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Node.js-Steps for building your first server❗

Theodora Cristea on October 15, 2025

Introduction Hello everyone!👋 I’m happy to be back with the second part of my Node.js exploration. After setting up My first Node.js – M...
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Hashbyt

Super practical guide! You've successfully demystified core Node.js concepts like the Event Loop and Req vs Res objects with clear analogies. The RESTful API advice (using plural nouns, avoiding verbs) is a great takeaway for beginners. Excellent foundation!

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Theodora Cristea

Thank you! 😊 I hope it was useful for you my post!

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Collins Dada

Definitely bookmarked this and will implement soon. Sorry for being away for a while. But I would scour the entire node.js segment and learn everything. Please consider a Patreon Account you should get paid for the knowledge you five out so freely. Great work Theodora 🔥🔥🔥

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Theodora Cristea

Thank you for your time! 🤗Yes, it could be a solution in the future at the right time, thanks for the recommendation.🙃
As for time, don’t blame yourself, we all need breaks, it’s part of the learning process. Keep coding!

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Collins Dada

Thank you. I hope to learn from your vast expertise someday...😁

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Alexandru Ene

Another good one! Keep going! You are doing a great job! :)

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Theodora Cristea

I'm happy to hear that! Thank you so much!🥰 Keep going!🤗

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IO_Node

That was a beautiful post to read through, thanks for all this useful information 🤗

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Theodora Cristea

I'm really happy to hear that! Thank you for your time!🤗

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Colin Trierweiler

Great post! As I said on your first node.js post, I have just started working with it myself, so this is all very helpful. I will be adding thus, and the previous post, to the NotebookLM I am building to help me learn the subject

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Theodora Cristea

Thank you for your time! 🤗I’m glad my post was helpful to you.🥰
I wanted to focus on the fundamentals we need to pay attention to in Node.js, once you understand their purpose, you won’t really have to worry about them anymore.
So it’s completely normal to run into them at first.
Happy coding! Good luck with your learning and your project!👌🏻🤗

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Latchu@DevOps

Wow! Amazing blogs

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Theodora Cristea

Thank you for your time!🤗

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Ninjeneer

When it comes to building a new NodeJS I'd rather recommend Fastify over Express. It has an express-like syntax, while being faster, typescript friendly and has native async/await support 👍

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Theodora Cristea

Thank you for your advice! I’ll keep it in mind for the future. Since I’m a beginner in backend development, I’ve found it easier to work with Express than with other frameworks. Of course, I’ll learn others along the way. Thank you for your time! I really appreciate it!🤗