🔧 Server-Side Starter Pack: Learn Node.js from Scratch

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🧾 Course Description

Every modern web application needs a brain — a backend that handles logic, data, and communication. In “Server-Side Starter Pack”, you’ll dive into Node.js, the powerful JavaScript runtime built for scalable, fast, and modern backend development.

This beginner-friendly course teaches you how to build real-world backend services using Node.js, understand the request-response lifecycle, work with files, and build REST APIs from the ground up — all using JavaScript.

If you’re already familiar with frontend JavaScript, this course will help you complete the picture and become a full-stack-ready developer.

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✅ Key Benefits

• 🖥️ Write Server Code in JavaScript — One language across frontend and backend
• 🔁 Understand HTTP Internals — Learn how servers handle requests & responses
• 📦 Use npm & Modules — Master package management and modularization
• 🔗 Build REST APIs — Create endpoints and connect with frontends
• 🛠️ Hands-On Projects — Apply concepts in real-world examples
• 🚀 Foundation for Express, MongoDB, and Full-Stack Apps

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🧩 Curriculum Breakdown

🔌 Module 1: Introduction to Node.js

• What is Node.js and where is it used?
• Setting up Node.js and npm
• Writing your first server

📁 Module 2: Core Modules & File System

• Using fs, path, and os
• Reading/writing files
• Handling file uploads (intro)

🔁 Module 3: Events & Streams

• Understanding the EventEmitter pattern
• Streams and buffers

🌐 Module 4: HTTP Module & Web Servers

• Creating a basic web server with http
• Handling routes manually
• Serving HTML pages

🧱 Module 5: Working with npm

• What is npm? How to use it
• Installing and using third-party packages
• Scripts and environment variables

📦 Module 6: Building a REST API

• Structuring an API
• Creating endpoints (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
• Sending JSON responses

🛡️ Module 7: Error Handling & Middleware (Intro)

• Synchronous and async error handling
• Custom error messages
• Introduction to middleware logic

🧪 Module 8: Project – Build a Notes API

• Full REST API with CRUD operations
• Store notes in JSON (no database)
• Test using Postman

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🎓 Outcome

By the end of Server-Side Starter Pack, you’ll:

• Understand how backend logic works using Node.js
• Be able to create APIs for frontend apps
• Be ready to dive into Express.js, MongoDB, or build complete MERN-stack apps