Introduction to Node.js Development

Brief Summary

This course is a friendly introduction to creating servers using Node.js and Express. You'll learn how to write fast JavaScript code, use templates, and get your app live on Heroku. Plus, there are fun exercises to help you practice!

About This Course

Basics of creating a server using Node, useful framework called Express, server-side templates, and deploying on Heroku.

Node is an implementation of the Chrome JS runtime that can be run on the server. This means we can write fast, asynchronous code in Javascript to power our websites on both the client side and the server side. In this course, we’ll cover the basics of creating a server using Node, moving onto a useful framework called Express, looking at server-side templating, and deploying our application on Heroku. We’ll also cover the basics of the MV* architectures.

Course Includes:

• 17 videos with over 78 minutes of lectures and explanations.

• 6 external resource files.

• 7 exercises to help you master introductory Node concepts.

What You'll Learn:

• Introduction to Node

• Client vs Server

• Running Node

• Modules

• Git Ignore

• Node Server

• Using the Express Framework

• Nodemon

• Using Jade Templating

• Model View Controller (MVC)

• Deploying to the Web

• Heroku

• Additional Resources

• Exercises

• And More!

• Course Goal: Learn how to use Node

• Building and deploying a Node application using Express

• Understanding MV* architectures