Node.js REST API with Express & MongoDB - Solid Architecture

Install MongoDB by downloading the community server, selecting the operating system, and running the installer, then verify the installation with the MongoDB shell and logs.

Demo the tools we will use in the course, including the commander terminal for Windows, and provide steps to download these tools to mirror the setup.

Explore how promises differ from async/await and see how await eliminates callback hell, enhances readability, and simplifies error handling with try/catch.

Discover the api overview for a Node.js rest api with Express and MongoDB, implementing jwt authentication, product endpoints (create, list, get by id, delete), and a layered middleware-controller-service architecture.

Set up a basic node.js server using express, initialize npm, and install dotenv for environment variables. Configure a root route and run with nodemon for automatic restarts.

Explore express middlewares, from application-level to router-level, learn how to use next, mount on app or path, and implement built-in json and urlencoded, error handling, and cors with practical examples.

Connect your node app to mongodb using mongoose, define a connectivity module, call connect with local host database name, and handle success or error logs for reliable data access.

Define a product model in Mongoose with a product schema including name, price, and brand, export the model, and enable timestamps for createdAt and updatedAt.

Learn how to use Mongoose's toObject transform to customize document output by removing _id and __v, renaming fields, and returning a clean front-end friendly object.

Define a product API schema using joy to validate incoming payloads in a Node.js Express app, enforce required fields, and return errors via middleware before reaching controllers.

Implement Joi schema validation middleware in a Node.js Express API to validate request bodies against the product schema before hitting the controller, and return structured error details on invalid input.

Develop a get all products API with pagination (skip and limit) in a Node.js, Express, and MongoDB architecture, using a controller, a service, and a helper to format MongoDB data.

Learn to implement a get product by id API using a path parameter, with controller and service, Mongoose id validation, and error handling for not found or invalid id.

Update a product via a put API using path parameter for the product id and a request body with optional fields, using schema validation and returning the updated document.

Implement a signup API with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB. Define a user model with email and password, hash the password, check duplicates, validate input with Joi, and omit the password.

Build a post login API with express that validates login data, compares plain text passwords to hashed values, and issues a JWT with the user id as payload.

Protect your product routes by implementing a token validation middleware that verifies JWTs from the authorization header and passes control to the controller on success.

Learn to build and test robust API documentation with Swagger in a Node.js Express app, detailing endpoints, payloads, parameters, responses, models, and JWT authentication.

Examine the source code for a Node.js REST API built with Express and MongoDB. Explore solid architecture practices for scalable backend design.