Title: Back-end Application Development with Node.js and Express

Location: US

Company: IBM

About this course:
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In this course, you will focus on Node.js and Express. Specifically, you will

develop applications using asynchronous callbacks and promises

create REST APIs and perform CRUD operations

implement authentication and session management

Throughout the course, you will complete numerous hands-on labs to gain practical experience. At the end of the course, you will demonstrate your Node skills with a final project to build your portfolio.
This course will help you succeed as a back-end or full-stack developer. It suits those in IT looking to step up in their careers or new graduates seeking to establish their server-side skills. This course suits those who need to manage cloud-centric projects.
Note: This course requires knowledge of JavaScript and Git.

Create server-side applications using the Node.js JavaScript runtime.

Extend your Node.js applications with third-party packages, including Express.

Use npm to manage Node.js packages in your Node.js application.

Write asynchronous callback functions and promises to complete asynchronous operations.

In a recent Stack Overflow survey, Node.js was used by about 50% of the developers who answered the survey, making it the most used server-side technology. Express ranked as the fourth most popular web technology overall, making it the most popular server-side web framework.

Duration: 3 weeks

Skills:
- Application Development
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Artificial Intelligence
- Authentications
- Callback Functions
- Cloud Applications
- Cloud Development
- Cloud-Native Computing
- Continuous Delivery
- DevOps
- ECMAScript 2015
- Event-Driven Programming
- Front End (Software Engineering)
- Full Stack Development
- Git (Version Control System)
- Github
- HTML5
- IBM Cloud Computing
- JSON
- JavaScript (Programming Language)
- JavaScript Frameworks
- JavaScript Libraries
- Node.js (Javascript Library)
- Parsing
- RESTful API
- React.js (Javascript Library)
- Server-Side
- Stack Overflow
- User Interface (UI)
- Web Application Frameworks
- Web Applications
- Web Services

Curriculum:
- Create server-side applications using the Node.js JavaScript runtime.
- Extend your Node.js applications with third-party packages, including Express.
- Use npm to manage Node.js packages in your Node.js application.

- Write asynchronous callback functions and promises to complete asynchronous operations.