RESTful API with Express

Overview

In this series,  we creates a RESTful API using the Express web application framework.  Justin review the process of setting up a Node-based project as well as installing the Express Node module.  After that,  Justin discusses important concepts and processes that are key in developing a RESTful API such as creating routes that correspond to data resources,  data modeling of those resources,  use of middleware to make the API a little more robust,  and adding a persistence layer to the API.  RESTful APIs are abound when developing software,  so if that sounds like something interesting to you,  then join us!

Objectives

• Install Node packages with npm
• Develop REST API operations with Express
• Develop callback functions to handle asynchronous events
• Perform static code analysis of the application with ESLint
• Run Mocha and Supertest unit tests on Node applications
• Debug Node applications with the Google Chrome browser with Node inspector
• Package Node applications

Prerequisites

• Working knowledge of JavaScript programming
• Familiarity with web application architecture and REST API concepts

Target Audience

This course is designed for API developers who want to build REST APIs with the Node.js server runtime environment.