BBuild Your First API Workshop
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Build Your First REST API in 60 Minutes

Watch this hands-on workshop and follow along as we build a complete REST API from scratch. No prior experience needed.

  • Complete API built step-by-step on video
  • Source code and project files included
  • Postman collection for testing included

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Everything you need to get started

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Setup in 10 Minutes

Get a working development environment with Node.js and Express — nothing installed that you don't need, everything explained as we go.

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Routes & Resources: Your First Endpoints

Build GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE endpoints for a real resource — and understand what makes an API "RESTful" in practice, not theory.

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Adding the Database Layer

Connect your API to a real database, replace in-memory data, and handle the async patterns that trip up every beginner.

Auth Basics: Protecting Your Endpoints

Add API-key authentication, understand where JWT fits, and learn what to never do with passwords.

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Testing with Postman & Next Steps

Test every endpoint with the included Postman collection, then get the roadmap for what to learn next.

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