Node.js, MongoDB, Express Basics

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Node.js

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JavaScript runtime environment

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MongoDB

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NoSQL database

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Express.js

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Web application framework

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npm

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Node package manager

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Mongoose

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MongoDB object modeling

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REST API

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Representational State Transfer

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CRUD

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Create, Read, Update, Delete

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Middleware

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Functions with access to req, res

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JSON

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JavaScript Object Notation

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Asynchronous

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Non-blocking operations