Node Program: From 0 to Hero with Nodejs and MongoDB

Begin with the course and author overview, learning the prerequisites and setup for nodejs and mongodb, including using a plain code editor, terminal access, and npm.

Explore why server-side javascript powers Node.js with V8, nonblocking I/O, and a single-thread event loop, enabling code reuse across browser and server and a rich npm ecosystem.

Compare blocking and non-blocking I/O, showing how Node's event loop uses asynchronous tasks and callbacks to handle multiple requests on a single thread, with cluster and PM2 for scaling.

Integrate systems via RESTful or SOAP APIs and connect databases with drivers and libraries, building a Node.js API. Explore server-side rendering versus single-page apps and template engines Jade and Handlebars.

Explore Node.js fundamentals and key differences between browser JavaScript and the non-browser environment, including global objects and emerging features, setting up for deeper topics in the next segment.

Explore the Node.js global object, including global scope, require, and the process object, and learn how environmental variables, command line arguments, exit codes, and child_process enable nonblocking server-side JavaScript.

Explore the node.js REPL shell to evaluate JavaScript, inspect global process, and run quick expressions; load modules, test regular expressions, and learn script versus dash flags for inline code.

Explore how npm enables server-side JavaScript with Node.js by leveraging open source modules, and understand core data types like arrays and strings as foundations for server programming.

Explore npm, the node package manager, a command line tool with a website and registries, and learn how local installs go into node_modules while globals supply command line tools.

Define the right npm versioning strategy by using exact versions instead of latest, distinguish global versus local installs, and explain how to manage dependencies with package.json, save, and save-dev.

Learn to scaffold a node project with npm, create and edit package.json, install express into node_modules, and manage dev dependencies like lodash and mocha.

Learn how to publish node modules with npm, use private registries, and manage local and global dependencies with commands like npm ls, npm search, and npm uninstall.

Build practical rest api servers with node's http core module to serve data for single-page apps, and use learn you node to test and deepen server skills.

Explore the http object as the core of node servers and clients, used by frameworks like Express and Loopback, via createServer, listen, and a request handler.

Build a small node.js http static server that serves index.html for folders, resolves requests from the current working directory, and uses a command-line port with a 3000 fallback.

Start learning node by hands-on problems in the Learn You Node workshop, install the tool, solve numbered tasks, run tests to verify your solutions, and iterate.

Learn to create, delete, read, and update data in MongoDB using the mongo shell and the native driver, as you build reliable NoSQL storage for Node.js backends.

Explore the NoSQL landscape with MongoDB, learn CAP theorem basics, understand document stores and collections, and perform basic CRUD operations via the mongo shell and JavaScript.

Explore the MongoDB native Node.js driver to connect to local or remote databases, perform insert, update, remove, and find using callbacks, and compare with Mongoose.

Develop a two-endpoint restful API using the core http module with Node and MongoDB, and lay a strong foundation for building restfully scalable services.

Build a restful API with Node.js and the native MongoDB driver, shown inside message board rest API folder, using npm install, nodemon for updates, and a proc file for deployment.

Demonstrate a Node.js and MongoDB REST API demo 3, building a server inside the client with asynchronous non-blocking I/O, error handling, and REST endpoints for get and post /messages.

Explore a Node.js and MongoDB rest API demo: choose true for guaranteed database responses, handling errors or success, and returning the created object in the API reply.

Explore core modules 2 and tools for building a service from the command line, learn server debugging, and compare two installation modes for node projects.

Learn Node demo guides you through installing Node globally, writing a hello world program, and running it to complete workshop tasks.

Create a new folder and a node http server using require to load the http module, implement a request handler, set the port from environment, and respond with hello world.

Deploy a hello world app to Heroku by creating a Procfile and a local git repository, adding a Heroku remote, and pushing to deploy and view logs in the browser.

Demonstrates running and testing a chat rest api server with a memory store, showing a simple hello world response, server startup, and debug messages through terminal commands.

Explore nodejs and mongodb basics through a practical q&a and discussions session, focusing on defining functions with parameters, libraries, callbacks, and resolving common library issues.

Explore the express.js stack II by understanding how template controllers, models, and routes drive a lightweight model–view–controller pattern, with SQL and MongoDB as data stores.

Explore a simple Express.js hello world demo by setting up a new folder, importing core modules, handling a callback response, and starting the server.

Explore deploying a Node.js backend in production, covering deployment workflows, version control, security considerations, and infrastructure choices for startups to scale reliably.