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Learn Node.js: The Complete Course for Beginners

Gain insights into Node.js fundamentals, event loops, and multithreading. Delve into file systems, global objects, and advanced modules. Discover how to create a food delivery web application.

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31 Lessons
7h
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • An excellent understanding of the event loop in Node.js
  • Use fundamental Node.js APIs
  • Create modules and events in Node.js
  • Create web servers using built-in APIs
  • Use npm and publish packages

Learning Roadmap

31 Lessons4 Quizzes3 Challenges

1.

Introduction

Introduction

Get familiar with Node.js, its core features, and its role in full-stack development.

2.

Fundamentals

Fundamentals

Unpack the core of Node.js by exploring input handling, console utilities, buffers, events, and file system operations.

3.

Advanced Topics

Advanced Topics

8 Lessons

8 Lessons

Master the steps to leverage advanced Node.js modules, process control, networking, and REPL tools.

4.

Packages

Packages

3 Lessons

3 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of Node.js packages, their management via package.json, and publishing on npm.

5.

Project

Project

4 Lessons

4 Lessons

Take a closer look at building a food delivery app using Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and React.
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Every Educative lesson is designed by a team of ex-MAANG software engineers and PhD computer science educators, and developed in consultation with developers and data scientists working at Meta, Google, and more. Our mission is to get you hands-on with the necessary skills to stay ahead in a constantly changing industry. No video, no fluff. Just interactive, project-based learning with personalized feedback that adapts to your goals and experience.
ABOUT THIS COURSE
Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, JavaScript runtime environment that executes JavaScript code outside of a web browser. This course is your guide for learning the fundamentals of Node.js. In this course, you'll start by understanding the inner workings of Node.js. More specifically, you’ll explore its features, how event loops work, and how multithreading works. You’ll then move on to the fundamentals of Node.js like file systems, global objects, and the Buffer class. In the latter half of the course, you’ll explore more advanced concepts like modules, events, and packages. At the end of this course, you will get hands-on with Node.js and create your own food delivery web application. By the end of this course, you will have a new, in-demand skill to put on your resume and a cool project to add to your portfolio.

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