



Being practical and embracing simplicity, his courses allow the student to directly apply what is learned in one’s own personal projects. He believes in a universal access to education, no matter where people come from.

Renan Martins is a software engineer who loves to learn and teach new technologies. You are welcome to iterate upon the knowledge you obtain from it. You can use the basic knowledge from the course to go on to build your own web services. The course is a good quick start if you are looking to get started building APIs in the Node.js language. The Express.js JSON API endpoints are tested using HTTP requests made by the program Postman, a good choice of software to conveniently debug the routes. To focus on the framework constructs, database configuration and maintenance are omitted from this course a specific object-relational mapping (ORM) solution is not used nor any other third-party libraries other than Express itself. The course provides an quick overview of the Express.js framework and gets you started with building a JSON RESTful API with the four basic data operations of CREATE, READ, UPDATE, and DELETE ("CRUD"). NPM is used to generate the project and manage the package dependencies. Some exposure to fundamental database principles for data storage is highly advised. Some basic knowledge of Node.js / JavaScript is required. This course is intended for people who have never touched the framework and are looking for a brief introduction. The course demonstrates how to create a simple RESTful API that serves data in the JSON format. Step into the basics of setting up a bookstore catalog web service, writing your code in the Node.js (Server-side JavaScript) language and leveraging the framework Express. Learn the first steps to building a web server with the minimalistic Node.js framework Express.js.
