Node.js, Docker & MongoDB: The Path to Advanced Development

Dive into the essentials of modern backend development with our mini-course. Learn to configure a Node.js Express server, utilize Docker for seamless integration, and manage databases with MongoDB.

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What You'll Learn

Master the art of building scalable and efficient backend servers with Node.js
Configure a sophisticated Express server like a pro
Containerise and orchestrate your backend stack using Docker and Docker Compose
Handle MongoDB for database management with ease and confidence
Learn best practices for managing environment variables securely
Enhance your development process using nodemon
Develop REST APIs that are robust, secure, and scalable
Build production-ready backend systems
And much more to help you become the backend maestro you’re meant to be!

Course Structure

This course is a hands-on, practical guide to building an Express server from the ground up. Each chapter builds on the previous one, and balances just the right amount of theory and knowledge, with majority of the lessons being practical coding.

Build and configure an Express server from the ground up
Explore Docker’s power to containerise and streamline your applications
Configure MongoDB and learn advanced database management techniques
Use Docker Compose to create multi-service applications effortlessly
Develop REST APIs that are secure, efficient, and scalable

You’ll follow along with live demonstrations, and by the end, you’ll have a system you can replicate and expand upon for your own projects.

Let’s embark on this journey together—step by step—to achieve backend mastery!

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Build a performant, scalable express server

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What you'll learn

A compact lesson plan, filled with knowledge. Now fluff.

1. General notes
2. Course Intro
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1. 2.2 - A quick explanation of Docker
2. 2.3 - Installing Docker on your local machine
3. 2.4 - Creating a Dockerfile for our app
4. 2.5 - Exploring our Docker images and containers
5. 2.6 - A brief look at overwriting in Docker
6. 2.7 - Creating convenient npm scripts for Docker commands
1. 3.1 - Module 3 objectives
2. 3.2 - Application checkpoint
3. 3.3 - Understanding the root cause of the problem
4. 3.4 - Setting up Docker volumes
5. 3.5 - Module 3 conclusion
1. 4.1 - Module 4 objectives
2. 4.2 - Creating a ping test route
3. 4.3 - Docker networks explained
4. 4.4 - Fixing error connection refused
5. 4.5 - Module 4 conclusion
1. 5.1 - What is Docker Compose?
2. 5.2 - Configuring our Docker Compose yaml file
1. 6.1 - Module 6 objectives
2. 6.2 - Configuring MongoDB in Docker Compose
3. 6.3 - Setting up Compass locally
4. 6.4 - Adding auth to the mongo service
5. 6.5 - Setting up a volume for persistent storage
1. 7.1 - Module 7 objectives
2. 7.2 - An overview of our Router design
3. 7.3 - Taking a look at how Express middleware works
4. 7.4 - Exploring how the Express Router works
5. 7.5 - Moving the router out of the server.js
6. 7.6 - Setting up a default router
7. 7.7 - Wiring the default router to setupRoutes
8. 7.8 - A quick rundown of our middleware chain
9. 7.9 - Implementing more default routes
10. 7.10 - Refactoring with config
1. 8.1 - Module 8 objectives
2. 8.3 - Adding a MongoDB initialiser to our API
3. 8.4 - Installing Mongoose
4. 8.5 - Implementing config for Mongo
5. 8.6 - Implementing a Mongo Driver
6. 8.7 - Updating the Docker Compose file
7. 8.8 - Refactoring the initialise app
1. 9.1 - Setting up a User router
2. 9.2 - Wiring up a User GET request
3. 9.3 - Implementing a model layer for User
4. 9.4 - Fixing the GET service function
5. 9.5 - Timestamps with mongoose middleware functions
6. 9.6 - Creating a PUT request
7. 9.7 - Creating a DELETE request
1. 10.1 - Module objectives
2. 10.2 - Understanding our validation issues
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3. 10.3 - Basic Mongoose schema validation
4. 10.4 - Preventing duplicate email addresses
5. 10.5 - Creating our custom validation logic
6. 10.6 - Installing and implementing validate.js
7. 10.7 - Wiring validate.js to our schema
8. 10.8 - Name attribute validation
9. 10.9 - Refactoring the catch block errors
1. 11.1 - Module objectives
2. 11.2 - Implementing the BaseError class
3. 11.3 - Extending the Base class
4. 11.4 - Implementing the InternalError instances
5. 11.5 - Adding Error classes to other user routes
6. 11.6 - Validating Id's in the UserRouter

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6.5 hours of video content

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