📌 Title: Advanced Node.js: Security, Testing, and Deployment

📌 Title: Advanced Node.js: Security, Testing, and Deployment

✅ ⭐ Advanced Level

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📜 Description

For developers ready to master production-grade Node.js applications. Learn secure authentication, testing strategies, and deployment workflows.

🎯 Objectives

✅ Implement secure user authentication with JWT
✅ Hash and store passwords securely
✅ Write unit and integration tests
✅ Deploy Node.js applications to the cloud
✅ Use process managers for production

📚 Modules

🟣 Module 8: Authentication & Security

• Password hashing (bcrypt)

• JWT (JSON Web Tokens)

• Environment variables (.env)

• Basic security practices

🟣 Module 9: Testing Node.js Applications

• Writing unit tests with Mocha/Chai or Jest

• Testing routes and controllers

• Mocking dependencies

🟣 Module 10: Deployment

• Preparing apps for production

• Using process managers (PM2)

• Deploying to cloud (Heroku, AWS, DigitalOcean)

• Environment configuration

🟣 Final Capstone Project

• Build a complete REST API with Express

• Connect to a database

• Include authentication and security

• Deploy to the cloud

✅ ⭐ What You Will Learn (All Levels)

⭐ Core Node.js concepts
⭐ Building REST APIs
⭐ Asynchronous programming mastery
⭐ Express.js for rapid development
⭐ Database integration
⭐ Authentication and security best practices
⭐ Testing strategies
⭐ Deployment workflows

✅ ⭐ Target Audience

✅ Beginners in backend development
✅ Frontend developers going full-stack
✅ Bootcamp students
✅ Anyone curious about server-side JavaScript

✅ ⭐ Materials Needed

✅ Computer (Windows, macOS, or Linux)
✅ Code editor (VS Code recommended)
✅ Node.js installed
✅ Internet connection

✅ ⭐ Instruction Methods

✅ Video lectures / presentations
✅ Live coding demos
✅ Hands-on exercises
✅ Assignments and quizzes
✅ Final project with feedback

✅ ⭐ Time Frame

✅ Beginner: 2–3 weeks
✅ Intermediate: 2–3 weeks
✅ Advanced: 2–3 weeks
✅ ~4–6 hours/week recommended

✅ ⭐ Course Format

✅ Online or in-person
✅ Modular with recorded lectures + live Q&A
✅ Downloadable code examples
✅ Project-based learning