RESTful API with Express

Description

Overview

In this series, we creates a RESTful API using the Express web application framework. Justin review the process of setting up a Node-based project as well as installing the Express Node module. After that, Justin discusses important concepts and processes that are key in developing a RESTful API such as creating routes that correspond to data resources, data modeling of those resources, use of middleware to make the API a little more robust, and adding a persistence layer to the API. RESTful APIs are abound when developing software, so if that sounds like something interesting to you, then join us!

Objectives

Install Node packages with npm
Develop REST API operations with Express
Develop callback functions to handle asynchronous events
Perform static code analysis of the application with ESLint
Run Mocha and Supertest unit tests on Node applications
Debug Node applications with the Google Chrome browser with Node inspector
Package Node applications

Prerequisites

Working knowledge of JavaScript programming
Familiarity with web application architecture and REST API concepts

Target Audience

This course is designed for API developers who want to build REST APIs with the Node.js server runtime environment.