UDACITY Advanced-Full-Stack-Web-Development

This repository contains projects, Exercises and notes for Udacity's Advanced-Full-Stack-Web-Development Nanodegree.

This Nanodegree contains 3 sections:

• Backend Development with Node.js
• Creating an API with PostgreSQL and Express
• Deployment Process

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Backend Development with Node.js

Learning Objectives

• Understand the fundamental tools needed to build a basic API in a way that is both scalable, and maintainable.

• Write TypeScript to reduce developing errors. Manage async/await, promises and error handling with TypeScript.

• Create test units with Jasmine. Use Express to build APIs.

Project

• Image Processing API

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Creating an API with PostgreSQL and Express

Learning Objectives

• Build a RESTful JSON API with Node and Postgres.

• Understand essential topics like databases and querying, API architecture, database migrations, REST, CRUD, creating a testing environment, password hashing and route authorization via JWTs.

• Be introduced to what CORS is and when it is necessary.

• Create a secure, well organized API from scratch.

• Organize more advanced business logic in a Node API for cleaner code and separation of concerns.

Project

• Storefront Backend

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Deployment Process

Learning Objectives

• Create environment properties in Elastic Beanstalk. Create an S3 bucket and configure it for web hosting.

• Gain the necessary knowledge to create your own production environment and automate the deployment of code to it.

• Build an automated pipeline and scripts.

• Create documentation using markdown files and diagrams.

Project

• Hosting a Full Stack Application

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