Build a REST API with Node.js, Mongoose & 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