Just Express (with a bunch of node and http). In detail.

12h 33m 3s
English
Paid
November 22, 2023

You have some notion of what Node, Express, and http are or you wouldn't be here. Node and back-end JavaScript have taken the world by storm, [SOME BIG COMPANY] moved to node and it changed the world, blah blah blah. One of the first things you're going to learn in any node course is about the Express module. But how much do you really learn about it? How to render a page in one template engine? How to make a get and a post route?

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Most MEAN and MERN stacks students I've met learned Express in a few breaths and then moved on to MongoDB, MySQL, Angular, React, or whatever was in the rest of the tech stack. What is http anyway? Should I even care? It's easy to get 2 inches deep and find you've accomplished your task, but in fact have no idea why it works or how you'd go further. That, in my opinion, is no good for someone who wants to be a great developer.

I've had a lot of students ask for a course on just Express js because they were either overwhelmed when they learned it, or they can't find any detail on it to go further than beginner knowledge. That's what this course is for. We will go through the various pieces of Express in detail so you can know why it behaves the way it does and get the most out of it. Express 5 is currently in alpha, so when it hits beta or full release, and as questions come up, the course will expand accordingly!

Note: this course is not a quick path to launch a webapp with Express/Node. You can get that in 10 minutes in many other places. This course is meant to take a longer, deeper look at what Express js actually does.

I've been using Express since V.2, in 2012 and have seen it do just about everything. It is one of my favorite node modules and consistently one of the most downloaded on npm. There are other awesome technologies that patch into Express that get easily missed. This course will naturally lead into other things like websockets, webRTC, etc. Prepare for one of the most awesome node modules on npm!

Sections:

  1. Environment Setup (skip if you have node installed already)

  2. Before Express... - TCP & HTTP, making an express-less node server

  3. Express 101 - Making a basic web sever with Express

  4. Express 201 - Middleware and Rendering

  5. Express 301 - Req & Res revisited, the router, and the express generator

  6. Rendering Project

  7. API Project

  8. Passport (jwt & local strategy still coming)

  9. Best Practices (Coming...)

  10. Supplemental - connecting to various DBs (very basic - only for those already familiar with a database)

Requirements:
  • You have a working knowledge of JavaScript (Not a ninja, but you should not be brand new).
  • You have at least run a Nodejs program before. I will cover some basics, but this is NOT an intro to node class.
  • You have basic command line knowledge (at least capable of navigating and running a program)
  • You have a computer capable of running Nodejs.
Who this course is for:
  • Beginner node developers who want to learn Express but overwhelmed by full MERN or MEAN courses
  • Beginner node developers who need a review of JUST Express js
  • Developers who want to go into the various pieces of Express in a little more depth without having to look at the docs
  • Developers interested in using node as a webserver or using web sockets with Express

What you'll learn:

  • Express. That's (mostly) all we cover so when you finish, you'll know it!
  • Set up an Express server that can do anything Express can do!
  • Operate that Express Server as a REST API
  • Use that Express Server to render your front-end web pages with EJS, PUG, & handlebars
  • Understand the basics of HTTP and the request/response cycle

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# Title Duration
1 Course Overview 03:44
2 Install node and npm on Mac 04:15
3 Install node and npm on PC 04:44
4 Pre-Express 06:06
5 How the Internet Works - TCP and UDP 18:11
6 What is an HTTP request and how does it work? 14:13
7 Course Housekeeping - How I do Nodejs 05:23
8 Node/HTTP servers 101 15:23
9 Serving up routes and static files in plain Node (no fun...) 21:26
10 What is Express and why should I care? 09:19
11 Enter Express... the basics 11:30
12 Basic Routing in Express 14:42
13 Serving Static Files in Express 16:07
14 Middleware. (It's all Express really is.) 16:16
15 Putting on your Express helmet, and other awesome Express middleware 17:07
16 Responding with JSON 09:45
17 STOP - Time for a Review 19:11
18 Chose your weapon - API or server side rendering 16:11
19 Wiring up Express with a view engine 19:15
20 Rendering in Express (with EJS) - Part1 of 2 16:08
21 Rendering in Express (with EJS) - Part2 of 2 19:12
22 Rendering Engine Option 2. Handlebars 09:07
23 Rendering Engine Option 3: Pug/Jade 10:48
24 Getting data from the request object - forms and cookies 28:40
25 Getting data from the query string 12:55
26 Getting data from params (URL wildcards) - req.params and req.param() 17:26
27 Sending files, and headers already sent! 15:21
28 The Router 17:53
29 The Express Generator 14:20
30 STOP - Checklist Update and Short Review 04:58
31 Don't fear the HTTP headers!! 28:57
32 Project Overview 04:30
33 Project Setup 09:36
34 Adding the request module 12:49
35 Putting the data in the template 10:23
36 Adding the single-movie view 20:55
37 Adding the search feature 17:11
38 Project Overview and Setup 06:27
39 Project structure and routes 07:40
40 First route and middleware 15:07
41 Movie Routes and some header work 17:17
42 Movie Routes and some header work - Continued 20:24
43 Search Routes with router.use() 13:27
44 Intro to Passport 05:04
45 Overview of OAuth 2.0 11:14
46 Passport and the github Strategy 18:04
47 Passport and the Github Strategy - part 2 19:13
48 Intro 02:46
49 Basics of the PostGres module w/Express 09:45
50 Structuring your DB calls (w/pg) 08:20
51 The MongoDB module 10:21
52 The MySQL module 10:57
53 Express view to Express Route 21:48
54 React to Express 17:30
55 Express to S3 23:42

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