This repo holds my work as a student in the Udemy course The Complete Full-Stack Web Development Bootcamp taught by Dr. Angela Yu. This repo is intended to do three things:
- document my evolving skills in full stack programming
- the code in this repo is very much an "answers in the back of the book" endeavor
- for keystone and other fun projects i built from "scratch" (didn't have solution code,) see my portfolio
- immerse me in version control (git in combo with vscode and github) so i get comfortable with:
- checking in and checking out code from various devices and operating systems to/from this github repo
- learning the basics of .gitignore and protecting credentials from public repos with .env files
- using .gitattributes to help smooth issues of using macs vs pcs (especially for cr/lf issues in text-based files)
- provide a resource of focused code snippets I can refer back to for specific programming tasks and how I solved those issues
The course and my learning concentrates on JavaScript implementations in the PERN stack, namely:
| Letter | Represents | Role |
|---|---|---|
| P | PostGres | aka PostGreSQL -- relational database management system with good marks in price (free!), security, flexibility, and scalability for structured data |
| E | Express.js | back-end Node.js web application framework that simplifies server-side development tasks such as routing, middleware management, and request/response handling |
| R | React.js | front-end JavaScript library that aims for more seamless front ends via component-based user interfaces |
| N | Node.js | the most widely used JavaScript runtime environment, enabling server-side execution of JavaScript for scalable web-based applications |
Naturally the course also solidifies my learning in the fundamental building blocks of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.