NestJS helps you build clear and stable back-end apps with Node.js and TypeScript. It gives you a clean structure, so you can focus on your code and not on setup. You will see how it borrows ideas from tools like Angular to make your work smooth and simple.
About NestJS
NestJS runs on top of Express. It uses TypeScript, which helps you catch mistakes early. It also gives you patterns that guide how you build features. This makes large apps easier to grow and maintain.
The framework keeps gaining users because it offers helpful tools and strong support from the community.
Main features
- Built with TypeScript
- Clear project structure
- Simple to start, easy to grow
- CLI tool that speeds up setup and builds
- Good docs and active updates
- Open-source (MIT license)
- Many built-in modules like TypeORM, Mongoose, GraphQL, caching and logging
- Supports monoliths and microservices
- Friendly for unit tests
What You Will Build
You will plan, build and deploy a full back-end app. You will follow real steps used in production systems that serve large numbers of users.
Requirements
- Basic JavaScript or Node.js skills
- Some TypeScript helps, but you can learn it as you go
Who This Course Is For
- JavaScript developers who want to learn back-end work
- Developers who want to use TypeScript on the server
- Anyone who wants to build secure and stable REST APIs
- Developers who want to deploy apps on AWS
- People who want to follow a real app from start to launch
What You Will Learn
- The core parts of NestJS
- How to design and build CRUD REST APIs
- Auth flows like login, access control and tokens
- How to use TypeORM with a database
- Security steps such as password hashing
- How to store and read data from a database
- How to deploy a back-end app on AWS
- Clean code habits used in the industry
- How to work with the NestJS CLI
- How to test APIs with Postman
- How to use pgAdmin for PostgreSQL
- How to add logging to your app
- How to set configs and environment variables
- How to validate data with Pipes
- How to guard routes for logged-in users
- How to model entities for storage
- Useful TypeScript practices
- How to work with async and await
- How to use Data Transfer Objects (DTOs)
- How to work with JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
- How to write unit tests for NestJS
- How to use GraphQL with NestJS
- How to store data with MongoDB