Backend Development Courses and Certifications

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Introduction to Backend Development with Next.js

Build production-ready backend APIs with Next.js, progressing from API routes and CRUD operations to modular design, databases, and a Task Manager project.

• CodeSignal
• 5 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate
• 5 courses

AI-Assisted Backend Development: Task Manager API

Build a realistic Task Manager backend with Codex, covering CRUD routes, validation, API protection, logging, and filtered responses.

• CodeSignal
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Introduction to Backend Development with Remix

Build Remix API endpoints that handle requests, personalize JSON responses with query parameters, and filter user data.

• CodeSignal
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Career Certificate

Introduction to Backend Development with Remix

Build and refactor a production-oriented Task Manager API with Remix using CRUD operations, validation, middleware, and modular backend design.

• CodeSignal
• 4 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Node, SQL, & PostgreSQL - Mastering Backend Web Development

1385 ratings at Udemy

Boost your Node, Express, SQL, PostgreSQL and Backend Development Skills! NodeJS, Databases, Express, JS, ES6, + more!

• Udemy
• 5 hours 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Board Infinity

Backend Development: Node.js, Express, MongoDB & REST APIs

1 rating

Build server-side applications with Node.js, Express.js and MongoDB: routing, middleware, CRUD, indexing, and REST APIs secured with JWT authentication and role-based authorization.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Edureka

Backend Web Development with TypeScript

Build production-ready Node.js backends in TypeScript: typed Express routes and middleware, Mongoose schemas on MongoDB, JWT authentication with role-based access control, and Jest tests.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Backend Development

Build backend apps with Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB: handle file operations, async tasks, routing, Handlebars templates, and CRUD via Mongoose, using NPM, Nodemon, and Compass.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Intermediate Web Development and Backend Basics

Build dynamic web apps with WordPress, PHP, and MySQL, call APIs for a Twitter client and Cat dashboard, and work the Linux command line with VIM and GREP.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Professional Backend Development

Build backend services with Node and Express, configuring servers, creating routes, implementing middleware, and handling errors.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Backend Web Development with AI

Build functional backend web solutions using prompt engineering, AI-enabled web development foundations, and professional backend development concepts.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Full Stack Foundations

11 ratings

Learn the fundamentals of back-end web development by creating your own web application from the ground up using the iterative development process.

• Udacity
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Build server-side, data-driven web applications with SQL, APIs, authentication, and containerized deployment for scalable back ends.

• Udacity
• 17 weeks, 5-10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Introduction to Backend Web Development - Node.js and Express Tutorial for Beginners

Build a Node.js and Express backend with MongoDB, user authentication, and CRUD APIs, testing requests with Postman.

• freeCodeCamp
• 2 hours 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Career Certificate

IBM Back-End Development

53440 ratings at Coursera

Build server-side systems with Python, Django and SQL databases, containerize them with Docker, Kubernetes and OpenShift, and add microservices, serverless, application security and monitoring.

• Coursera
• 24 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 11 courses