This course will teach you the most common things you'll need to know as you start working with Node.js and Express for backend web development.

Node.js is a javascript runtime environment that can be used to write javascript code outside of a web browser for a variety of tasks. In this course, Node.js and Express Foundations, you'll learn to use Node.js and Express to create a server that responds to browser requests. First, you'll explore creating a server and how to work with requests and responses. Next, you'll discover work with dynamic data and render HTML templates, as well as simple data persistence with cookies. Finally, you'll learn how to handle errors, exceptions, and debug problems. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of Node.js and Express needed to continue learning more advanced Node.js and Express development.