FreeCodeCamp Back End Development and APIs

Overview

This repository contains projects and code examples from the FreeCodeCamp Back End Development and APIs course. The course covers various aspects of back-end development, including building APIs, handling databases, and managing server-side operations.

Course Objectives

• Understand the basics of back-end development.
• Learn to create and manage RESTful APIs.
• Work with databases to store and retrieve data.
• Implement user authentication and authorization.
• Integrate third-party services and APIs.

Projects

This repository includes the following projects from the course:

1. week 1: [Managing Packages with NPM]

   • Description: npm (Node Package Manager) is a command-line tool to install, create, and share packages of JavaScript code written for Node.js. There are many open-source packages available on npm, so before starting a project, take some time to explore so you don't end up recreating the wheel for things like working with dates or fetching data from an API.
   • Technologies Used: JavaScript, JSON.

2. week 2: [Basic Node and Express]

   • Description: Node.js is a JavaScript runtime that allows developers to write backend (server-side) programs in JavaScript. Node.js comes with a handful of built-in modules — small, independent programs — that help with this. Some of the core modules include HTTP, which acts like a server, and File System, a module to read and modify files.
   • Technologies Used: Node.js, Express.js, JavaScript.

3. week 3: [MongoDB and Mongoose]

   • Description: MongoDB is a database application that stores JSON documents (or records) that you can use in your application. Unlike SQL, another type of database, MongoDB is a non-relational or "NoSQL" database. This means MongoDB stores all associated data within one record, instead of storing it across many preset tables as in a SQL database.
   • Technologies Used: Express.js, Node.js, Mongoose, MongoDB.

Setup and Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Fitsumhelina/freecodecamp-back-end-development-and-apis.git
   

2. Navigate into the project directory:

   cd freecodecamp-back-end-development-and-apis
   

3. Install dependencies (if applicable):

   npm install
   

4. Start the application (if applicable):

   npm start
   

Certifications

I have completed the FreeCodeCamp Back End Development and APIs course and received the certification for it.

• Certificate Link: FreeCodeCamp Back End Development and APIs Certification
• Certificate Image:
  

Contributing

If you would like to contribute to this repository, please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch:

   git checkout -b feature/YourFeature
   

3. Make your changes.
4. Commit your changes:

   git commit -m 'Add new feature'
   

5. Push to the branch:

   git push origin feature/YourFeature
   

6. Create a new Pull Request.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to FreeCodeCamp for the comprehensive course material.