NodeJS - Complete Guide Course Overview

This repository documents the learning content and projects from the course "NodeJS - The Complete Guide" by Maximillian Schwarzmüller on Udemy. The course covered a comprehensive range of NodeJS technologies and practices and included several practical projects.

Course Content

Basics of NodeJS

• Basics of NodeJS: Introduction to the fundamentals of NodeJS, including the event loop, asynchronous programming, and creating simple servers.
• Core Modules and Creating a Server: Using NodeJS's built-in core modules to create and manage a basic server.

Working with the Express Framework

• Express: Using the Express framework for server application development.
• Middleware, Parsing, Routing, and Serving: Implementing middleware for request processing, routing for various endpoints, and serving content.

Template Engines

• EJS, Handlebars, and Pug: Using template engines to dynamically generate HTML pages.

MVC Architecture

• Model, View, and Controller: Structuring the application into MVC components for better organization and maintainability.
• Routing and Navigation: Configuring routes and navigation within the application.

Practical Project: Online Shop as SSR App

• CRUD Operations: Implementing basic database operations: Create, Read, Update, and Delete.
• Data Management: Storing data first in JSON files, then in MySQL, and finally using the ORM library Sequelize.
• No-SQL Databases: Then using MongoDB and the ODM library Mongoose for data management.
• Authentication: Implementing user authentication with cookies and sessions.
• Email Sending: Sending emails using Sendgrid.
• Password Reset: Implementing a password reset mechanism using security tokens and the crypto module.
• CSRF Protection: Protecting the application against CSRF attacks with csurf.
• Validation: Server-side validation using express-validator.
• Error Handling: Managing errors through middleware.
• File Upload and Download: Implementing file uploads and downloads.
• Pagination: Implementing data pagination.
• Payment Solutions: Integrating Stripe for payment processing.

Practical Project: Post-Message App with React and REST-API

• JWT Authentication: Implementing JSON Web Token based authentication.
• Websockets: Pushing information from the server to the client using Websockets.

Practical Project: Post-Message App with React and GraphQL-API

• GraphQL: Using GraphQL to create a flexible API.

Deployment

• Deployment: Deploying applications on various hosting platforms.

Unit Tests

• Testing with Mocha, Chai, and Sinon: Writing and running unit tests to ensure functionality and reliability of the application.

Node and Npm as Build Tool

• Build Tools: Using Node and npm for project management and the build process.

Basics of Node with Typescript

• Typescript: Introduction to using Typescript with NodeJS for type-safe development.

Practical Project: To-Do App with Deno

• Deno and Oak: Creating a simple To-Do app with Deno, Oak, and MongoDB as the database.

This project was created with the help of the following course: NodeJS - The Complete Guide