Free online courseNodeJS for beginners

Course Description

Welcome to the "NodeJS for Beginners" course! This comprehensive course is designed for aspiring backend developers who want to delve into the world of Node.js. With a total duration of 6 hours and 51 minutes, this course offers an in-depth exploration of key Node.js concepts and practical applications, ensuring you build a strong foundation in backend development.

Starting with the basics, the course begins with an introduction to Node.js, including ECMAScript and Chrome's V8 Engine, which forms the foundation of Node.js. You'll then explore the JavaScript runtime and gain a clear understanding of what Node.js is and how it differentiates itself from browser-based JavaScript environments.

The course also dives into hands-on learning early on, with a "Hello World" project that gets you coding right away. You'll compare the functioning of JavaScript in the browser vs Node.js, unraveling the unique features and advantages of Node.js. From there, the curriculum systematically covers modules, including local modules, module exports, scope, caching, and various import/export patterns.

As you progress, you'll gain familiarity with built-in modules, like the Path and Events modules, and learn about callback patterns, stream and buffer handling, and asynchronous JavaScript. Understanding the file system (fs) module and promise-based fs operations will prepare you for more advanced topics like creating a node server, handling HTTP responses, and implementing routing in web frameworks.

The mid-section of the course recaps the Node.js runtime and introduces libuv, the thread pool, network I/O operations, and the intricacies of the event loop. You’ll dig deep into microtask queues, timer queues, I/O polling, and various queues that Node.js handles to efficiently manage asynchronous operations.

In the final portions, the course turns its focus to npm, the Node.js package manager. You’ll learn how to manage packages, understand dependencies and versioning, and create and publish your npm packages. The curriculum also covers building CLI tools with Node.js, enhancing your command-line interface skills with practical examples and interactive approaches.

This journey ends with an exploration of advanced modules such as the Cluster and Worker Threads modules, and final lessons on deploying your Node.js applications. The course concludes with a wrap-up that reviews all the concepts covered, ensuring you have a well-rounded understanding of Node.js development.

Join this course to kickstart your journey in backend development with Node.js, an essential skill for any modern web developer. Through this structured curriculum, you’ll become proficient in Node.js, allowing you to build robust and scalable server-side applications efficiently.