Backend Development
Build the services that power real products.
Behind every app is a backend that stores data, enforces rules and keeps users secure. This course teaches you to design and build reliable APIs with Node.js and TypeScript, connect them to databases and ship them to the cloud.
You'll build a complete API across the course, adding authentication, validation, tests, background jobs and deployment along the way. Mentors review your code the way a senior engineer would on a real team.
Enroll nowWhat You'll Learn
Practical skills taught through real projects, reviewed by mentors who use them at work every day.
Node.js & Express
How Node works under the hood, then routing, middleware and structuring a maintainable service.
API Design
Resource modelling, status codes, pagination, versioning and clear documentation for REST and GraphQL.
Auth & Security
Sessions, JWTs, OAuth, password hashing and the common vulnerabilities to avoid.
Databases & ORMs
Connect to SQL and NoSQL databases, write migrations and model data with Prisma.
Testing & Reliability
Unit and integration tests, error handling, logging and graceful failure.
Docker & Deployment
Containerise your service, set up CI and deploy it to a cloud platform.
Curriculum
The event loop, modules, async patterns and the npm ecosystem.
Routing, middleware, validation and consistent error responses.
Relational and document databases, ORMs, migrations and seed data.
Secure sign-up and login, roles and permissions, and protecting your endpoints.
Automated tests, structured logs and the metrics that tell you your service is healthy.
Queues, Redis caching and when GraphQL is the better fit.
Containerise, automate and deploy a production-ready API you can demo.
Tools You'll Use
Node.js
JavaScript on the server, with the largest package ecosystem in the world.
Express
A minimal, battle-tested web framework that teaches you how HTTP really works.
Docker
Package your service so it runs the same on your laptop and in the cloud.
FAQ
You need solid JavaScript fundamentals. Frontend experience helps but isn't required.
Both: you'll work with PostgreSQL and MongoDB so you understand the trade-offs.
Yes. Your capstone API is containerised and deployed with an automated pipeline.
We introduce TypeScript gradually. By the end you'll write typed backend code comfortably.
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