Node JS & MongoDB Course

Module 1: Intro to Node.js

• RAM vs. I/O latency
• Blocking vs. Non-Blocking
• Event-driven Programming
• Event Loop
• Blocking The Event Loop
• Node.js Philosophy

Module 2: Node.js Platform Setup

• Download and Install
• Node REPL
• First Hello World

Module 3: Modules and npm

• Anatomy of a module
• Private code
• Accessing and using modules
• npm commands
• package.json

Module 4: The Callback Pattern

• What are callbacks
• Callback-last
• Error-first

Module 5: Events

• When to use Event Emitters
• Binding Functions to Events
• Event Requests
• Event Listening

Module 6: Error Handling

• Callbacks: Error-first
• Errors in Event Emitters
• Uncaught Exceptions
• Using Domains

Module 7: Buffers

• Why Buffers exist
• Creating Buffers
• Reading and Writing Buffers
• Manipulating Buffers

Module 8: Streams

• What are streams
• Read and Write Stream API
• Flow Control
• Piping
• Duplex Stream
• Transform Stream

Module 9: Express.js

• Intro and Installing Express.js
• Building a Hello Express application
• Creating routes
• Rendering Layouts
• Using templates
• Adding partials
• Using locals and conditional templates
• Modularizing routes

Module 10: Socket.io

• Listening for
• Broadcasting
• Answering questions

Module 11: Introduction to MongoDB

• Basic configuration & installation
• Database concept
• Collection
• Document
• Data models
• Data types
• Insert
• Update & query document
• Projection & sorting
• Indexing, aggregation
• Replication in MongoDB
• Backup & restore data.

Module 12: Advanced Concept of MongoDB

• Relationships
• DB references
• Covered queries
• Atomicity
• MongoDB ObjectId
• Use of regular expressions

Module 13: Connection Between MongoDB & NodeJS

• Basic configuration & install MongoDB driver
• Create database & collection
• MongoDB queries through Node.js.

Module 14: Application development Using NodeJS & MongoDB

• API through HTTP request
• Data management through NodeJS using MongoDB

Module 15: NodeJS & the web

• Handling web requests
• Building a web server using http module

Module 16: Live project

At the end of module all students get the expertise to develop an industry standard Node JS application. So, at this stage, we assign live project works to the students.