RESTful Web API Design with Node.js 12, Published by Packt
This is the code repository for RESTful Web API Design with Node.js 12 [Video], published by Packt. It contains all the supporting project files necessary to work through the video course from start to finish.
RESTful web APIs allow developers to create unique applications by leveraging the data on the internet. If you want to build fast-paced REST APIs and deliver large amounts of data to many users, you'll find this course essential.
In this course, you will learn to create scalable and rich RESTful applications based on the latest Node.js platform.You will learn to customize your RESTful development process using the latest NPM and understand the key principles to convert an HTTP application into RESTful-enabled applications. You will then create and test Node.js modules with automated tests, use MongoDB to store data, and get to grips with using self-descriptive URLs.
You will also use OpenAPI (Swagger) to document the API and Mocha to implement automation tests for a REST-enabled endpoint. We will explore authentication techniques to secure your application.Lastly, we will take advantage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deploy our APIs as microservices using Docker.
By the end of this course, you will have a solid grasp of APIs, HTTP, REST, authentication using tokens, API testing, site reliability, performance, security, and integration with cloud services.
Please note that familiarity with Node.js and Express.js (or similar), together with an understanding of Docker and CI/CD, is assumed for taking this course.
All the codes and supporting files for this course are available on Github at:
https://github.com/PacktPublishing/RESTful-Web-API-Design-with-Node.js-12
https://github.com/PacktPublishing/RESTful-Web-API-Design-with-Node.js-12-contact-api
- Creating and using variables in smart contracts
- Prepare an optimal development environment and set your REST APIs
- Dive deeper into building APIs and implementing RESTful best practices
- Integrate a NoSQL database to learn how to use the MongoDB Atlas Cloud Services Implement caching, filtering and pagination of data
- Secure your Node.js API with CORS, rate limiting, authentication and authorization using JSON Web Tokens
- Implement processes for deploying your API to production on Heroku and AWS
- Make your applications backward-compatible by setting accurate HTTP status codes
- Manage Node.js processes for production using PM2
- Transform your API into Docker microservices
- Build your API Docker image and publish on Docker Hub
- Build multi-container Docker stacks using Docker compose
- Use the AWS Cloud services offering
This course is for Web Developers who want to enhance their skills to build server-side RESTful applications with Node.js. Some knowledge of REST would be an added advantage but is not a necessity.
SETUP AND INSTALLATION This will vary on a product-by-product basis but should be a standard PI element for ILT products. This example is relatively basic. Minimum Hardware Requirements For successful completion of this course, students will require the computer systems with at least the following:
OS: Linux, Windows, or Apple
Processor: Any modern x86-compatible processor
Memory: 8GB
Storage: At least 10GB Free
Recommended Hardware Requirements For an optimal experience with hands-on labs and other practical activities, we recommend the following configuration:
OS: Linux, Windows, or Apple
Processor: Any modern x86-compatible processor
Memory: 16GB
Storage: At least 20GB Free
Software Requirements
Operating system: Modern Linux (used in the course), Windows 10, OS X
Browser: Any ES6 compliant browser (no Internet Explorer) - Chrome preferred
Visual Studio Code IDE is preferred
Node.js LTS 12 or later