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Building Full-Stack Web Applications With Node.js and React

Gain insights into building robust full-stack web apps using Node.js and React. Learn server-side with Node.js, client-side with React, and deploy with Heroku.

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53 Lessons

17h

Certificate of Completion

Gain insights into building robust full-stack web apps using Node.js and React. Learn server-side with Node.js, client-side with React, and deploy with Heroku.

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8 Quizzes

Course Overview

What You'll Learn

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Course Overview

Node.js is a popular JavaScript runtime environment used to create server-side applications. It is an ideal tool for building robust, full-stack web applications with React. This course is an introduction to web development leveraging these two popular technologies. You’ll learn server-side applications with Node.js and learn to add database functionality with MongoDB fitting into the Express application framework. You’ll then build a user authorization system using the JSON Web Token (JWT). You’ll then f...Show More

What You'll Learn

The ability to build applications using the Express JavaScript framework

A functional understanding of the Node.js runtime environment for server-side functions

A working mastery of a React frontend for client-side operations

A strong foundation in the fundamentals of modern web development

The hands-on experience necessary to build rich, full-stack web applications using popular JavaScript technologies

The ability to build applications using the Express JavaScript framework

Course Content

Before You Begin

3 Lessons

Get familiar with full-stack application development using Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and React.

Getting Started

Tech Stack and Resources

Test Yourself: Prerequisites

The Server-side

9 Lessons

Get started with server-side foundations of full-stack web development using Node.js and Express.

MVC

A `Hello World` Application in Express

Express Route Handlers

Nodemon

Test Yourself: Server-side Architecture

User Authentication with a JSON Web Token

7 Lessons

Examine the processes of user authentication, JWT handling, secure sign-ups, email verification, login, and middleware authentication.

Authorization and Authentication

The User Model

Sign-up Implementation

Email Confirmation

Middleware for Authentication

Test Yourself: JSON Web Tokens

Set up the Client-side Environment

5 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of setting up a React environment and styling with Tailwind CSS.

React

A `Hello World` Application in React

React Router

Style the Application

Test Yourself: Client-Side Environment

Develop the Client-side

8 Lessons

Solve problems in developing client-side authentication, navigation, and user experience enhancements.

Authentication Service

Test Yourself: Client-side Development

Business Logic

4 Lessons

Tackle building upload functions, text processing, and image handling for effective business logic.

Upload Files

Process Text Files

Process an Image

Test Yourself: Business Logic

Server-side Routes

3 Lessons

Practice using secure endpoints for reading, updating, and deleting files with authentication.

Read Files

Update and Delete Files

Test Yourself: CRUD Operations

Client-side Routes

5 Lessons

Learn how to use CRUD operations for file management in a web application.

File Uploads

Retrieve Files

Update Files

Delete and Download a File

Test Yourself: Client-side CRUD Operations

Appendix

8 Lessons

Walk through essential setups, deployments, and dependencies for full-stack web application development.

Deploy with Heroku

Node.js Installation

Node Package Manager(npm)

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Conclusion

1 Lessons

Explore advanced Node.js and React implementations, and build upon your newfound skills.

Final Remarks

Course Author

Ahmed Ashraf

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