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[Free] Node.js Bootcamp - Create Server-Side Apps With Js

Build Server-Side Apps with JavaScript – Free Course

Added on July 8, 2020 Development 2 min read

What you’ll learn

• Understand the basics of Node js and how it works
• Run your own HTTP server

Requirements

• A code editor
• Basic JavaScript Knowledge
• No prior knowledge of Node is required!

Description

Learn Node.js and run your very own http server, ready to handle client requests, show HTML content and read from files! Thanks to its event-driven system, youll be able to handle multiple requests and not worry about the page load time. And dont worry, this course assumes you have no prior knowledge of Node! So what exactly will you be learning to do?

What youll learn

This course is a great introduction to Node, going through the following topics:

• Installing Node.js
• What is the Node loop and how it works in order to perform non-blocking I/O operations
• Installing and using third-party packages so you can benefit from the ever growing Node community
• Requesting data from different APIs
• Displaying HTML content to the client
• Reading and handling CSV data
• Handling different client requests
• Reading from files
• Writing to files

The course is structured in mini-projects that build upon each other, starting with the basics. Lets see what youll be able to do when you finish this course!

• The Hello World test  Install and run your first server locally and learn to send data to the client
• Use node packages  You will be using Moment package to display information based on specific conditions
• Request data using APIs and display that data to the client You will be requesting data from an actual website in JSON format and use it to display information
• Parse JSON data and display it in a HTML table
• Create CSS files and use them to format your table so that its easier to read
• Request CSV Data  You will again be requesting data from a live website in CSV format and use it to display that information to the client
• Parse CSV data and display it in a HTML table
• Handle multiple data types and parse them accordingly depending on their format! You will handle multiple requests with both CSV and JSON data types
• Use the built in event-loop  add interval timers to request data at an interval of your choice so youre sure your data is up to date
• Organize your code and keep it clean  exporting functions and importing them where you need to use them
• Create a server log file  useful to keep track of what your server is doing and a valuable debugging tool!