Complete Node.js Developer in 2025: Zero to Mastery

Welcome to this Node course, where we prioritize your learning efficiency. Say goodbye to outdated, unclear tutorials and embark on a journey that empowers you to create professional, up-to-date applications using the latest Node version, paving your way to becoming a Backend or Fullstack Developer.

You'll be part of a vibrant learning community!

Upon signing up, you'll gain access to our exclusive live online classroom, connecting you with thousands of fellow students, alumni, mentors, TAs, and instructors.

Dynamic. Engaging. Supportive. Friendly. Inspirational. Essential.

These are just a few words used by participants to describe the ZTM Discord, one of the largest and most active developer communities on Discord.

Importantly, you'll be learning from two industry veterans (Adam and Andrei) who have real-world experience with Node.js, developing large-scale applications for companies in Toronto and Silicon Valley.

This hands-on Node.js course is designed to familiarize you with the modern toolset of a Node.js developer in 2024.

As part of the course, you'll create a huge NASA Space Launch application utilizing Node.js, the Express Framework, RESTful APIs (including the SpaceX API), GraphQL, and a host of other technologies.

This project-based Node.js course offers an extensive full-stack MERN project that goes beyond most online tutorials!

You’ll receive step-by-step coding guidance, and even if you prefer not to code along, you’ll still access the complete master project code to quickly enhance your portfolio with a polished application.

Here's how we're taking you from novice to Node expert

Our curriculum is deeply interactive, guiding you through each phase of launching a professional, secure, and efficient Node project into production.

We begin by laying a solid foundation in Node basics and core concepts.

But we take it a step further, diving into advanced topics that will help you make informed decisions regarding architecture and tools for your future Node.js endeavors.

A sneak peek at the topics you'll master:

1. Core Principles

• Understanding Node internals
• Exploring Libuv, threads, processes, event loop
• Asynchronous programming techniques
• Comparing Node, PHP, and Python
• Observer Design Pattern fundamentals
• Event Emitters mechanics

2. Module Framework

• Using the require Function
• Developing Your Own Modules
• CommonJS vs ECMAScript (ES6) modules
• Module Caching processes
• Utilizing index.js

3. Package Management

• NPM: Your Node Package Manager
• Creating Custom Packages
• Understanding Packages and the NPM Registry
• Third Party Modules integration
• Exploring the node_modules Folder
• Semantic Versioning basics
• Understanding package-lock.json and versioning
• Identifying Vulnerabilities in Dependencies

4. File I/O: The Planets Project

• Investigating Exoplanets with Node
• Analyzing Kepler Space Telescope Data
• Stream processing
• Handling Large Data Files
• Parsing Planet Data
• CSV File Manipulation
• Identifying Habitable Planets

5. Web Servers 101

• Defining Web Servers
• HTTP Requests and Responses
• Routing, APIs, and Parameterized URLs
• Understanding Same Origin Policy and CORS
• Stream-based Request and Response handling

6. Mastering Express.js

• Express vs Next.js vs Koa
• Using Route Parameters
• Understanding the Model View Controller (MVC) pattern
• Exploring Postman and Insomnia
• Establishing Development Dependencies
• Middleware applications
• Writing custom Logging Middleware
• Handling POST Requests in Express
• MVC implementation in Express
• Utilizing Express Routers
• Creating RESTful APIs
• Implementing CRUD operations
• Sending files
• Serving websites with Node.js
• Applying Templating Engines

7. NodeJS NASA Challenge

• Documenting architecture diagrams on LucidChart
• Creating GET, POST, DELETE routes
• Hosting React.js Applications in Express
• CORS middleware utilization
• Differentiating Models, Controllers, and Routers
• Loading Data at Startup
• Automating Full Stack Applications via NPM
• Managing React Front End in Production
• Executing request logging with Morgan
• Navigating client-side routing
• Building a Data Access Layer
• Frontend integrations with top-down and bottom-up approaches
• Refining Our Architecture

8. API Testing

• Understanding Unit vs API vs UI tests
• API Testing in Node with Jest and Supertest

9. Optimizing Node Performance

• Demonstrating an app that blocks the event loop + real-world blocking functions
• Exploring Node Cluster Module theory and implementation
• Real-world clustering scenarios
• Load balancing techniques
• PM2 theory and practical applications
• Managing live clusters with PM2
• Executing Zero Downtime Restarts
• Enhancing Performance of NASA Project
• Designing Stateless APIs
• Utilizing Node Worker Threads

10. Database Integration

• Implementing MongoDB for the NASA Project
• Focusing on NoSQL vs SQL, PostgreSQL vs MongoDB, scenarios for usage, Object-Relational Mismatch, ACID principles, references, schemas, schema-less vs schemas
• Exploring MongoDB Atlas
• Scaling Databases Horizontally
• Getting familiar with Mongoose
• Mongoose Models vs MVC Models comparisons
• Understanding ObjectIDs within MongoDB
• Applying Pagination
• Choosing a Database for Our NASA API

11. Engaging with REST APIs

• Integrating a REST API by working with SpaceX API
• Understanding REST API versioning
• Conducting Search Queries
• Utilizing SpaceX Launch Data
• Mapping API Data to Our Database models
• Implementing Paginated APIs
• Integrating Pagination into Our API

12. Security and Authentication

• Emphasizing Security Best Practices with JWT, cookies, CSRF
• Setting up Servers with HTTPS and SSL / TLS
• Utilizing Helmet.js for security
• Working with Auth0 for authentication

13. Deployment and CI/CD Strategies

• Establishing a CI pipeline for NASA Project on GitHub
• Understanding the difference between CI and CD
• Implementing Automated Tests
• Managing Dynamic Secrets Configuration

14. Node Production and Cloud Deployment (AWS)

• Deploying to production with Docker on Amazon EC2
• Understanding Virtual Machines
• Differentiating Serverless and Containers
• Creating Docker files
• Managing Docker Containers and Images
• Using SSH for secure connections
• Deploying Production using PM2 and Mongo Atlas

15. Introducing GraphQL

• Comparing GraphQL to REST
• Building a GraphQL API from scratch

16. Sockets and Real-time Communication (WebSockets, Socket.io)

• Overview of Sockets
• Differentiating Sockets and polling
• Exploring WebSockets vs Socket.io
• Utilizing Socket.io Client and Server APIs
• Broadcasting Events
• Creating a Full Stack Multiplayer Pong game with Sockets
• Implementing game logic for Pong
• Integrating Socket.io with Express.js
• Understanding Namespaces and Rooms

17 - 20. Bonus Sections on Deno, Advanced Asynchronous JavaScript, SQL, and TypeScript!

This course will consistently evolve and adapt to the changes in the tech landscape.

As the Node ecosystem grows, so will this course, providing you with updated lectures and resources for ongoing learning.

Feel free to revisit this course anytime for the latest Node best practices!

So what's the takeaway?

This course is not about rote coding without grasping the underlying principles, leaving you clueless post-completion. Absolutely not!

This course is designed to challenge you, evolving you from a total beginner in Node.js to a top-tier Node.js Backend Developer 💪.

How can we be so confident?

Because thousands of Zero To Mastery graduates have secured positions at top companies like Google, Tesla, Amazon, Apple, IBM, JP Morgan, Facebook, Shopify, and many others.

The participants come from diverse backgrounds, ages, and experiences. Many started their journeys as novices.

So, there’s no reason why that can’t be you, too.

You have nothing to lose since you can start learning immediately! If you find that this course doesn't meet your expectations, we're offering a full refund within 30 days, no questions asked.