Backend Development

This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. This course will teach you essential backend development skills, starting with Node.js. You’ll learn to handle file operations, manage modules, and perform synchronous and asynchronous tasks. Next, you'll dive into Express.js for building web applications, routing, and working with APIs. The course then covers MongoDB and Mongoose, where you'll learn to perform CRUD operations and manage databases effectively. You’ll also complete hands-on projects, such as building an API and a CRUD application, and learn to use tools like NPM, Nodemon, and MongoDB Compass for efficient development. This course is ideal for developers eager to learn backend technologies. Basic JavaScript knowledge is recommended but not required. By the end of the course, you will be able to create backend applications using Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB, and build scalable, data-driven web apps.