Node.js REST API Development

  1. Security and Performance Optimization
    1. API Security Best Practices
      1. Security Headers
        1. Helmet Middleware
          1. Content Security Policy
            1. X-Frame-Options
              1. X-Content-Type-Options
              2. Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
                1. CORS Configuration
                  1. Preflight Requests
                    1. Credential Handling
                    2. Rate Limiting
                      1. Request Rate Limiting
                        1. IP-Based Limiting
                          1. User-Based Limiting
                            1. Distributed Rate Limiting
                            2. Input Security
                              1. SQL Injection Prevention
                                1. NoSQL Injection Prevention
                                  1. Cross-Site Scripting Prevention
                                    1. Input Sanitization
                                    2. Authentication Security
                                      1. Secure Token Storage
                                        1. Token Expiration
                                          1. Brute Force Protection
                                            1. Account Lockout
                                          2. Performance Optimization
                                            1. Caching Strategies
                                              1. HTTP Caching
                                                1. Cache-Control Headers
                                                  1. ETag Implementation
                                                    1. Last-Modified Headers
                                                    2. Application Caching
                                                      1. In-Memory Caching
                                                        1. Redis Caching
                                                          1. Cache Invalidation
                                                        2. Response Optimization
                                                          1. Gzip Compression
                                                            1. Response Size Reduction
                                                              1. Efficient Serialization
                                                              2. Database Optimization
                                                                1. Query Optimization
                                                                  1. Index Usage
                                                                    1. Connection Pooling
                                                                      1. Query Caching
                                                                      2. Asynchronous Processing
                                                                        1. Background Jobs
                                                                          1. Queue Systems
                                                                            1. Worker Processes
                                                                            2. Monitoring and Profiling
                                                                              1. Performance Metrics
                                                                                1. Memory Usage
                                                                                  1. CPU Profiling
                                                                                    1. Request Tracing