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Home>Courses>Learn Node.js: The Complete Course for Beginners

Learn Node.js: The Complete Course for Beginners

Gain insights into Node.js fundamentals, event loops, and multithreading. Delve into file systems, global objects, and advanced modules. Discover how to create a food delivery web application.

Beginner

31 Lessons

7h

Certificate of Completion

Gain insights into Node.js fundamentals, event loops, and multithreading. Delve into file systems, global objects, and advanced modules. Discover how to create a food delivery web application.

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Course Overview

Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, JavaScript runtime environment that executes JavaScript code outside of a web browser. This course is your guide for learning the fundamentals of Node.js. In this course, you'll start by understanding the inner workings of Node.js. More specifically, you’ll explore its features, how event loops work, and how multithreading works. You’ll then move on to the fundamentals of Node.js like file systems, global objects, and the Buffer class. In the latter half of the c...Show More

Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, JavaScript runtime environment that executes JavaScript code outside of a web browser. This course is your guide for learning the fundamentals of Node.js. In this course, you'll start by understanding the inner w...Show More

What You'll Learn

An excellent understanding of the event loop in Node.js

Use fundamental Node.js APIs

Create modules and events in Node.js

Create web servers using built-in APIs

Use npm and publish packages

An excellent understanding of the event loop in Node.js

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Course Content

1.

Introduction

7 Lessons

Get familiar with Node.js, its core features, and its role in full-stack development.

Who Is This Course For?

A Brief Overview of the Course

Features of Node.js

Blocking and Non-blocking

JavaScript Everywhere

Quiz Yourself on Node.js Basics

2.

Fundamentals

8 Lessons

Unpack the core of Node.js by exploring input handling, console utilities, buffers, events, and file system operations.

Quiz Yourself on Node.js Fundamentals

3.

Advanced Topics

8 Lessons

Master the steps to leverage advanced Node.js modules, process control, networking, and REPL tools.

Quiz Yourself on Advanced Topics in Node.js

4.

Packages

3 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of Node.js packages, their management via package.json, and publishing on npm.

What Are Packages?

Publishing a Package

5.

Project

4 Lessons

Take a closer look at building a food delivery app using Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and React.

Getting Started

Making It Functional

A Complete Project

6.

Appendix

1 Lessons

Investigate Node.js cross-platform support, npm commands, official documentation, and learning resources.

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Build a Music Sharing App with Next.js and the MERN Stack

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Build a Music Sharing App with Next.js and the MERN Stack

Build a Music Sharing App with Next.js and the MERN Stack

Learn to build a music-sharing app with Next.js and the MERN stack with seamless uploads, secure downloads, and Cloudinary integration for efficient storage.

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