Build a REST API with Express 5 and node 14
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Learn how to build a simple REST API to store notes using the latest built-in node features including native ES modules, the fs/promises API, async/await, the nullish coalescing operator, and destructuring. No compilers, no build steps, pure code.
This collection of lessons is great for beginners to Express as long as they are familiar with JavaScript and the HTTP protocol. Those more familiar with node and express will appreciate a fast-paced, modern take on using these popular tools and will likely benefit most from the lessons on input validation, models (which emphasizes a lot of new syntax), using fs/promises to serialize a Map, and accessing asynchronous data with async/await.
Pre-requisites:
- Install curl
- Install node 14
- Be familiar with the terminal
View the source for this project in the project's github repo.
Notes:
- I'm not very pedantic about REST and basically just mean an API over HTTP
- Express 5 is still in alpha (and has been for over two years), but most of these lessons apply to Express 4 as long you use something like express-async-errors to add support for
asyncroutes and middleware
Instructor
Jamund FergusonJamund is a UI Engineer that has a passion for sharing his journey and knowledge with others.
Throughout his career, Jamund benefitted from learning the technologies that were vital to business as well as keeping up with the industry. He has been able to leverage what he learns into opportunities that have propelled his career forward.
As a self-taught engineer, he wants to share as much knowledge as he can so others can level up their own careers as he has with himself.
