REST APIs & AJAX Operations Using Node.js, Express.js, and jQuery

Learn How to Create Basic REST APIs and Exchange Data Between Clients & Servers via AJAX Using Node, Express, and jQuery

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Last Updated: 2022-11-30 12:11:07 English Course Type: Self Learning

JavaScript asynchronous operations (AJAX)
JavaScript Web APIs
Understandint the Event Loop
Creating Node/Express application
Client-Server communications
Creating simple REST APIs
Performing CRUD operations
Building single page applications (SPA)
Web development using HTML/CSS/JavaScript/jQuery

This introductory course covers the following technologies: synchronous and asynchronous JavaScript, Node.js/Express.js, jQuery, the event-loop cycle, REST APIs, AJAX, CRUD, HTTP requests, client-server communications. The best approach to know and understand these technologies and their unique role works is by immersing yourself with coding exercises. In this course, we're going to demystify each of these technologies by creating two applications so you will see exactly how they work. You'll learn how to make AJAX calls with various HTTP request methods to perform CRUD operations.

This course takes the following approach:

First, we'll learn the fundamentals of the JavaScript event loop and how asynchronous works.
Next, I walk you through step-by-step how to create a simple Node.js application using Express.js, the most popular server-side JavaScript framework. Together, we'll create our own APIs to perform basic CRUD operations on the server side (back-end).
Finally, we'll switch over to the client side (front-end) and build a clean single page Web app (SPA) using only HTML/CSS/JS and jQuery. We'll deep dive into front-end development and making AJAX calls between our client app and server app.

By the end of this course, you will have a better and deeper understanding how to create your own REST APIs, how asynchronous and AJAX work, and why they're so important in modern Web applications.

Good understanding of Web development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Basic knowledge of REST APIs
Basic understanding of client-server communications
Basic knowledge of Node.js runtime environment
Modern computer with internet access, Node, and npm

Beginner web developers who are curious about full-stack Web development using Node and Express
Developers who are new to creating REST APIs and making AJAX calls

Section 1 : Setting Up the Development Environment 3 Lectures 00:01:34
Lecture 1 :
Course Overview Preview
Lecture 2 :
Installing Node.js and Visual Studio Code
Lecture 3 :
Installing WebStorm IDE
Section 2 : Understanding JavaScript Asynchronous Operations 4 Lectures 00:00:00
Lecture 1 :
Single Threaded JavaScript
Lecture 2 :
The Event Loop
Lecture 3 :
Ticks and Cycles
Lecture 4 :
JavaScript Web APIs
Section 3 : Backend Development using Node.js and Express.js 6 Lectures 00:12:15
Lecture 1 :
Section 3 - Introduction and Requirements
Lecture 2 :
Creating a Node/Express.js Application
Lecture 3 :
Creating the GET APIs
Lecture 4 :
Creating the DELETE APIs
Lecture 5 :
Creating the POST API
Lecture 6 :
Creating the PUT API
Section 4 : Creating the Frontend User Interface 8 Lectures 00:12:39
Lecture 1 :
Section 4 - Introduction and Requirements
Lecture 2 :
Creating the Landing Page
Lecture 3 :
Creating the CSS Stylesheet
Lecture 4 :
Form Design Concepts
Lecture 5 :
Creating the Web Forms
Lecture 6 :
Creating the getDeleteForm() Function
Lecture 7 :
Creating the postPutForm() Function
Lecture 8 :
Loading Web Forms Using jQuery
Section 5 : Creating AJAX Operations 7 Lectures 00:00:00
Lecture 1 :
Section 5 - Introduction and Requirements
Lecture 2 :
Creating the Books Table
Lecture 3 :
Making a GET Request
Lecture 4 :
Processing JSON Data
Lecture 5 :
Making a DELETE Request
Lecture 6 :
Making a POST Request
Lecture 7 :
Making a PUT Request
Section 6 : Bonus: Making AJAX Calls Using jQuery 4 Lectures 00:02:48
Lecture 1 :
Creating Options for AJAX Calls
Lecture 2 :
Making GET & DELETE Requests with jQuery.ajax()
Lecture 3 :
Making POST & PUT Requests with jQuery.ajax()
Lecture 4 :
Non-Blocking Using async Property
Section 7 : Conclusion 1 Lectures 00:00:00
Lecture 1 :
Final Thoughts

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Christian is a SDE, full-stack Web instructor, author, and indie filmmaker. He has over 25 years of experience in Web development, and he has taught computer programming and Web development courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. In industry, he has built many Web sites and applications using various Web technologies. Aside from his full-time teaching career, he's an author for LinkedIn Learning, Packt, E-C Council, and MC Press. He also co-founded a small independent game development and film production company with his wife where they make awesome low-budget movies and mobile apps. In his spare time, Christian enjoys traveling, exploring new Web technologies, and contributing to Stack Overflow and Quora. Christian holds a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems (Web Application Development) from Boston University.