Backend Development

Course overview

A practical server-side development course focused on API and service design rather than full-stack interface development. Learners build backend services, model relational data, implement authentication and authorization, test service behavior, and prepare applications for deployment.

Who it's for: Developers with basic programming experience who want to build APIs, server-side applications, and database-backed services.

What you will learn

• Design REST APIs and validate requests and responses
• Model relational data and write efficient database queries
• Implement authentication, authorization, and secure configuration
• Test, document, and deploy backend services

Curriculum

Tools you'll use

Projects you'll build

• Secure REST API
• Role-based account service
• Deployed database-backed application

Prerequisites

• • Basic programming experience
• • Familiarity with command-line tools is helpful