Learn to Code an API in JavaScript

David Allen
13 min readJul 10, 2018

Hey there! Yeah, YOU!

I know why you’re here.You’re looking to gain a better understanding of APIs and JavaScript, and you’ve come to the right place.

I hope you enjoy the tutorial, and if you do, please leave me a comment or clap. It’s very motivating to hear any feedback or find out that the content was useful.

Anyways, hope you enjoy. Cheers

This tutorial is based off of Max Sandelin’s video series here:

  1. Learn to Code an API in JavaScript — Part 1
  2. Learn to Code an API in JavaScript — Part 2
  3. Learn to Code an API in JavaScript — Part 3

This is going to be a TON OF FUN so grab your joe and lets dive in!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. Clone the Todo list app from Github
  2. Open up the files in your Text Editor
  3. Install node.js (video)
  4. Install Express with NPM
  5. Git (video)
  6. Set up Express Script for your API (video)

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David Allen

Documentation and tutorials on Python, Pandas, Jupyter Notebook, and Data Analysis.