Building Modern Node.js Applications on AWS

Building scalable backends no longer requires managing physical servers. By combining the asynchronous power of Node.js with modern cloud infrastructure, you can deploy resilient, cost-effective applications that scale automatically. This text-based course guides you from foundational cloud concepts to deploying a fully functional serverless backend. You will start by understanding core cloud terminology, event-driven architectures, and how Node.js integrates with cloud-native services. Next, you will explore how to structure your application code, manage asynchronous flows, and deploy your services using modern infrastructure-as-code principles. What you'll learn: Understand core serverless concepts and event-driven architecture on AWS; Write clean Node.js backend logic utilizing modern async/await patterns and type hints; Deploy serverless functions using AWS Lambda and configure API Gateway routes; Integrate managed databases such as DynamoDB for persistent, scalable data storage; Configure secure environment variables and modern authentication flows; Apply infrastructure-as-code basics to define and deploy your cloud resources. The course begins with essential architectural definitions and basic setups before moving into step-by-step implementation, deployment workflows, and modern observability practices. This course is designed for beginner backend developers and web engineers looking to transition to cloud-native development. No prior cloud experience is required, though a basic understanding of JavaScript is recommended. Dive in to start building and deploying your own serverless backends today.