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Node.js Backend Development

A comprehensive course on node.js backend development, covering core concepts, practical applications, and industry best practices.

4.4★★★★★(64 reviews) 300 learners 9 modules · 62 lessons · 2,100 min Intermediate English

Created by Kavya Raghavan, Backend Engineering Lead

What you'll learn

  • Designing APIs
  • Modelling data
  • Securing endpoints
  • Deploying web applications
  • Understand MVC frameworks such as Laravel, Rails and ASP.NET Core
  • Understand REST and GraphQL API design

Course curriculum

9 modules · 62 lessons · 2,100 min

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Description

A comprehensive course on node.js backend development, covering core concepts, practical applications, and industry best practices.

What this course covers: Node.js Backend Development works through MVC frameworks such as Laravel, Rails and ASP.NET Core, REST and GraphQL API design, authentication and authorisation and testing backend code.

Skills you will build: modelling data, deploying web applications and designing APIs.

Practical applications: e-commerce and SaaS backends, APIs for mobile and web apps and content management systems.

Who should take this course: developers who want to build complete, production-style web applications. It suits learners who already know the basics of backend and full stack development and want to go deeper.

Learning outcomes: by the end of the course you should be able to apply MVC frameworks such as Laravel, Rails and ASP.NET Core and modelling data to your own work or projects, and know which areas to practise next.

Requirements

  • Basic knowledge of backend and full stack development
  • A computer with internet access
  • Willingness to complete practice tasks

Your instructor

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Kavya Raghavan

Backend Engineering Lead · 12+ years of experience

Kavya Raghavan is a backend engineering lead with 12+ years of experience in backend and full stack development. Kavya teaches server-side routing and controllers and relational databases and ORMs with practical, step-by-step examples.

Reviews

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    Rajat H. ★★★★★ 5.0/5 Sample review

    Node.js Backend Development covered authentication and authorisation in more depth than I expected. The pace was right for my level. Authentication was explained clearly — no more copy-pasting code I didn't understand.

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    Vivek Y. ★★★★★ 5.0/5 Sample review

    The section on REST and GraphQL API design was explained step by step, and the examples made authentication and authorisation much easier to follow. Building the full project from database to deployment was very satisfying.

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    Swathi G. ★★★★★ 4.0/5 Sample review

    Well organised. Revisiting the REST and GraphQL API design part a second time really helped it click. The API design module changed how I name and version endpoints.

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