Overview/Description
Explore the middle tier and the role that server-side technologies play at this layer, as well as the third tier, known as the persistence layer. Discover how to install popular tools that support these layers. In this course, you will be introduced to Node.js and its command line interface (CLI). Learn to work with NPM scripts, create a server, and serve a static HTML file. Examine, install, and create MongoDB database. Evaluate the benefits of GitHub and Git version control for your projects. As a review exercise, you will install and request an npm package.