gkodkod / server-side-development-with-nodejs-express-and-mongodb

This is the project for the fifth and final course in the series.

NodeJS, Express and MongoDB

Server side Development with NodeJS, Express and MongoDB(Coursera)

https://www.coursera.org/learn/server-side-nodejs/home

I examined NodeJS and NodeJS modules: Express for building web servers. On the database side, I reviewed basic CRUD operations, NoSQL databases, in particular MongoDB and Mongoose for accessing MongoDB from NodeJS. Got an insight of REST concepts and building a RESTful API. Touched upon authentication and security. Learned about backend as a service (BaaS) approaches, including mobile BaaS, both open-source and commercial BaaS services. At the end of this project I was able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of server-side concepts, CRUD and REST
• Build and configure a backend server using NodeJS framework
• Build a RESTful API for the front-end to access backend services.