skill PathCreate a back-end app with JavaScript

What we see is just the surface of the Internet. From posting to streaming, everything happens on the back-end of the web. Get ready to learn the technologies behind the scenes of companies like Twitter and PayPal.

8 weeks

Includes

JavaScript, Node.js, Express.js, APIs, SQL, HTTP, and more...

Experience

Beginners welcome

For those who want to

  • Explore back-end web dev
  • Understand APIs
  • Learn the rest of the stack

Earn

Certificate of Completion

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GET TO KNOW THE ARCHITECTURE

Understand how information moves through a web application—from the user to the server and back.

CONNECT WEB APPS TO DATABASES

Make your web applications more powerful by having them interact with databases.

BUILD YOUR OWN API

Use JavaScript and Express.js to create back-end APIs from scratch that anyone on the Internet can access and use.

You really feel like there's nothing you can't learn, which in turn builds so much confidence in your skills and gives the momentum to keep learning.

Joey
Codecademy Learner

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