Notes

Here, you will find the links to the weekly notes. Please also remember to refer to the learning resources for additional help.

Week	Theme
1 - Notes	Welcome to WEB700: Course Introduction Internet Architecture Development Environment / Technology / Tools Introduction to JavaScript
2 - Notes	JavaScript Continued: JavaScript Functions Built In / Global Functions Scope & Closures Built In / Global Objects (String & Array)
3 - Notes	Object Oriented JavaScript / ES6 Features: Custom Objects using Object Literal Notation, Function Constructors & Class Keyword Error handling with try / catch / finally & throw Promises "var" vs "let" vs "const" “this” keyword & arrow functions (lexical “this”)
4 - Notes	Formal Node.js Introduction: Modules explained NPM – Node Package Manager Package.json Explained Building a simple web server using Node.js with Express.js
5 - Notes	Express.js Introduction & Deployment: What is Express.js? Configuration & Settings Routing Middleware Error Handling Chrome Dev tools – Network tab, Response data Git & Vercel ("Vercel Guide")
6 - Notes	HTML5 Introduction: Document Structure Common Elements (Containers, Lists, Tables, Multimedia) Grouping Elements using Semantic HTML Including Scripts (Inline & External)
7 - Notes	CSS Introduction: Selectors, Web Colors, Units, Properties & Values, Fonts Box Model, Display & Positioning, Layout
8 - Notes	Forms Introduction / Processing Forms with Express.js: HTML Forms Review Processing Forms in Express.js HTTP Post & Urlencoded data Content-Type in POST header & enctype in HTML forms Handling urlencoded form data Multer module (multipart form data – file uploads)
9 - Notes	Template Engines – Handlebars.js: Template Engines in Express.js What is a Template Engine / Why do we need one Handlebars.js Including the express-handlebars module Getting Started with Handlebars.js & Samples Block Expressions / Helpers Built-In Helpers if, unless, each Partials
10 - Notes	Introduction to AJAX & "REST" API: What is AJAX? Why do we need it? Requesting data (JSON) on the Client Side using JavaScript Fetch API Introduction Processing AJAX Requests on the server and returning data RESTful API Introduction
11 - Notes	Introduction to Postgres / Sequelize ORM: Setting up a “Postgres” Database Downloading the “sequelize” & “pg” modules Object-Relational Mapping Explained & Requesting Data Returning & Formatting data using Handlebars.js
12 - Notes	Security Considerations: HTTPS Letsencypt.org, free https certificates forever Password Encryption, bcrypt.js