About This Lesson

In this lesson, you will learn how to build production-ready REST APIs using Express.js and Node.js. We cover route design, middleware patterns, error handling, input validation with Zod, and connecting your API to a PostgreSQL database using Prisma ORM. By the end, you will have a fully functional CRUD API with authentication middleware.

What You Will Learn

• Express router setup and middleware chaining
• RESTful URL design conventions
• Request validation with Zod schemas
• Error handling middleware patterns
• Connecting to PostgreSQL with Prisma
• JWT authentication middleware