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About the Course

In a recent Stack Overflow survey, Node.js was used by about 50% of the developers who answered the survey, making it the most used server-side technology. Express ranked as the fourth most popular web technology overall, making it the most popular server-side web framework. In this course, you will focus on Node.js and Express. Specifically, you will - develop applications using asynchronous callbacks and promises - create REST APIs and perform CRUD operations - implement authentication and session management Throughout the course, you will complete numerous hands-on labs to gain practical experience. At the end of the course, you will demonstrate your Node skills with a final project to build your portfolio. This course will help you succeed as a back-end or full-stack developer. It suits those in IT looking to step up in their careers or new graduates seeking to establish their server-side skills. This course suits those who need to manage cloud-centric projects. Note: This course requires knowledge of JavaScript and Git....

Top reviews

HV

Dec 5, 2024

Most of the course is very good. But some parts contain errors or inconsistencies between description of the task and the required code. There are also some errors in the code.

SS

Oct 31, 2024

This is a brilliant and excellent course taught by ibm and the skill team

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By Roman S

Oct 11, 2025

Positives 1. This course contained short but informative videos. 2. Overall, the course was helpful in progressing my knowledge. Negatives A. Quizzes 1. Poor scrolling experience on mobile pages may cause users to unintentionally select a different answer. 2. Some of the quiz submission confirmation dialog boxes seem to be unnecessary. 3. The Coursera Honors Code should only be mentioned for graded quizzes. B. Labs 1. Lab completion times are fraudulent and were never done from the student’s perspective. 2. Cloud IDE has slow and unstable connections. 3. On multiple occasions, the Cloud IDE inbox message pop-ups caused lab sessions to hang and caused lots of delays. 4. There are many spelling errors in the lab instructions. C. Final Project 1. Final project grades that come from students are inaccurate and should be reviewed by the Coursera staff. 2. The final project of this course contains duplicate lab instructions that need to be removed. D. Staff 1. This course clearly takes more than 15 hours to complete, so the instructors’ course completion estimates are fictional.

By Seanrei E V

Feb 3, 2026

Badly designed course. Materials are low quality. Code snippets are just plain text with no color coding, making it harder to read code. Unengaging AI voice. No code-alongs, you just listen on an unengaging theoretical materials.

By Arnab P

Oct 13, 2025

A bot reading from PowerPoint slides with little or no actual learning growth. Seems like the reviews are paid or fake. There is no proper code snippet, no live coding. How anyone can rate this 5 stars is beyond my understanding.

By Akhil Z

Mar 10, 2025

I completed the course before the free trial ended. However, when I tried to obtain the certificate, it was not allowed because I was asked to purchase a subscription.