TechLadies Pre-Bootcamp Workshop Series

Introduction to REST APIs Using NodeJS & Express

Coming soon!

Slides

Essential Software

Please make sure you have installed all the software listed here

About the exercises

Each exercise has a README outlining the steps in the demo and a solution directory with the final code. For exercise 3, there is an additional nodejs-starter with relevant bootstrapping code required for the exercise. Participants are strong encouraged to code along by navigating to the relevant exercise and following the steps in the README to complete it.

Contents

1. Frontend vs Backend
2. Introduction to Node.js
3. Introduction to Express
4. Route Management

Frontend vs Backend

Introduction to Node.js

Exercise 1 | Solution

Introduction to Express

Exercise 2 | Solution

Route Management

Exercise 3 | Solution

Recommended Reading

• MDN Web Docs - Express web framework (Node.js/JavaScript)