--- title: The Front-end Developer’s Guide to Back-end Development description: In this tutorial, we’ll set up a simple and secure back-end API service on Google Cloud Platform using Node.js and Express. The Front-end Developer’s Guide to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-front-end-developer-s-guide-to-back-end-development-kqxh0kszz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Front-end Developer’s Guide to Back-end Development | daily.dev og:description: In this tutorial, we’ll set up a simple and secure back-end API service on Google Cloud Platform using Node.js and Express. 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