Complete this tutorial
- Review node modules
- node module syntax (require/export)
- npm package manager install
- Create package.json
- read package.json
- npm install from package and adding dependency
- npm test
- npm run [script]
- Continue with our git repo.
- How to write unit tests using mocha BDD.
- Start an express server.
- Send a request to the server with jQuery
- Google your way
After this tutorial you should have build a very simple To-DO list tested restful app.
- Internet
- Google chrome
- A plain text editor (preferably sublime)
- mongodb
- nodejs
- git
- A github account
- npm packges mocha, chai, superagent? Istanbul
- If you haven't yet fill this form while creating a github account
- Fork this repo if you haven't already
- Complete this tutorial
- Learn JQuery
- see try jquery course should take 3 hours to fully complete.
- Complete building the restful app in the pre lab test
- Important before you start there are some fixes since the article is outdated.
In the tutorial the author does npm update -g express and then later npm update -g express-generator. It should be npm install -g express-generator. You may also encounter an issue with the package.json file provided you need to change the mongodb version in it to ~1.4 instead of 2.0.1.
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create and push your work on a github rep and send a link to your TA on your slack group
- If you're still not on slack you did not fill this form
- You should have a slack group per lab for communicating with each other and the TA as a tutorial.
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Once you setup your repo and send it to your TA in the lab while you do your work you will be sent some issues on github to do (you will understand later). otherwise just proceed.
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Learn about testing
- you keywords are mocha testing instanbul tutorial.
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Test the app you should have completed in the pre test.
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Work on your assignment.
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Have enriching philosophical discussions with your TA on life and ant logic, or octocats.