Learn backend development with NestJS by building a feature-rich Reading Tracker API. Explore modular architecture, DTOs, authentication, guards, and interceptors while implementing real-world features like user friendships, shared progress, and advanced data filtering and sorting.
What you'll learn
Scaffold and organize a NestJS backend application
Build CRUD endpoints with modules, controllers, services, and DTOs
Validate request data and handle dynamic route parameters
Implement JWT authentication and role-based authorization
Enforce resource ownership with guards and standardize responses with interceptors
Model friendships and securely share reading progress
Add search, filtering, sorting, shelves, and reading analytics
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