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Node.js Workshop

Prework:

• Install node
• Download repo and get it running
• Sign up for trial account for lambda service

Day 1

Day 1 AM

• 20m 9:00-9:20 | Lecture

  • Introductions
  • Brief history, current maintainers
  • V8 JavaScript Engine
  • Web APIs vs. JavaScript APIs
    • JS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference
    • Web: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API
    • Node: https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/
  • Linters / Prettier

• 20m 9:20-9:40 | Code along

  • Read a file w/ readFileSync, print the information to the console as JSON

• 10m 9:40-9:50 | Break

• 30m 9:50-10:20 | Lecture

  • map (readdir, map over file, print it out)
  • package.json, npm and node_modules
  • promises, async/await
  • what non-blocking means

• 30m 10:20-10:50 | Exercises

  • Install isomorphic-fetch
  • Make a request with isomorphic-fetch
    • write it to a file w/ writeFileSync
  • Parse a CSV file, transform it, log it
    • use stdin to pass the file name to the script

• 10m 10:50-11:00 | Break

• 30m 11:00-11:30 | Lecture

  • callbacks
  • callbacks vs promises
  • error handling in both

• 30m 11:30-12:00 | Exercise

  • Redo previous exercises with callbacks instead of "sync" methods
  • Add error handling
  • ??? extra exercise for those who finish early

• 60m 12:00-1:00 | Lunch

Day 1 PM

• 30m 1:00-1:30 | Code Along

  • create an http server
    • hand rolled routes

• 30m 1:30-2:00 | Exercise:

  • render CSV files as html tables at different routes

• 10m 2:00-2:10 | Break

• 50m 2:10-3:00 | Lecture

  • the request and response objects
  • static assets
  • middleware
  • body parser
  • gzip
  • templating libs

• 10m 3:00-3:10 | Break

• 40m 3:10-4:00 | Exercise

  • Build a flat file markdown blog

Day 2

Day 2 AM

• 30m 9:00-9:30 | Lecture

  • nodemon
  • now / heroku and friends

• 10m 9:30-9:40 | Code-a-long

  • Run nodemon
  • Deploy using now
  • tail logs

• 10m 9:40-9:50 | Break

• 40m 9:50-10:30 | Lecture

  • lambda / cloud functions (aws, azure, gcf)

• 30m 10:30-11:00 | Exercise

  • Build cloud function that sends an email
  • Deploy it to a cloud provider

• 10m 11:00-11:10 | Break

• 50m 11:10-12:00 | Code-a-long

  • poke around in the cloud provider console

• 60m 12:00-1:00 | Lunch

Day 2 PM

• 30m 1:00-1:30 | Lecture

  • introduction to graphql

• 40m 1:30-2:10 | Code-a-long

  • Build a graphql server/lambda

• 10m 2:10-2:20 | Break

• 30m 2:20-2:50 | Lecture

  • Hasura
  • Fetching data from the browser

• 30m 2:50-3:20 | Exercise

  • Connect a React UI to Hasura

• 10m 3:20-3:30 | Break

• 30m 3:30 | Exercise

  • Server rendered React