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Building Secure RESTful APIs with NestJS: A Practical Guide

Name: Building Secure RESTful APIs with NestJS: A Practical Guide
Price: 59 USD
Rating: 4.63 (25 reviews)
Author: Sun Sunny

Build secure RESTful APIs with NestJS & TypeScript. Learn authentication, data modeling, error handling, testing, and deployment for scalable, real-world apps.

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71 lessons

30h

Created by Sun Sunny

Building Secure RESTful APIs with NestJS: A Practical Guide

What's included

71 lessons across 11 modules
17 quizzes with instant feedback
AI Tutor on every lesson

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What You'll Learn

Basic knowledge of NestJS concepts and RESTful API development
Application of your knowledge while building a practical example
An understanding of end-to-end software development for an API, from API description to testing and deployment
The ability to explore data persistence using TypeORM and MySQL, master the CRUD operations, and handle the data relationships
The ability to scale applications on AWS Cloud

Learning Roadmap

71 Lessons17 Quizzes3 Assessments2 Challenges

Introduction

Get familiar with developing secure, scalable RESTful APIs using NestJS fundamentals and best practices.

Course Overview

What Is NestJS?

NestJS Fundamentals

Walk through NestJS architecture, REST principles, request handling, controllers, dependency injection, and platform choices.

NestJS Project Structure

RESTful API: Principles and Benefits

Request, Response, and Status Codes

Controllers and Routes

Modules and Dependency Injection

NestJS Platforms: Express vs. Fastify

Quiz: NestJS Fundamentals

Connecting with REST: Building the Address Book App with NestJS

11 Lessons

Go hands-on with creating a secure RESTful API using NestJS and TypeORM for real-world applications.

Understand the Basics of NestJS and RESTful APIs

Assessment

Validation, Exception Handling, and Logging

8 Lessons

Enhance your skills in validation, exception handling, and logging to build robust NestJS APIs.

Persist Data with TypeORM and MySQL

11 Lessons

Take a closer look at integrating TypeORM with NestJS, configuring databases, and managing CRUD operations.

Serialization and Interceptors

5 Lessons

Simplify complex topics like serialization, interceptors, role-based data control, caching, and custom logic.

Authentication and Authorization

8 Lessons

Build on authentication, JWT implementation, guards, Passport strategies, and role-based access control.

Persist Data, Authentication, Validation, and Serialization

Assessment

Testing

8 Lessons

Step through unit testing, Jest integration, mocks, test coverage, and E2E testing for NestJS.

Deployment

6 Lessons

Walk through deploying NestJS apps efficiently using Docker, AWS RDS, ECR, ECS, and ALB.

Testing and Deployment

Assessment

10.

Conclusion

Examine key concepts and next steps for mastering secure RESTful APIs with NestJS.

Key Takeaways and Next Steps

11.

Appendix

4 Lessons

Enhance your skills in setting up and debugging NestJS development environments and deploying with AWS.

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

About this course

WHY I WROTE THIS COURSE

NestJS is built on top of the popular Express.js library and provides a modular and structured approach to building server-side applications. You will take a hands-on approach to constructing a practical RESTful API from the ground up. By leveraging NestJS, TypeScript, and other technologies, you will delve into various topics, such as data modeling with TypeORM and MySQL, authentication and authorization mechanisms, request validation, error handling strategies, testing methodologies, deployment practices, and more. By the end of this course, you will have gained the essential skills, knowledge, and hands-on experience necessary to build a real-world RESTful API. You will have learned how to scale your application using a public cloud, such as AWS, where your application can serve thousands and millions of customers cost-effectively. This comprehensive learning journey equips you to confidently navigate the intricacies of RESTful API development, ensuring you are well-prepared for NestJS development.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sun Sunny

I'm a passionate full-stack developer with a love for programming.

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