Phase 5 · Backend with Node.js & Express
ProjectsREST API Server
Part of the Full Stack Developer Roadmap.
Summary
A standalone REST API with a handful of resources — practice for routing, middleware and response design, built before wiring it up to a database in the next phase.
How to Learn This
- 1Design and implement at least 2 resources with full CRUD routes.
- 2Use consistent status codes and response shapes across every endpoint.
- 3Test every endpoint with Postman before connecting a frontend to it.
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