What you’ll learn and do in this workshop

We will build a web server using Node.js and friends, with focus on backend development.

The code and concepts here would be a great foundation for your next web project!

Topics include, but not limited to:

• Using Node and Express to build a web server and REST API
• Understanding routing, request and response
• Implementing CRUD with HTTP methods
• Building a server-rendered website using templates
• Connecting to a Cloud NoSQL database: MongoDB Atlas DB
• User authentication with sessions, cookies and tokens
• Using external APIs, such as Github Jobs, Giphy, Spotify

We'll be using Node as our framework but a lot of the things you learn here also apply also to general concepts of servers, and to other frameworks.

Whats and Whys

What is a server/backend?

A server "serves" pages, data, and processing to clients

Fully discussed in Chapter 1

Why do you need a backend?

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