# JavaScript Development with Node, Express, & MongoDB

Canonical URL: <https://www.nobledesktop.com/classes/node-express-and-mongo-db>

## Overview

JavaScript has evolved into a one-stop coding language for creating and hosting web applications. This course will open your eyes to what today’s JavaScript can really do.

You’ll start by exploring the capabilities of the Node.js framework. Node.js provides the ability for JavaScript programmers to create server-side architecture so that anyone can host their very own application. Node.js will allow you to work with the built-in file system, run development servers, and even program listening devices.

After that, you'll learn Express to manage the flow of data entering and leaving your application. Express is a Node.js framework for creating web apps and services. It offers developers a set of features and middleware (functions that handle requests) for creating an API for their web application. Express is a must-have skill set when dealing with Node.js and back-end technology.

Finally, you'll learn MongoDB. If you’ve worked with JavaScript, chances are you’re familiar with the concept of an object. Objects organize data using key-value pairs. It’s a simple yet effective solution to creating data structures. MongoDB harnesses the power of the object as well as JSON to create, store, and manage data in a lightweight manner. It’s also open source!

When you finish this advanced course, you'll have the skills to build functional web applications with JavaScript and its frameworks.

## What you'll learn

- Synchronous and Asynchronous JavaScript in Node.js
- The purpose of Node Package Manager (npm)
- The fundamentals of starting an Express.js server
- Integration of MongoDB (a NoSQL database)
- Authentication, server security, and API development

## Prerequisites

Students should be comfortable with the fundamentals of JavaScript equivalent to our [JavaScript Programming Fundamentals](/classes/javascript-programming-fundamentals) class, including functions, objects, and data types, as well as the basics of HTML & CSS.

## Curriculum

#### What is an I/O engine?

- Input / Output engine
- File execution
- Creating a basic http server

#### Working with npm (Node package manager)

- Installing modules
- Assessing node\_modules folder
- Creating a package.json file
- Managing your application's assets

#### Working with the file system

- Reading directories
- Reading and serving image files
- Serving image files
- Streaming data

#### API route development

- Assessing the main types of HTTP routes
- Hosting express app instance
- Creating simple GET routes

#### Middleware

- Creating middleware functions
- Request, Response, Next
- Cookie creation

#### How to set up MongoDB

- Creating a connection string
- Hosting MongoDB
- Authenticating into a DB

#### Schema development

- Creating the model
- Filtering data

#### MongoDB application

- Managing documents
- Security measures

#### Querying

- Filtering documents
- Populations
- Limits
- Paginations

**Skills covered:** Back-End JavaScript, MongoDB, Express.js, Node.js

## Schedule
- Jun 12, 2026 – Jul 9, 2026 — NYC
- Aug 31, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026 — NYC
- Nov 9, 2026 – Dec 7, 2026 — NYC

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $2995