Building a Back-End Application with NestJS

Beginner

60 Lessons

11h

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10 Quizzes

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10 Quizzes

Course Overview

In this course, you will cover NestJS, a framework used to build efficient and reliable server-side applications. Using this framework, developers can make highly scalable backend applications that can be consumed with any type of frontend. You will start the course by learning the foundational blocks of NestJS, such as understanding modules, services, and controllers. Next, you will learn how to build REST API, validation and error handling. You will also learn database integration using TypeORM, app con...Show More

What You'll Learn

An understanding of the core components of NestJS, including modules, controllers, services, pipes, and guards

Working knowledge of building fully functional REST APIs using NestJS

Hands-on experience implementing JWT-based authentication with NestJS

The ability to secure sensitive data using environment variables in NestJS

Hands-on experience in writing unit and end-to-end tests using Jest

Familiarity with implementing logging in NestJS for application monitoring

What You'll Learn

An understanding of the core components of NestJS, including modules, controllers, services, pipes, and guards

Course Content

Introduction

Overview

Introduction to the Course

Getting Started

What Is NestJS?

Start Building a NestJS Application The Default Dependencies Understanding Modules Services in NestJS Controllers in NestJS Quiz on NestJS Building Blocks

NestJS CLI

Installing the NestJS CLI Creating a NestJS Application Start a NestJS Application

Generating Controllers, Services, and Module From the CLI Quiz on NestJS CLI

Building a REST API

API Design Generating Modules, Controllers, and Services Entity Definition Getting a List of Resources Creating DTOs Creating Resources Getting Resources by ID Updating Resources by ID Deleting Resources by ID Adding Search Functionality Quiz on RESTful API Development with NestJS

Validation and Error Handling

Overview of Pipes in NestJS Custom Pipe Adding Validation Rules to the DTO Class Quiz on NestJS Data Validation and Security Fundamentals

Working with Databases

5 Lessons

App Configuration

3 Lessons

Authentication

7 Lessons

Authorization

4 Lessons

Testing

9 Lessons

Logging

2 Lessons

Wrapping Up

1 Lesson

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