University of Helsinki - Full Stack Open 2021
This course serves as an introduction to modern web application development with JavaScript. The main focus 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 covers testing, configuration and environment management, and the use of MongoDB for storing the application’s data.
The course is worth 5-12 credits, and the content is the same as in the Full stack course held at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki in Spring 2020. There is also an associated project that is worth 1-10 credits.
Participants are expected to have good programming skills, basic knowledge of web programming and databases, and to know the basics of working with the Git version-control system. You are also expected to have perseverance and the ability for independent problem solving and information seeking.
Traditional web applications, single page applications, HTTP forms, HTML & CSS review.
React, modern JavaScript, hooks vs "old react", state and event handlers, debugging.
Modules, forms, getting data from server, effect hooks, sending data to server, inline styles.
NodeJS and Express, REST, Express middleware, MongoDB, validation and ESLint.
Testing Node applications, async/await, user administration, references across collections, token based authentication.
PropTypes, testing React apps, Cypress E2E testing, frontend login auth.
Flux architecture, Redux, asynchronus actions and Thunks, React-Redux.
React-Router, custom hooks, UI libraries, Webpack, current trends.