Weekly plan

A plan for what main activities happens each week. The teacher updates this as the course goes on.

Prepare

Prepare like this.

1. Check what version you have installed on Node.js. Update if needed. It is usually best to use the latest version that has LTS.

2. Prepare to get hold of the the exercises repos:

   • Exercises repo (teachers)
   • Exercises repo (your own)

3. Read up on the changes with the development tools and linters.

Week 01 (w04): Get going with Node.js

Play around with Node and its development environment.

Lectures

• Introduction to this course part
• Lecture 1 - The Node.js platform for coding JavaScript

Exercise

Work on these exercises on your own.

• Practice JavaScript with Node
• Rotten tomatoes

Work

• The first assignment B1 is released.

Week 02 (w05): Web servers and the protocol

Learn how the web server works and prepare to build a web scraper.

Lectures

• Web servers
• HTTP protocol

Exercise

Work on these exercises on your own.

• Promising Web Scraper
• Finding Waldo
• From the example repo: Web servers

Work

• Work with B1.

Week 03 (w06): Express with Model View Controller (MVC)

Learn and practice the Express framework to build web services using Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern.

Lectures

• Express Web Framework
• Model View Controller (MVC)

Exercise

Work on these exercises on your own.

• Follow the route

The two lectures above also include an exercise each walking through the source code used in the lectures.

• src/express/hello
• src/express/mvc

Work

• Submit B1.
• Start working with assignment B2.

Week 04 (w07): Models and persistent data

How to get going with Express.js and persistant data and storage. How to implement CRUD as a web application in Express.

Lectures

• Persistent data
• CRUD

Exercise

Work on these exercises on your own.

• Pure approval

The two lectures above also include an exercise each walking through the source code used in the lectures.

• src/express/mongoose
• src/express/crud

Work

• Work with B2.

Week 05 (w08): Authentication and session

How to work with sessions, flash messages and authentication in Express.

Lectures

• Access control

Exercise

The lecture above also includes exercises walking through the source code used in the lectures.

• src/express/session
• src/express/authentication

Work

• Work with B2.

Week 06 (w09): Production server

Get going with a production server and install the production environment onto it.

Lectures

• Production server

Exercise

• There is an included exercise with a video serie in the above lecture material on the "Production server", work through it to get started with your own server.

Work

• Submit B2.
• Start working with assignment B3.
• Check that your vhost is working and you can connect to it.

Week 07 (w10): Real-time web

Learn about real-time aspects in the web area and how to implement applications having near real-time requirements. Practice websockets.

Lectures

• Real-time web

Exercise

• src/express/websocket

Work

• Work with B3.

Week 08 (w11): Web security

Learn more in the area of web security and how to protect your application against the most common threats.

Lectures

• Web security

Work

• Work with B3.

Week 09 (w12): State of JavaScript

In what direction is the eco system of JavaScript moving?

Lectures

• Current state of JavaScript

Work

• Work with B3.

Week 10 (w13): Finalize your work

Wrap it up and submit.

Work

• Submit B3.