Month 5: Advanced Backend & API Development

• RESTful API Design:
  
  
  
  • HTTP methods and status codes
  
  
  • API architecture and best practices
  
  
  • Request/response validation
  
  
  • Error handling middleware
  
  
  • API documentation with Swagger
  
  
  • Rate limiting and security measures
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• GraphQL Introduction:
  
  
  
  • GraphQL vs REST comparison
  
  
  • Setting up GraphQL server
  
  
  • Queries, mutations, and subscriptions
  
  
  • Apollo Server integration
  
  
  • GraphQL playground and tools
  
  
  
  

• User Authentication Systems:
  
  
  
  • JWT (JSON Web Tokens) implementation
  
  
  • Passport.js for authentication strategies
  
  
  • OAuth integration (Google, Facebook, GitHub)
  
  
  • Password hashing with bcrypt
  
  
  • Role-based access control (RBAC)
  
  
  • Session management
  
  
  • Security best practices (CORS, XSS, SQL injection prevention)
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Live Project 5: Social Media Platform API with complete user management