Learn and Understand NodeJS (V8, Express, MERN/PERN & more)
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Dive deep into Node.js under-the-hood mechanics and transform from code copier, or asking AI and LLMs to write code you don’t understand, to a backend web development architecture expert. Discover why companies pay top salaries to developers who truly understand Node.js internals and asynchronous programming models.
Newly Updated 2025: New comprehensive modules on async/await patterns, ECMAScript modules implementation, and completely rebuilt MERN/PERN stack projects with MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and React!
What you’ll learn
- Dive under-the-hood of how Node.js works to fully understand it
- Structure a Node application in modules (CommonJS and ECMAScript modules)
- Build a Web Server in Node and understand how it really works
- Connect to a SQL (PostgreSQL) or MongoDB database in Node
- Understand how the MERN and PERN stacks work
- Understand and use the Event Emitter
- Understand Buffers, Streams, and Pipes
- Use npm and manage node packages
- Build a web application and API more easily using Express
- Be the coder that explains Node.js to everyone else because you understand it better than anyone else
Course content
1414 sections • 122 lectures • Total duration 14 h 38 min
Introduction and Setup
V8: The Javascript Engine
The Node Core
Modules, Exports, and Require
Events and the Event Emitter
Asynchronous Code, libuv, The Event Loop, Streams, Files, and more…
HTTP and being a Web Server
NPM: the Node Package Manager
Express
Javascript, JSON, and Databases
The PERN Stack
The MERN Stack
Let's Build an App! (in record time)
Conclusion