Mastering Express Framework Online Course

Mastering Express Framework Online Course

This course takes you from the basics of setting up a web server to building full-featured applications using Node.js and the Express framework. You’ll start with Node.js fundamentals and the filesystem, then progress to Express.js, working through projects that involve CRUD operations, API requests, and serverless apps. Along the way, you’ll learn to set up routes, handle requests, use middleware, manage authentication with Passport, and apply Handlebars for templating. The course also covers working with databases, hashing and salting, and implementing user authentication features like sign-up and log-out. With hands-on projects, code-along sessions, and quizzes, you’ll gain the confidence to build professional-quality web applications.

Who should take this course?

This course is ideal for web developers, backend engineers, and students who want to learn how to build fast and scalable server-side applications using the Express framework. It’s well-suited for those with a basic understanding of JavaScript or Node.js who are looking to strengthen their skills in creating APIs, handling requests, and managing middleware. Whether you’re an aspiring full-stack developer or a professional aiming to streamline backend development, this course will equip you with the practical knowledge to work confidently with Express.

What you will learn

• Use optimize and refactor techniques to write efficient and effective code
• Learn how to set up a web server from scratch with Express and Node
• Understand the fundamentals of Express.js (CRUD operations)
• Look at templating engines with Handlebars from scratch
• Build a serverless app with API requests
• Learn to solve problems and dig through documentations like a developer

Course Outline

Introduction to the Course

• Course Overview
• Introduction to Node.js
• Advantages of Node.js
• Quick Summary and Limitations of Node.js
• Install Node.js
• What Is REPL Node.js
• Asynchronous Node.js Demonstration setTimeout
• Download and Install Visual Studio Code
• Set Up the Node Web Server Root Directories
• Build and Launch a Node Web Server
• Request and Response Objects in Node.js
• Requesting Web Server Data in Node with Curl
• Responding with Multiple Endpoints in Node.js

Introduction to Node.js Filing System

• Reading Files with Node.js
• Writing and Appending Files with the File System Module
• Deleting Files with Node.js
• Exercise - Node File System HTTP Module
• Solution - Node File System HTTP Module

Introduction to Express

• Introduction to Express.js
• What Is NPM Node Package Manager and How to Install Express
• Spin Up Our First Web App with Express
• Set Up Routes in Express
• Building a Website with Form Data with Express.js
• Handling POST Request in Express and Middleware

Express API Project from Scratch

• What Is Postman and How to Install Postman
• Setting Up the Express Local Environment
• Spin Up a Web Server with Express.js
• Write a Basic JSON of User Data
• Retrieving API Data with Express
• Retrieving API Data with Express with Postman
• Error Handling with Retrieving Data in Express
• POST Requests with API Data in Express
• Code Clean Up and File Structures with Routes
• Put Requests and Updating API with Express
• Delete Request for APIs with Express

Templating Engines with Express.js

• What Are Templating Engines and What Is Handlebars
• Setting Up a Static Directory for Website with Handlebars
• Configuring Views and Layouts with Express and Handlebars
• Building Out a Static Page with Handlebars
• Default Layout Property with Handlebars in Express
• Building Partials with Handlebars in Express
• Dynamic Variables and Helper Functions with Handlebars

Authenticating Username and Password with Express and Passport

• Templating Engines with Express.js of Login with Express Authentication
• Username and Password Local Strategy Code
• Rerouting Application and Authentication
• Import Additional Styles from CSS on GitHub
• Verify Session with Passport Local Strategy
• Logout Functionality for Users and Live Interaction
• Signup Form and Styling with Express.js
• Signup and Database Completion with Hashing and Salt