This repository holds various materials, demos and instructions for the workshop
As we meet in the classroom we wish to spend our precious time on interesting development challenges rather than machine setup. Make sure to prepare your machine aforehand. Should you encounter any issue - please open an issue within this repo and I'll be sure to assist shortly
Install Node.JS LTS (any version that is beyond v10) from this website - just download and progress within the installation wizard
Open your favourite terminal (Windows: command prompt) and type 'NPM verson'. The output should confirm that version 8.9.x is indeed installed
I highly recommend using VSCode editor in the course as it's lightweight and has a very rich plugins eco-sysem that we might use during our excercise. Simply visit the downloads site and choose the edition that suits your operations system. You may opt for any other editor that supports Node debugging and intellisense
Use git to fork this repo into your computer. You may use the top-right corner 'Fork' button
Navigate to the you've just cloned on your computer and run the command
npm i
Run the following command and ensure that the output confirms that all the test succeeded
npm test
Learning Node requires to be familiar with Javascript. Beside mastering the basic principals of JS, it's recommended to get acquaintance with the following concepts that are highly related to Node.JS:
Arrow functions
Spread operator
Callbacks
Classes
It's assumed that all students are familiar with basic web & backend concepts. For example:
Rest API
Cookies
HTTP headers
JSON
Message queues
ORM/ODM (e.g. Sequelize, Mongoose, TypeORM)