Senait: Web Apps, 5 weeks

[seninet]

module repository

Study Plan

HTTP Statuses

• In 60 Seconds
• httpstatuses.com
• wikipedia
• http.cat

NPM

• What is it? How to use it?
• packages for fun:
• cowsay - make cows say things
• packages for serious:
• node-fetch - Make API requests from Node
• express - Minimalist web framework for node
• express.urlencoded() - Parse HTTP request body into JS object
• cors - Cross Origin Resource Sharing for Express
• morgan - logging for Express
• joi, tv4 - JSON schemas & validation

Debugging Node in VSCode

• Postman - use your APIs without a frontend

• Getting started with Node.js debugging in VS Code

• Burke Holland

• VSCode Channel Intro

• James Q Quick

• CodeSpace, 2 Ways

Node.js

• 101
  • Mosh: Node.js in 1 hour
  • Traversy: Node for Absolute Beginners
  • Traversy: Node.js Crash Course
  • NetNinja: Node Js Crash Course
  • argsv - Use command line arguments in Node
• Built-In Modules
  • The file system (first 20 minutes)
  • references
    • assert - Test values in Node.js
    • fs - Read & write form the file system
    • path - Manipulate file paths
    • util.promisify - Convert functions that take callbacks into Promises
• API Calls
  • node-fetch: a module for using fetch syntax in Node.js
  • To study a full app with node-fetch, head over to weather-it-promised & weather-it-async-await
  • /node-fetchemon (exercises to practice node-fetch)

About Servers

• Middleware: tutorialspoint, express.js guide, writing middleware (video)
• Static Serving: alligator article, codedamn video
• Error Handling Middleware:
• Handling Errors in Express
• REST API Tutorial (Node, Express & Mongo) #10 - Error Handling
• CORS: Cross Origin Resource Sharing
• HTTP Statuses
  • httpstatusdocs
  • HTTP Request Status Code Guide
  • In 60 Seconds
  • httpstatuses.com
  • wikipedia
  • http.cat

Express

• What is Express?
• LearnWebCode
• Traversy: Express.js Crash Course
  Build RESTful APIs with Node and Express by Mosh
• How To Build a Job Search App (Node, APIs, Vanilla JS): video, code
• Error Handling
  • The Net Ninja
  • Andrew Mead
  • Devnami
• Router
  • Scotch.io
  • Hungry Turtle
  • Rithm School
  • The Docs

[seninet]

Week 1

Check-In

I Need Help With:

• so far going well.

What went well?

• Still exploring :) most things in this module are new and interesting

What went less well?

• my pace, still a lot to cover

Lessons Learned :

• a lot new things like : Route methods, express, postman and many more :)

Sunday Prep Work:

unfortunately , I will not make it to the onsite class this Sunday but hopefully I will be able to refer the class records

[seninet]

Week 2

Check-In

What went less well?

• no progress from last week :( due to some personal issues , it is been a bit difficult to get motivated and focused on the study this week : ( . I will try to do better in the coming days .

Sunday Prep Work:

refer the class records

[seninet]

Week 3

Check-In

What went well?

• about this module's project, though I copied most of the missed codes from the master branch, I tried to understand how it works as the same time.
• using the 'http methods' and do some exercises to understand it more

Lessons Learned :

• Express middleware functions

Sunday Prep Work:

study

[seninet]

Week 4

Check-In

What went well?

• I managed to create the authorization part for the slack clone project(using 'basic-auth') :) but still the 'token' and 'hashing' parts left

What went less well?

• very slow progress

Sunday Prep Work:

study

[colevandersWands]

I managed to create the authorization part for the slack clone project(using 'basic-auth') :) but still the 'token' and 'hashing' parts left

That doesn't look like slow progress to me. Nice work

[seninet]

Week 5

Check-In

What went well?

• meeting my classmates and my coaches for the first time in person :)
• referring the material back and forth to finish the project with better understanding.

Lessons Learned :

• a lot , just need more concentration and time to internalize it very well.

Sunday Prep Work:

study