Play by Play Building a Node Web API with Sam Artioli and John Papa

Learn expert tips for working with NodeJS. Play by Play is a series where we sit down with an expert to work on a solution in real time. It's unscripted and unrehearsed. In this course,
NodeJS expert Sam Artioli builds a web app from scratch. You'll learn how to set up a Node app, build a web API with Express, integrate with MongoDB, and cache HTTP results with Redis. You'll also learn some expert techniques, such as offloading and proxying requests to multiple Node servers, organizing API routes, and avoiding blocking process and taking advantage of Node's event loop.

Main topics covered:
Introduction1m 5s
Introduction1m 5s
Standing up the Basic App With Express30m 44s
Express 'Hello World' Setup17m 29s
Adding Endpoints to the Server13m 14s
Adding a Datastore and Increasing the Complexity40m 16s
Adding Mongo to the App14m 22s
Working with Mongo3m 49s
Where Does NodeJS Shine?4m 59s
Adding Additional Servers and Reorganizing Routes17m 4s
Adding Async25m 0s
Processing Requests Asynchronously14m 43s
Adding a Blocking Process10m 17s
Adding a Cache24m 40s
Implementing a Redis Cache17m 56s
Caching Considerations and Use Cases3m 38s
Conclusion3m 5s