Another ExpressJS API tutorial for 2021, part 10— MongoDB!

Hey there, in this article we are going to use the advantage of our previously Docker configuration to add a MongoDB to our API made with ExpressJS and Typescript!

Hi there, if it is your first time arriving here we are creating a series on how to build an API using ExpressJS and Typescript. The first article can be found here.

Just as a quick overview, here is the series of articles that we are writing:

• Create your hello world ExpressJS API (Yes… we always need to start with a hello world)
• Configure our hello world application to use Typescript (TS is cool, believe me ;) )
• Create our first CRUD API endpoints for an user (Everyone wants a registered user in their applications, no?)
• Create and configure your controllers (We will talk about it after)
• Create and configure your services (What the h. is that?)
• Middleware’s! (Yes, we need and use it everyday)
• End to end testings!
• Configuring a secure way to manage user permissions via API
• Putting all together into a Docker container
• Configuring a simple MongoDB to connect to our application — We are here now ;)