Mounir-Bennacer/REST-API-Tutorial

Build a REST API with Node.js, Mongoose & TypeScript

Note: This repository and video has been recreated

• New repository: https://github.com/TomDoesTech/REST-API-Tutorial-Updated
• New video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWUi6BS9T5Y

Article: https://tomanagle.medium.com/build-a-rest-api-with-node-js-typescript-mongodb-b6c898d70d61 Video: https://youtu.be/goUbHgAzPCs

Note: This repository includes the postman collection for the finished API

Who is this tutorial for?

• Junior to mid-level developers
• Anyone interested in building REST APIs with TypeScript

Why?

• REST APIs are the staple of the web development industry
• Knowing how REST APIs is important for both back and frontend developers
• There's no better way to understand how they work than to build one

Concepts

• REST API principals

  • CRUD
  • HTTP methods
  • What REST is and is not

• JWT & refresh tokens

Technologies

• Node.js
• MongoDB with Mongoose
• TypeScript
• Express.js & Express.js middleware

Video structure

1. What are we going to build
2. Bootstrap application
3. Build out registration
4. Build out post CRUD operations

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