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Complete Node.js Backend Engineering Tutorial

Learn backend engineering with Node.js: Event loop, asynchronous I/O, Express.js REST APIs, and database integration.

20 hours 61 Lessons Certificate (Pass Score: 75%)
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What's Included

  • Full step-by-step interactive reader
  • Practice exercises with solutions
  • Quizzes & Knowledge Assessments
  • Verifiable Digital PDF Certificate
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Alex Morgan (Senior Engineer)

Lead Instructor

Curriculum & Chapters

Node.js Event Loop, V8 Engine & Asynchronous Architecture
16 mins Free
Building RESTful APIs with Express.js Framework
18 mins Free
Express Middleware Pipeline & Error Handling
16 mins Free
Streams & Buffers for High-Volume Data Processing
16 mins Free
JWT Authentication & Password Hashing in Node.js
20 mins Free
Node.js Architecture: V8 JavaScript Engine & libuv Event Loop
15 mins Free
The 6 Phases of the Node.js Event Loop in Detail
15 mins Free
process.nextTick() vs setImmediate() vs setTimeout() Execution Order
15 mins Free
CommonJS (require/module.exports) vs ES Modules (import/export)
15 mins Free
Node.js Global Objects (__dirname, __filename, process, Buffer)
15 mins Free
Process Object: Environment Variables (process.env) & Process Signals
15 mins Free
Creating a Native HTTP Server with http.createServer()
15 mins Free
Real-Time WebSockets with Socket.io & Redis Adapter
24 mins Free
Multithreading with Worker Threads & Node.js Cluster Module
22 mins Free
Node.js Database Layer with Prisma ORM & PostgreSQL
20 mins Free
Message Queues in Node.js with RabbitMQ & BullMQ
22 mins Free
Hardening Node.js Security (Helmet, Rate-Limiting, CORS & Audit)
18 mins Free
File System Module (fs/promises): Reading & Writing Files
15 mins Free
File Descriptors, Directories & Watching Files with fs.watch()
15 mins Free
Path Module (path.join, path.resolve, path.extname, path.parse)
15 mins Free
EventEmitter Class: Building Custom Event-Driven Architectures
15 mins Free
Handling Error Events & Preventing Memory Leaks in EventEmitters
15 mins Free
OS, URL, and QueryString Built-in Modules
15 mins Free
Node.js Crypto Module: Hashing, HMAC & Encryption/Decryption
15 mins Free
Node.js Buffer Architecture: Allocating Raw Binary Memory
15 mins Free
Stream Types in Node.js: Readable, Writable, Duplex & Transform
15 mins Free
Piping Streams with .pipe() and stream.pipeline() with Error Handling
15 mins Free
Creating Custom Transform Streams (e.g., Gzip Compression)
15 mins Free
Backpressure Management in Node.js High-Throughput Streams
15 mins Free
Streaming Large File Uploads directly to Disk or Cloud Storage
15 mins Free
Zlib Module: Gzip & Deflate Compression for HTTP Responses
15 mins Free
Introduction to Express.js & Application Scaffolding
15 mins Free
Express Routing: HTTP Methods, Route Parameters & Query Strings
15 mins Free
Modular Routing with express.Router()
15 mins Free
Express Middleware Pipeline: Application, Router & Third-Party
15 mins Free
Centralized Error-Handling Middleware (4 Parameters: err, req, res, next)
15 mins Free
Parsing Request Payloads (express.json(), express.urlencoded())
15 mins Free
RESTful API Design Best Practices & Standard Status Codes
15 mins Free
Input Validation with Joi & Zod in Express APIs
15 mins Free
Password Hashing with bcrypt.js & Salt Rounds
15 mins Free
JSON Web Token (JWT) Generation, Signing & Verification
15 mins Free
JWT Authentication & Role-Based Authorization Middleware (RBAC)
15 mins Free
Refresh Token Rotation Strategy & Secure Cookie Storage
15 mins Free
Securing Express APIs with Helmet.js, CORS & Rate Limiting
15 mins Free
Preventing SQL Injection, NoSQL Injection & Parameter Pollution
15 mins Free
Database Integration: PostgreSQL Connection Pools with node-postgres (pg)
15 mins Free
Database ORM: Prisma ORM with Migrations in Node.js
15 mins Free
Real-Time WebSockets with ws & Socket.io Libraries
15 mins Free
Scaling Socket.io Across Multiple Instances with Redis Pub/Sub Adapter
15 mins Free
Redis Caching Layer for Accelerated API Responses
15 mins Free
Background Job Processing with BullMQ & Redis Queues
15 mins Free
Child Processes Module (spawn, exec, execFile, fork)
15 mins Free
Node.js Cluster Module for Multi-Core CPU Utilization
15 mins Free
Worker Threads Module (worker_threads) for CPU-Bound Offloading
15 mins Free
Structured Logging with Winston and Morgan
15 mins Free
Unit & Integration Testing with Jest and Supertest
15 mins Free
API Documentation with Swagger UI & OpenAPI Specification
15 mins Free
Health Checks & Graceful Shutdown (SIGTERM/SIGINT Handling)
15 mins Free
Docker Multi-Stage Containerization for Production Node.js
15 mins Free
Process Management with PM2: Cluster Mode & Auto-Restarts
15 mins Free
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) & OpenTelemetry Tracing
15 mins Free

Assessments & Quizzes

Node.js Backend Assessment

1 Questions • Passing Score: 70%

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