

  • Course Strategy & Pro Developer Setup
  • NestJS Fundamentals: Thinking in Modules & Services
  • Building a Production-Grade REST API
  • Databases & Professional Configuration
  • Mastering Complex Data: TypeORM Relationships
  • Advanced Queries: Search, Pagination & Filtering
  • Bulletproof Security: JWT Authentication & TDD
  • Full-Stack Testing & Authorization
  • Advanced Security: Authorization, Roles & Data Ownership
  • Go Live! Deployment & Production Best Practices
  • (OLDER CONTENT) Introduction to the Course
  • (OLDER CONTENT) Introduction to NestJS
  • (OLDER CONTENT) Controllers, Routing, Requests
  • (OLDER CONTENT) Database Basics
  • (OLDER CONTENT) Data Validation
  • (OLDER CONTENT) Modules, Providers, Dependency Injection
  • (OLDER CONTENT) Configuration, Logging, and Errors
  • (OLDER CONTENT) Intermediate Database Concepts
  • (OLDER CONTENT) Authentication, JWT, Authorization
  • (OLDER CONTENT) Data Serialization
  • (OLDER CONTENT) (Practical) Building Full Events API
  • (OLDER CONTENT) Introduction to Testing (Manual/Automatic)
  • (OLDER CONTENT) Unit Testing (Testing Isolated Code)
  • (OLDER CONTENT) End to End Testing (Testing Entire Features)
  • (OLDER CONTENT) Upgrading Nest 7 to Nest 9
  • (OLDER CONTENT) GraphQL APIs - Part 1 - Basics
  • (OLDER CONTENT) GraphQL - Part 2 - Authentication & Authorization + Refactoring
  • (OLDER CONTENT) Bonus

Taught by

Piotr Jura | 73,000+ Students

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4.6 rating at Udemy based on 1113 ratings

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