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Node.js Fundamentals

Node.js lets you use JavaScript to build servers, APIs, and command-line tools. Learn the event loop, file system, HTTP servers, and how to build real backend services from scratch.

12 chapters·Beginner–Intermediate·JavaScript·Free forever
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Course by Nelson Njihia
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Course Contents

  1. 01What is Node.js?
  2. 02The Module System
  3. 03Working with Files
  4. 04Creating an HTTP Server
  5. 05npm & Package Management
  6. 06Async Patterns in Node
  7. 07Environment Variables
  8. 08Path & OS Modules
  9. 09Streams
  10. 10EventEmitter
  11. 11Debugging Node Apps
  12. 12Project: CLI File Analyser

What you'll learn

✓What Node.js is and how it runs JavaScript outside the browser
✓The module system (require/import) and core built-in modules
✓Reading and writing files with the fs module
✓Creating real HTTP servers from scratch
✓Working with npm packages and managing dependencies
✓Async patterns — callbacks, promises, and async/await in Node

Requirements

  • —Solid JavaScript fundamentals (the JavaScript Basics course)
  • —Node.js installed on your machine (nodejs.org)
  • —A terminal / command-line interface