Complete NodeJS Developer (GraphQL, MongoDB, + more) (Udemy.com)
Learn from real NodeJS experts! Includes REALLY Advanced NodeJS. Express, GraphQL, REST, MongoDB, SQL, MERN + much more
Created by: Andrei Neagoie
Last updated March 2026
What you will learn
- Build enterprise level Node applications and deploy to the cloud (AWS)
- Learn to build secure and performant, large scale applications like a senior backend developer
- Lead NodeJS projects by making good architecture decisions and helping others on your team
- Using NodeJS, build production grade apps including REST APIs and GraphQL APIs
- Work with real life data and SpaceX API to build a NASA launch system, discover new planets that may contain life + other projects
- Authentication, File I/O, Databases (SQL, MongoDB), Express Framework, Sockets, plus many other important topics a backend developer should know
- Build a MERN (MongoDb, Express, React, Node) fullstack app and deploy to production
- Load balancing, Monitoring, CI/CD, and Zero Downtime Deployment
- Become the top 10% Node Developer. Learn REALLY advanced topics!
Quality Score
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Overall Score : 94 / 100
Course Description
Just released with all new NodeJS best practices and trends! Join a live online community of over 900,000+ developers and a course taught by industry experts that have actually worked both in Silicon Valley and Toronto with NodeJS.
Using the latest version of Node, this course is focused on efficiency and turning you into a Back End or Fullstack developer. Never spend time on confusing, out of date, incomplete tutorials anymore! Graduates of Andrei’s courses are now working at Google, Tesla, Amazon, Apple, IBM, JP Morgan, Facebook, + other top tech companies for a reason.
We guarantee you this is the most comprehensive online resource on NodeJS. This project based course will introduce you to all of the modern toolchain of a Node JS developer. Along the way, we will build a massive NASA Space launch application using NodeJS, Express Framework, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and much more! This is going to be a Fullstack MERN app. We will also build many other mini projects along the way so you feel confident deploying any NodeJS project to production in the future by yourself!
All code is going to be provided step by step and even if you don’t like to code along, you will get access to all the code from the projects we build so anyone signed up for the course will have their own project to put on their portfolio right away.
The curriculum is going to be very hands on as we walk you from start to finish of releasing a professional (performant and secure) NodeJS project all the way into production. We will start from the very beginning by teaching you Node basics and then going into advanced topics so you can make good decisions on architecture and tools on any of your future NodeJS projects. The goal is to turn you into a senior backend developer!
Here is what the course will cover:
1. Foundations
Focus on Node internals
Libuv, threads, processes, event loop
Asynchronous programming
Node vs PHP vs Python
Observer Design Pattern
Event Emitters
2. Module System
The require Function
Creating Your Own Modules
CommonJS vs ECMAScript (ES6) modules
Module Caching
Using index.js
3. Package Management
NPM: The Node Package Manager
Creating Your Own Packages
Package And the NPM Registry
Third Party Modules
The node_modules Folder
Semantic Versioning
package-lock json And Versioning
Vulnerabilities in Dependencies
4. File I/O: Planets Project
Exploring Exoplanets With Node
Exploring Kepler Space Telescope Data
Working With Streams
Streaming Large Data Files
Parsing Our Planets Data
Working With CSV Files
Finding Habitable Planets
5. Web Servers
What is a Web Server?
HTTP Responses and Requests
HTTP APIs and Routing, Parameterized URLs
Same Origin Policy, CORS
Requests and Responses as Streams
6. ExpressJS
Express vs NextJS vs Koa
Route Parameters
Model View Controller (MVC) pattern
Postman and Insomnia
Development Dependencies
Middleware
Logging Middleware Example / Writing Our Own Middleware
POST Requests in Express
MVC In Express
Express Routers
RESTful APIs
CRUD
Sending Files
Serving Websites With Node
Templating Engines
7. NodeJS NASA Project
Architecture diagrams on LucidChart
GET, POST, DELETE routes.
