4-2 Node.Js: URL Params Workshop

Setup

There are many ways to set up a full-stack development environment. For the Node module, we will follow this set up provided in this repository.

This repository contains a frontend and a backend folder. This means that each folder is contains a complete environment (package.json, /node_modules) and are completely independent. You cannot reference code from one environment in the other environment.

Generally speaking, the frontend will query the backend via calls to the server endpoints.

File Structure

├── __lecture
├── __workshop
├── backend
    ├── node_modules (where all external dependencies are saved)
    |   ├── ...
    |   └── ...
    ├── server.js
    └── yarn.lock ("locks" the dependency versions)
├── frontend
    ├── public
    ├── src
    ├── node_modules (where all external dependencies are saved)
    |   ├── ...
    |   └── ...
    ├── package.json (where we keep a record of the app setup)
    └── yarn.lock ("locks" the dependency versions)
├── .gitignore
├── .prettierrc
└── README.md (this file)

The Frontend

Open a terminal in VS Code
Type cd frontend
Type yarn install

Use yarn dev:frontend to start the frontend dev environment.

The Backend

Open another terminal in VS Code
Type cd backend
Type yarn install

Use yarn dev:backend to start the backend dev environment.

Workshop

Building out the Backend

For this part of the workshop, you won't use the frontend at all. Follow the instructions, and once you finish exercise 6, you will have a functioning backend that will just work with the frontend.

Exercise 1 - Fix the backend

⚠️ Before you start the exercises, you will have to fix the server, I think. Somehow, things got a little "corrupted" and it won't run until the bugs are squashed.

Exercise 2 - `/top50` endpoint

Open this exercise file: exercise-2.md

Exercise 3 - `GET`ting a specific song

Open this exercise file: exercise-3.md

Exercise 4 - `GET`ting songs by a specific artist

Open this exercise file: exercise-4.md

Exercise 5 - The Most popular artist is...

Open this exercise file: exercise-5.md

Exercise 6 - Array of Artists

Open this exercise file: exercise-6.md

🟡 - Minimally complete workshop (75%) - 🟡

Upgrading the Frontend

If you start up the FE and go to http://localhost:3000, you should have a functional app. It still needs a little love, but overall it should work.

This is what you see on the homepage.

Take a look through the frontend folder at the all of the code that is already written. Most of it should be familiar to you except for the useEffect hook. We will be learning about that in module 5. For now, it is sufficient to note that useEffect is where the data is getting fetched from the backend.

There are still a few components to create to get a fully functional site.

Exercise 7 - Render the top 50 songs

Open this exercise file: exercise-7.md

Exercise 8 - Render the songs by the most popular artist

Open this exercise file: exercise-8.md

Exercise 9 - Render the songs on each artist's page

Open this exercise file: exercise-9.md

🟢 - Complete workshop (100%) - 🟢

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