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Introduction course to modern JavaScript-based web development. The main focus is on building single page applications with ReactJS that use REST APIs built with Node.js.

Full stack Open Course 2021

Description

The main focus of this course is on building single page applications with ReactJS that use REST APIs built with Node.js. The course also contains a section on GraphQL, a modern alternative to REST APIs. The course also covers testing, configuration and environment management, and the use of MongoDB for storing the application’s data.

Contents

Part 0: Fundamentals of Web apps

  • General info
  • Fundamentals of Web apps

Part 1: Introduction to React

  • Introduction to React
  • Javascript
  • Component state, event handlers
  • A more complex state, debugging React apps

Part 2: Communicating with server

  • Rendering a collection, modules
  • Forms
  • Getting data from server
  • Altering data in server
  • Adding styles to React app

Part 3: Programming a server with NodeJS and Express

  • Node.js and Express
  • Deploying app to internet
  • Saving data to MongoDB
  • Validation and ESLint

Part 4: Testing Express servers, user administration

  • Structure of backend application, introduction to testing
  • Testing the backend
  • User administration
  • Token authentication

Part 5: Testing React apps, custom hooks

  • Login in frontend
  • props.children and proptypes
  • Testing React apps
  • End to end testing

Part 6: State management with Redux

  • Flux-architecture and Redux
  • Many reducers
  • Communicating with server in a redux application
  • Connect

Part 7: React router, custom hooks, styling app with CSS and webpack

  • React-router
  • Custom hooks
  • More about styles
  • Webpack
  • Class components, Miscellaneous
  • Excercises: extending the bloglist

Part 8: GraphQL

  • GraphQL-server
  • React and GraphQL
  • Database and user administration
  • Login and updating the cache
  • Fragments and subscriptions

Part 9: Typescript

  • Background and introduction
  • First steps with Typescript
  • Typing the express app
  • React with types

Part 10: React Native

  • Introduction to React Native
  • React Native basics
  • Communicating with server
  • Testing and extending our application

Part 11: CI/CD

  • Introduction to CI/CD
  • Getting started with GitHub Actions
  • Deployment
  • Keeping green
  • Expanding Further

The University of Helsinki and Houston Inc. have partnered up to challenge both individual developers and companies alike to learn and build upon their expertise in true Full Stack spirit. Full Stack Open 2021