Full Stack Node.js Semester Plan

About the course

About the course

Mandatories

Taught on: Thursday

Semester Plan

Title	Date	Description	Learning Goals	Resources and Activities
01. Introduction	Jan. 29th	Intro to the course. Information about the mandatories / exam expectations. Code conventions / Clean Code Intro to Node.js. Variables, data types. Intro Exercises. Our REST API conventions vs. Richardson Maturity Model	While using a linter is not a requirement, having clean code is. Can work with Git in the terminal. Understand and work with data types in JavaScript. Can explain what Node.js is and how to run files with it. Knows the existing data types in JavaScript and can work with them. Understands type coercion and strategies to avoid it. Can design a REST API. Knows the three REST conventions we follow: Using the right HTTP verb. Ordering. Naming (noun, plural) that maps to collections in your system.	Introduction Exercises REST API Design
02. First Server	Feb. 5th	Code conventions / Clean Code (Strict Mode). Variables and Functions. Callback functions. Build tools and package managers. Package.json. Express. Sending data with GET requests.	Understand scoping in Javascript and know to always use const if you can get away with it otherwise let. Understand advanced things about functions in JavaScript. Can write callback functions with different syntax. Understands the function of NPM and can compare it with other package managers. Understands the different purposes of package.json and can set it up by hand. Understands what node_modules are and why they shouldn’t be pushed. Can create a server with Express from memory. Understands how to send data with GET requests over HTTP and knows how to do it in Express.	Movies REST API - Part I
03.	Feb. 12th