Web Services

Basic

Details

1. What is RESTful API?
2. GraphQL basics
3. Express.js basics
   1. app object
   2. Middlewares
   3. Routing
   4. Request/Response objects
   5. Error handling in express

Links

1. https://restfulapi.net/
2. https://graphql.org/learn/
3. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side/Express_Nodejs/Introduction
4. https://expressjs.com/en/starter/basic-routing.html
5. https://expressjs.com/en/guide/error-handling.html
6. https://expressjs.com/en/guide/using-middleware.html
7. https://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#req
8. https://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#res

Courses

1. https://www.apollographql.com/tutorials/lift-off-part1/
2. https://www.apollographql.com/tutorials/

Intermediate

Details

1. RESTful
   1. API design and principles
   2. HATEOAS
   3. Caching
   4. OpenAPI
   5. OData
2. GraphQL
   1. API design and principles
   2. GraphQL vs REST
   3. Best practices
3. Short polling/Long polling/WebSockets/SSE

Links

1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-practices/api-design
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HATEOAS
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAPI_Specification
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Data_Protocol
6. https://www.howtographql.com/basics/2-core-concepts/
7. https://graphql.org/learn/best-practices/
8. https://medium.com/geekculture/ajax-polling-vs-long-polling-vs-websockets-vs-server-sent-events-e0d65033c9ba

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