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Name: Learn HTTP Servers in TypeScript [Full Course]
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Rating: 4.8 (87 reviews)
Author: Lane Wagner

HTTP servers are the backbone of the internet, and there's no reason you can't understand how they work from the ground up.

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Lane Wagner

Lane is a back-end engineer and the lead instructor of Boot.dev. He has taught over one million students worldwide, on Boot.dev, FreeCodeCamp, YouTube and the Backend Banter podcast. Lane worked as a backend engineer writing Go, Python and TypeScript, then moved into engineering management and a couple of years later left to build Boot.dev full-time.

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What will you learn?

Learn all about the basics of building web servers in TypeScript. We'll keep the stack lean and simple, using primarily Express.js. Once you've completed this course, you'll feel confident building your own web servers, whether you're serving static files or a full-on RESTful JSON API with authentication and authorization.

Chapter List

Servers

We'll cover the basics of web servers, and why TypeScript is such a great language for building web servers

Routing

We'll cover the basics of HTTP routing, and how to build a router using Express

Architecture

We'll talk about some different web architectures, and how to choose the right one for your project

JSON

Learn about how to parse and send JSON data from a TypeScript server

Error Handling

Learn about how to effectively handle errors in a TypeScript server

Storage

We'll add a PostgreSQL database and talk about data storage and database migrations

Authentication

We'll build an authentication system using JWTs from scratch, and compare JWTs to other authentication methods

Authorization

Learn about how authorization differs from authentication, and how to implement it in your application

Webhooks

Webhooks are a special kind of HTTP handler that you'll use often in modern web applications. Learn how to use them here

Documentation

Learn about documentation, why it's important, and learn about some tools that can help you write good documentation

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Loved this course. Feel like I really have a handle on working with basic server architecture now.

(5/5)

Clinton Lough

Newcastle, Australia

Solid course! Just the right amount of tough.

(5/5)

Sayantan Sanyal

India

Perfect mix between reading materials and hands-on exercises. Teaches not only the "how" but also th...

(5/5)

Josh Javier

Philippines

A must have for back-end developers.

(5/5)

Codrin Ursachi

Romania

Amazing course!

(5/5)

Влад Починок

Thailand

Great course!

(4/5)

Tyler

United States

Great into to express apis.

(5/5)

Cody Milliron

Lexington, NC - United States

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(5/5)

Дмитро Листопадов

Ukraine

Really bad time estimate. I needed 70 hours. So many hard-coding challenges, and everything is becom...

(5/5)

Henning Agge

Elmshorn, Deutschland

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