Environment Setup

• •Node.js installation (LTS version)
• •npm (Node Package Manager)
• •Code editor (VS Code recommended)
• •Git for version control
• •Postman for API testing

• •Create a new collection for your API project
• •Set up environment variables
• •Create request templates for different endpoints
• •Save examples of requests and responses

A screenshot showing VS Code with an Express.js project open, alongside Postman with a collection setup for API testing.

• •[Setting Up an Express.js Project With Node.js](https://medium.com/swlh/setting-up-an-express-js-project-with-node-js-30329d7eee5f)
• •[How to Structure Express.js REST API Code](https://blog.logrocket.com/organizing-express-js-project-structure-better-productivity/)
• •[Getting Started with Postman](https://learning.postman.com/docs/getting-started/introduction/)
• •[Using Environment Variables in Node.js](https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/making-your-node-js-work-everywhere-with-environment-variables-2da8cdf6e786)