Complete Backend Course | Build and Deploy Your First Production-Ready API

Skip the basic CRUD—this Backend Crash Course is all about building a production-ready Subscription Management System with real users, real money, and real business logic. You'll learn JWT authentication, database modeling, API architecture, security, automated workflows, and much more! Upstash: https://jsm.dev/backend25-upstash Hostinger VPS: https://hostinger.com/mastery10 Arcjet: https://jsm.dev/backend25-arcjet WebStorm: https://jsm.dev/backend25-webstorm 🎁 Video Kit (Codebase, and more): https://jsm.dev/backend25-kit 📘 Backend Pro Course Waitlist: https://jsm.dev/backend25-waitlist ⭐ Join JS Mastery Pro: https://jsm.dev/backend25-jsmpro 💎 Become a Top 1% Next.js Developer: https://jsm.dev/backend25-nextjs   / discord     / jsmasterypro     / javascriptmastery     / javascriptmastery   Business Inquiries: [email protected] Time Stamps 00:00:00 — Intro 00:02:33 — Introduction to the backend 00:05:08 — HTTP, DNS, IPs & Networks 00:06:58 — APIs: The Backend’s Messenger 00:12:25 — Types of APIs 00:14:00 — Backend Languages 00:15:39 — Databases: The Backbone of Your Backend 00:22:31 — Backend Architectures 00:26:22 — Demo and Setup Tools 00:34:27 — Setup 00:39:17 — Create Express Server 00:41:54 — Config 00:45:46 — Routes 00:59:49 — MongoDB 01:06:34 — Models 01:20:18 — Error Handler 01:27:47 — Authentication 01:49:44 — Authorization 02:01:26 — Arcjet 02:13:03 — Subscriptions 02:20:54 — Reminder Workflow 02:42:57 — Send Emails 03:00:12 — VPS Hosting & Deployment