Serving ReactJS Applications in Express
CORS middleware
Models vs Controllers vs Routers
Loading Data On Startup
Automating Full Stack Applications With NPM
Serving React Front End (in Production)
Logging Requests with Morgan
Serving Applications With Client Side Routing
Building A Data Access Layer
Integrating with Frontend, Top Down Approach, Bottom Up Approach
Updating Our Architecture
8. Testing APIs
Unit tests vs API tests vs UI tests
Testing Node APIs with Jest and Supertest
9. Improving Node Performance
Example app which blocks event loop + real life blocking functions
Node Cluster Module theory + in action
Clustering in the real world
Load balancing
PM2 theory + in action
Managing Live Clusters with PM2
Zero Downtime Restarts
Improving Performance of NASA Project
Stateless APIs
Node Worker Threads
10. Databases
Using MongoDB to add persistence to NASA Project
Big focus on NoSQL vs SQL, PostgreSQL vs MongoDB, when to use both including Trends, Object-Relational Mismatch, ACID, References, Schemas. Schema-less vs Schemas
MongoDB Atlas
Horizontally Scaling Databases
Mongoose
Mongoose Models vs MVC Models
ObjectIDs in MongoDB
Pagination
Choosing A Database For Our NASA API
11. Working With REST APIs
Demonstrate integrating with a REST API by working with SpaceX API
Versioning REST APIs
Running Search Queries
SpaceX Launch Data
Mapping API Data to Our Database
Using Paginated APIs
Adding Pagination To Our API
12. Authentication
Focus on Security first principles with JWT, cookies, CSRF
Servers with HTTPS and SSL / TLS
HelmetJS
Working With Auth0
13. Deployment and CI/CD
Focus on building out a simple CI pipeline for NASA Project on GitHub
What is CI vs CD?
Automated tests
Dynamic configuration with secrets
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
5,544 Reviews
Andrei Neagoie
Andrei is the instructor of some of the highest rated programming and technical courses online. He no longer teaches on Udemy. Instead, he is now the founder of ZTM Academy which is one of the fastest growing education platforms in the world
ZTM Academy is known for having some of the best instructors and success rates for students.
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Reviews
By Albert Adjabeng on 7/20/2026
I am Albert Adjabeng and giving it 5 star which's above expectation(It's absolutely what a Nodejs dev needs) because prior to my experience making a decision to partake and enroll into this course has been my dream becoming a full-stack dev. It's does teach a lot of things which coding along will provide you with that immense knowledge required for the real world development. I have used Andrei lessons to build my own dashboard. But I do think following and practicing the codes along is worthwhile and feasible to do coded numerous of times like 4-5 times, clearing the codes and coding it again, again and again. It's unbelievable the amount of knowledge you can obtain if giving it 3-4 months depending on you pace will go a long way. Thanks Andrei Neogoie for making this a journey and making everything precise and on point. I will just have to go through the NASA project section again which's about 4 hours and hopefully it's click the second time.
By Yishai Z on 3/31/2026
The lecturer is highly professional. He explains every topic with exceptional clarity, starting from the fundamentals and expanding into how and why things work the way they do. Even in areas I’ve been familiar with for years, I find myself learning new insights. All explanations are clear, accessible, and easy to follow. The lessons are engaging and enjoyable, and it’s genuinely a pleasure to learn from him.
By Ayesha Shahid on 9/9/2023
I love this course and really appreciate ZTM efforts to bring such quality content to the consumers of the course i.e. students. Being a Senior Frontend engineer, i can guarantee that this single course will make you an intermediate level BE developer and as you practice all things described in course and implement real world scenarios on a job, you will then be no longer away from your goal to become a senior backend developer.
By Dirk Mertens on 2/6/2023
I started this course with a basic to medium understanding of node.js. This was the perfect course to get a deeper knowledge of node, to understand what is happening behind the scenes, to create clean and modular code... The theory is important to me. Nevertheless, adding more real life examples and challenging exercices would make this course even better. And thanks a lot for the new challenge at the end with the introduction to Typescript and Deno...
By Petra Rossa on 1/24/2023
A very thorough course that touches on all the important topics of modern development. Not only will you learn a lot about Node.JS and related topics, but there are comprehensive sections for real-world development processes like CI/CD or containerisation and deployment. Completing the course will take some time, but it is definitely worth it and will prepare you well for a career in the software development industry. Shoutout to Adam, who made the course very interesting throughout.
