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React: Creating and Hosting a Full-Stack Site

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Overview

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Learn how to combine React, Node.js, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) in a full-stack, full-featured website.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Create a full-stack website
  • What you should know
  • Installing Node.js and NPM
  • Project introduction
1. Creating a React Front End
  • Why React?
  • Setting up a React project
  • Creating the app component
  • Creating your blog pages
  • Using React Router links
  • URL parameters with React Router
  • Creating and linking the articles list
  • Making your articles list modular
  • Creating a 404 page in React
2. Creating a Node.js Back End
  • Why Node.js?
  • Setting up an Express server
  • Testing an Express server with Postman
  • URL parameters in Express
  • Upvoting articles
  • Automatically updating with nodemon
  • Adding comments
3. Adding MongoDB to Node.js
  • Why MongoDB?
  • Downloading and installing MongoDB
  • Adding MongoDB to Express
  • Rewriting your upvote endpoint
  • Rewriting your comments endpoint
4. Connecting the Front End and Back End
  • The Axios library
  • Adding React hooks
  • Calling useEffect at the right time
  • Adding data loading to page components
  • Displaying comments
  • Creating an upvote button
  • Creating an add comment form
5. Adding User Authentication with Firebase Auth
  • Why Firebase Auth?
  • Creating a Firebase project
  • Adding Firebase Auth to React
  • Build a login form
  • Creating a custom auth hook
  • Build a create-account page
  • Adding Firebase Auth to Node.js
  • Protecting endpoints using auth-tokens
  • Protecting the upvote and comment endpoints
  • Making requests with auth tokens
  • Making interface adjustments for authenticated users
6. Hosting a Full-Stack React Application
  • Preparing an app for release
  • Setting up hosting for MongoDB
  • Releasing a full-stack application
  • Shutting down a Google Cloud project
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Shaun Wassell

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