Building Nodejs API with MongoDB For Beginners

In this series we will build backend API using NodeJS & MongoDB. We will also learn how to create routes using express and full CRUD API with it.

- Introduction to Nodejs, Express & MongoDB and hello world project using Nodejs

- Getting started with JSON, postman

- API routes

- connecting mongodb atlas with our project

- database model creation & heros CRUD

Node.js is a cross-platform, open-source server environment that can run on Windows, Linux, Unix, macOS, and more. Node.js is a back-end JavaScript runtime environment, runs on the V8 JavaScript Engine, and executes JavaScript code outside a web browser.

MongoDB is a source-available cross-platform document-oriented database program. Classified as a NoSQL database program, MongoDB uses JSON-like documents with optional schemas. MongoDB is developed by MongoDB Inc. and licensed under the Server Side Public License (SSPL) which is deemed non-free by several distributions.

An  (API) is a way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other. It is a type of software interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. A document or standard that describes how to build or use such a connection or interface is called an API specification. A computer system that meets this standard is said to implement or expose an API. The term API may refer either to the specification or to the implementation.