Description
Build REST APIs That Scale: From Basics to Production-Ready
Every modern web app needs an API—but not all APIs are created equal. Some are fragile, insecure, and unmaintainable. This course teaches you how to build robust, scalable, and secure REST APIs with Node.js using industry best practices. You’ll learn not just how to make it work, but how to make it right.
What You’ll Master
- RESTful design principles—resource naming, HTTP verbs, status codes
- API versioning to support backward compatibility
- Input validation to prevent injection and malformed data
- Structured error handling that doesn’t leak internal details
- Rate limiting and security headers to protect your endpoints
- Documentation with Swagger/OpenAPI for developer-friendly APIs
Real Projects, Real Skills
You’ll build a complete task-management API featuring:
- User registration and login (with password hashing)
- Create, read, update, delete (CRUD) for tasks and projects
- Private routes that require authentication
- Search, filtering, and pagination support
- Automated tests using Jest
Why REST Still Matters in 2025
Despite GraphQL and gRPC hype, REST remains the backbone of 80%+ of public APIs. Mastering it means you can integrate with payment gateways, cloud services, and third-party platforms with ease—and build your own that others will love to consume.
Who Is This For?
- Frontend devs building their first backend
- Full-stack engineers refreshing core API skills
- Students preparing for backend interviews
- Startup founders building MVPs without backend help
Your Career Advantage
Companies don’t just want API builders—they want API architects. This course gives you the patterns and principles to design systems that last, scale, and evolve without breaking.
Your API is your product’s contract with the world. Make it a good one. Enroll today and ship APIs you’re proud of.
