Week 4 Learning Outcomes

Node server basics

• Understand how running Node differs from running javascript in your browser.
• Understand what a server is and its relationship to the 'client'.
• Understand the 'http' core module and its methods.
• Understand the 'fs' core module and its methods.
• Be aware of the request object and some of its properties and methods.
• Be aware of the response object and some of its properties and methods.

Module design pattern and server file structure

• Understand what npm is.
• Understand what a package.json is.
• Understand how module.exports works with functions and objects.
• Understand how to import functions and objects from other modules to use them.
• Understand the benefits of drawback of the module design pattern.
• Understand what files might go in the 'public' folder on your server.
• Understand what files might go in the 'src' folder on your server.

Endpoints and routing

• Understand how to set up a server with different endpoints.
• Understand how to parse a querystring from a GET request.
• Understand how to read data streams a POST request with chunking and JSON.parse.
• Understand how to use tape and shot to test endpoints.

Continuous integration, linting and codecov

• Understand what CI is and the benefits and drawbacks.
• Be aware of linters such as ES Lint.
• Be aware of tools like Travis.
• Be aware of pre-commit hooks.
• Be aware of Istanbul?
• Be aware of CodeCov?
• What is the difference between Istanbul & CodeCov?