Master Express Framework: Beginner to Advanced with Node.js

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. This course guides you from setting up a web server to creating server-based and serverless applications using Express and Node.js. Starting with Node.js basics and its filesystem, you'll then: - Learn to optimize and refactor code, set up a server, and understand Express.js fundamentals - Explore Express.js, by working on a project with CRUD operations and building a serverless app with API requests. - Learn to set up routes, handle post requests, use middleware, authenticate users with Express and Passport, and use Handlebars for templating. - Gain hands-on experience with databases, hashing, salting, and user authentication. By the course's end, you'll confidently build web applications and serverless apps with Express and Node.js, reinforced by code-along sessions, quizzes, and solution files. Ideal for aspiring programmers, web developers, students, or professionals, some JavaScript and web development familiarity is recommended. ​​