Koa.js

Koa 2 · intermediate

Koa.js track

Build Node web apps and APIs with Koa. A tiny, un-bundled core, an async/await middleware stack with true cascading, and a single ctx object — plus the koa-router, bodyparser, session, jwt, and helmet ecosystem that real Koa apps are built from.

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Section 03

Middleware Mastery

The cascading async pipeline every Koa request flows through.

10 / 10 lessons
Chapter quiz 8 questions on Middleware Mastery
  1. 01 The Onion Model 4 min
  2. 02 Writing Your Own Middleware 4 min
  3. 03 Async Middleware 3 min
  4. 04 Middleware Order 3 min
  5. 05 Error-Handling Middleware 4 min
  6. 06 Third-Party Middleware 4 min
  7. 07 Conditional Middleware 3 min
  8. 08 koa-compose 3 min
  9. 09 Mounting Sub-Apps 3 min
  10. 10 Practical Middleware Patterns 5 min

Section 05

Auth & Security

Sessions, cookies, JWT, Passport, OAuth, helmet, CSRF, rate limits.

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Chapter quiz 8 questions on Auth & Security
  1. 01 Auth & Security Overview 3 min
  2. 02 Sessions with koa-session 4 min
  3. 03 Cookies in Koa 3 min
  4. 04 JWT Authentication 5 min
  5. 05 Passport Strategies 4 min
  6. 06 OAuth & Social Login 4 min
  7. 07 Security Headers with koa-helmet 3 min
  8. 08 CSRF Protection 4 min
  9. 09 Rate Limiting 3 min
  10. 10 Input Validation & Sanitization 4 min

Section 06

Data & Realtime

Databases, ORMs, uploads, static files, streaming, SSE, WebSockets.

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Chapter quiz 8 questions on Data & Realtime
  1. 01 Connecting to PostgreSQL 4 min
  2. 02 ORM Integration with Prisma and Drizzle 5 min
  3. 03 Handling File Uploads 4 min
  4. 04 Serving Static Files 3 min
  5. 05 Streaming Responses 4 min
  6. 06 Server-Sent Events 4 min
  7. 07 WebSockets in Koa 5 min
  8. 08 GraphQL with Koa 5 min
  9. 09 HTTP Caching and Redis Response Cache 5 min
  10. 10 Background Jobs with BullMQ 4 min