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
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
