📚 Comprehensive Syllabus: Node.js + Express.js + MongoDB

🎯 Project Goal:

Build a Full-Stack RESTful Web Application (e.g., Task Manager, E-commerce backend, Social Media API) with features like authentication, CRUD, file uploads, roles/permissions, search/filtering, and deployment.

🧱 Phase 1: Environment Setup & Tooling

1. Node.js & npm Basics
   • Installation
   • npm init and understanding package.json
   • Global vs local packages
2. Tooling & Workflow
   • Using Nodemon
   • Debugging with Chrome DevTools / VS Code
   • Organizing project folders

📦 Phase 2: Core Node.js Concepts

1. Modules and CommonJS
   • Built-in modules (fs, path, http, etc.)
   • Creating and exporting custom modules
2. File System & Streams
   • Read/Write files
   • Working with Streams and Buffers
3. Event-driven architecture
   • EventEmitter usage
   • Async patterns: Callbacks, Promises, Async/Await
4. HTTP Module
   • Creating basic HTTP server
   • Handling requests & responses
   • MIME types and headers

🌐 Phase 3: Express.js Fundamentals

1. Intro to Express
   • Creating Express server
   • Basic Routing (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
   • Route parameters and query strings
2. Middleware
   • Built-in, custom, and 3rd party middleware
   • next() and middleware chaining
   • Logging and error handling
3. Serving Static Files
4. Templating Engines (optional)
   • EJS, Pug (for server-side rendering)