Section Intro: REST APIs and Mongoose

The video tutorial covers how to interact with a database using Node.js by creating an Express-based REST API. It explains how users can perform operations like adding or fetching tasks. The tutorial also introduces Mongoose, a tool that simplifies data modeling with MongoDB, allowing for field specification, data types, and validation.

What is the purpose of creating an express-based REST API in this section?

What types of operations can users perform with the API being created?

How does Mongoose assist in modeling data when working with MongoDB?

What are some of the features that Mongoose provides for data validation?

What is the first lesson that will be discussed in relation to Mongoose?