By Nikesh Patel on 12/7/2022
Thanks Andrei and Adam for this amazing course. You won't believe but I also have Udemy business account where I can buy as many courses I want in free. I bought another 3 Node.JS courses, But nobody even come closer to your given content. Roughly I spend 10 mins and think this is very basic, The level this course teaches feeling like Intermediate developer. I already have your React, Unethical hacking course too, but without any doubt I would highly give priority to your courses whenever I need to learn new things. Again, Thank you so much and may god give you more power to make a fantastic courses in future :)
By Robert Gorczyca on 4/18/2022
I've taken a few TMZ courses to build up my JS skillset to the point where this course ame quite naturally. I enjoyed seeing another point of view in how to structure code, combine client & server into a single app, etc. I especially like how the instructor integrated testing throughout the course - most just have it as a single topic they arely revisit. My only issue was the lack of balance when it comes to using certain, mainly big tech-supplied features. There are a number of reasons to NOT use cloud-based solutions, or other olutions provided by big tech - they are not a panacea; would have been nice to at least hear some cons rather than all glowing pros, though I do understand why they would be taught in such a course.
By Ahmed Adel Hanafy on 4/14/2022
The best thing about this course is Adam Odziemkowski. He teaches the best architecture ever, showing you how to architect your app like a professional. He is an amazing backend developer, and I have great admiration for him. Throughout the course, you will gain a deep understanding of how Node.js works behind the scenes. You will also learn how to implement authentication using Google, Docker, CI/CD, and AWS, which is amazing. However, one downside of the course is that it does not cover certain essential topics. You will not learn how to implement authorization, connect schemas, handle email sending, or utilize Mongo populate and virtuals. These aspects are crucial for becoming a proficient backend developer. As a backend developer, it's important to have a comprehensive understanding of these concepts and much more. Unfortunately, this course does not provide that level of coverage. The Nasa project discussed in the course focuses solely on retrieving data related to launches and planets. It does not delve into more complex functionalities. Regarding authentication, the course only demonstrates how to use Google for access to the app. However, it does not address granting different user permissions, such as distinguishing between regular users and admins with specific privileges. If your goal is to build even a basic API, this course might not be sufficient. After completing the course, I had to enroll in one additional Udemy course to gain the necessary knowledge. Despite its shortcomings, I still appreciate Adam Odziemkowski's expertise in teaching architectural concepts. His approach is unparalleled, and I hold him in high regard. However, if you are a beginner who plans to take multiple Node.js courses, I recommend including this course in your learning journey. Adam's instruction on architectural design is valuable and unmatched. I have taken other courses, but none of them compare to the architectural insights provided by Adam. He truly is the best. Lastly, I would like to address Andréi directly: I hope you consider updating this course and add real-world projects such as e-commerce API, bookings API, or social media AP ets I. Other courses have taken this approach, and they have enabled me to tackle substantial projects. Unfortunately, your course did not offer the same level of practical application.
By Anders Bergsten on 3/18/2022
The course is fairly good in general, but it has its flaws. For example, in section 14: Node Security + Authentication, authentication is implemented in a separate sample project and not in the main NASA project. That's disappointing. And only social sign-in with Oauth and Google is demonstrated. I would have liked to learn traditional sign-in, i.e. non social sign-in. Despite that section being more than four hours where the lecturer is really trying to explain authentication, social sign-in and sessions, it's difficult to grasp. So I'll need to look elsewhere to really learn about it. That's one example out of a few. On the other hand all courses have flaws. Despite the few flaws I consider the course good in general and worth going for.
By Alan Reid on 2/22/2022
The amount of detail is fantastic and while I know it's going to take longer than the normal Udemy course, there's been a lot of thought and care put into this course. As long as it's updated constantly to make sure it's not out of date, it'll be fantastic. UPDATE: The theory is applied very well. It's up to the student to find means to comprehend the theroy so to make the practical a lot easier to understand and remember. The hard work is done by ZTM. It's up to the student to determine if putting in the full effort, matters enough. I don't think there's going to be much better courses on this site and do wish I stumbled upon ZTM earlier.












