Developers Toolkit Part 2: Middleware to Backend

Dates: 18 Sep, 20 Sep, 22 Sep, 25 Sep, 27 Sep, 29 Sep 2023 | 9am-1pm | Online 

Duration: 6 Half Days

Course Overview

Backend applications do the heavy lifting of calculations, data storage, and integrating data from multiple sources, and enable many clients to connect to it simultaneously. This course, Developer Toolkit #2, provides a guide to the components of the backend, and how a client application connects to it.

It deals in depth with:
• Designing and developing a backend application;
• Exposing data to client applications as an API;
• Best practice in database design;
• Database queries and joins;
• Security of data in motion and at rest;
• Connecting applications end-to-end, from frontend to backend and database.

This course is part of the NUS FinTech SG Programme. 

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
1. Design and develop a backend software application.
2. Design and develop an Application Programming Interface (API) to enable a frontend client (web application) to access data in the backend.
3. Connect a client app to the backend application.
4. Apply security standards to the protection of the API.
5. Design and develop a database.
6. Connect a backend application to a database.
7. Connect a full stack software application including frontend client, backend server, and database.

Who Should Attend

Recent graduates and mid-career professionals seeking to gain a role as a business analyst or developer in a financial institution or fintech.

Prerequisite

Developer Toolkit #1