# Weekly Content Modules

Week 1: Introduction to Node.js

Week 2: Node modules and the Express framework

Week 3: Application Architecture and RESTful APIs

Week 4: Middleware functions

Week 5: Data persistance with intro to MongoDB

Week 6: Object Data Modeling with Mongoose

Week 7: Data security: validation, sanitization and encryption

BREAK WEEK: No classes

Week 8: Access Control with JWT

Week 9: JWT Review

Week 10: Consistent Error Handling

Week 11: Production Preparation

Week 12: Testing with Postman

Week 13: Production Deployment

Week 14: Final Lab