Welcome, Engineer.

How to Get the Most Out of This Course

1. Start with Chapter 1 — sequential completion is enforced for a reason

2. Read the code carefully — every example is production-ready TypeScript

3. Build alongside the lessons — set up a local project and implement as you go

4. Use the Community Chat — ask questions, share progress, help others

Course Structure

• 25 lessons across 8 chapters, from fundamentals to production deployment

• Each lesson has real code, not pseudocode

• The capstone (Chapter 8) ties every pattern into a complete system design

Tips

• Don't skip Chapter 1 — understanding why matters as much as how

• Chapters 4 (Saga/CQRS/Outbox) is the hardest — take your time

• Set up Docker early — you'll need it for everything after Chapter 5

Let's build. 🔨

Build Production-Grade Distributed Systems in Node.js

8 chapters. 25 lessons. Zero fluff.

1. Foundations — Trade-offs, 12-factor apps, DDD service boundaries

2. Your First Microservice — TypeScript + Fastify, layered architecture, health checks

3. Inter-Service Communication — REST, gRPC, message queues, event-driven architecture

4. Data Management — Database per service, Saga pattern, CQRS, eventual consistency

5. Containerization — Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Helm & GitOps

6. Observability — Structured logging, distributed tracing, Prometheus metrics

7. Security — JWT/OAuth2/mTLS, rate limiting, secrets management, zero-trust

8. CI/CD & Deployment — GitHub Actions, blue-green/canary deploys, feature flags

Every lesson includes production-ready TypeScript code. No pseudocode. No toy examples.

$213/month with a 1-day free trial — start learning risk-free.