lenmorld / node_workshop

Build a server and API for your next web application, using Node, Express and MongoDB

Node workshop

Create a server + REST API for your next web application!

In this workshop, we’ll discuss concepts and put them to practice with activities, all about web servers. The code and concepts here would be a great foundation for your next web project! Topics include, but not limited to:

• Using Node and Express to build a web server and REST API
• Understanding routing, request and response
• Implementing CRUD with HTTP methods
• Building a server-rendered website using templates
• Connecting to a Cloud NoSQL database: MongoDB Atlas DB
• User authentication with sessions, cookies and tokens
• Using external APIs, such as Github Jobs, Giphy, Spotify

Previous Events

• Node Workshop - August 27 2020

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• Node Workshop - July 16 2020

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Material

Preview slides: Google Drive document

Material: Notion link

Code

to follow workshop:

$ git checkout dev
$ node server.js

to dev latest

$ git checkout master
$ npm start

Create a .env file on root

NODE_ENV=development
PORT=4000
MONGO_DB_CONNECTION_STRING=YOUR_CONNECTION_STRING_HERE
# API keys go here

Screenshots

node_workshop's Issues

Testing and Debugging

Deployment with Now, Heroku

Auth with Local Storage

OAuth2 section + social media login

Performance, clustering, service workers?