🚀 What This Is
In this hands-on tutorial, we build a secure RESTful API from scratch using:
Node.js + Express
PostgreSQL + Sequelize
JWT authentication
Optional OAuth2 password grant support
Modern ES Modules support (type: module)
📦 Tech Stack
🔧 Express.js for routing and middleware
🔐 Passport-JWT for stateless auth
🧠 Sequelize ORM for clean DB access
💾 PostgreSQL for persistent storage
🔄 Optional OAuth2 with express-oauth-server
📘 What You’ll Learn
Setting up Sequelize models with ESM
Password hashing with bcrypt
JWT-based sign-up/sign-in flow
OAuth2 optional token flow via /oauth/token
API protection using token-based guards
📗 Full Tutorial
🔗 Read on Djamware.com
Includes working code examples, testing with curl/Postman, and modular file structure.
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