Full Stack Foundations

Overview

In this course you will learn the fundamentals of back-end web development! You will create your own web application that queries a database for items on restaurant menus and then dynamically generates complete menus in the form of web pages and API endpoints.

You’ll start by learning how to interact with a database from a web application using an Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) layer. From there, you’ll learn how GET and POST requests translate to CRUD operations. You’ll then explore the Flask framework and the various ways in which it can speed up the development of your applications. Finally, you’ll develop your very own web application from the ground up using the iterative development process.

Syllabus

Working with the CRUD

Learn about CRUD; Create, Read, Update, and Delete.,Implement CRUD operations on a database.,Use an ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) as an alternative to SQL.

Making a Web Server

Build a web server from scratch using Python and some pre-installed libraries.,Learn how GET and POST requests can retrieve and modify information on a web site.,How to add CRUD functionality to our website.

Developing with Frameworks

Introduction to web frameworks like Django and Ruby on Rails.,Use the Flask web framework to develop our own web application.,Introduction to APIs and how to add JSON endpoints to our application.

Iterative Development

Build an entire web application on your own.,Learn about the iterative development process.,Have a working prototype throughout all stages of the development process.

Taught by

Lorenzo Brown

Reviews

3.3 rating, based on 11 Class Central reviews

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Bobby Brady @bob

This was a true disappointment. Riddled with errors that made completing the material impossible and an instructor who just copied and pasted code without explaining any of it. I spent all of my time teaching myself outside of Udacity how to use Flask & SQLAlchemy with multiple flavors of databases. This class was the reason I quit the Full Stack Nanodegree.
Anonymous

I'm almost done with this module (module no.6 of 10) as part of the Full Stack Nanodegree program. I had previously considered module 4 (back-end) as the worst, until I dug into this gem. There are two sub-modules, CRUD and OAuth. Both are truly aw…

I'm almost done with this module (module no.6 of 10) as part of the Full Stack Nanodegree program. I had previously considered module 4 (back-end) as the worst, until I dug into this gem.

There are two sub-modules, CRUD and OAuth. Both are truly awful and a grand waste of time. Having gone over those multiple times, I have spent more time on this module videos than all the modules 1-5 combined.

The videos consist of Lorenzo Brown voicing over complex pieces of code in a fast manner with explanations less clear than code comments, which is not much either. What's worse, the code itself is hard to find and you have to really look for it through levels of links.

All in all, I think it would be far easier and cheaper for Udacity to remove all the videos, fully comment the code, and have students look at the code instead. It would be a lot more helpful than it currently stands.

I'm not saying Udacity is bad across the board (it's certainly not good across the board either), but compared to what it could accomplish (like module 5 "Tournament Results" with the cat dude, who was amazing), it screwed this one up.

And this module, together with module 4 by Spez really tanks the quality of teaching of the Full Stack Nanodegree. You can do better if you care, Udacity.
Anonymous

I don't know why so many people are complaining against this course. This course is great! Either the people who are complaining incredibly dumb, or they are lazy. Yes, some parts of the codes are not explained (in the CRUD section) but a little…

I don't know why so many people are complaining against this course.
This course is great!
Either the people who are complaining incredibly dumb, or they are lazy.
Yes, some parts of the codes are not explained (in the CRUD section) but a little "Google" can help you with that. People who don't like coding might find some parts of this course boring.
Also, one review mentions that finding the solution code was hard . LOL. There's just one github repository, how hard is it to search in a github repository? In fact, you don't even need to search the repository, because the links to the solution codes were given directly in the instructor code.

I think it is a good course. It cleared a lot of my concepts.
ps: I was complete noobie to web development before this course.
Jeanette Samuelsen

If you already know some Python, HTML and CSS, but want to learn to build web applications, with and without a framework, then I think it's a decent course. For me it was mostly a good and engaging learning experience. What I didn't like was that the instructor didn't use any coding standards (PEP 8 would have been a good choice), and that sometimes there were errors in the example code provided. Also, I think it would have been more interesting to build a new web application in lesson 4, than to build the same application as in lesson 3 (only now without detailed instructions).
Anonymous

i was completed this course, spending 7 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.

This was a true disappointment. Riddled with errors that made completing the material impossible and an instructor who just copied and pasted code without explaining any of it. I spent all of my time teaching myself outside of Udacity how to use Flask & SQLAlchemy with multiple flavors of databases. This class was the reason I quit the Full Stack Nanodegree.
Anonymous

I'm honestly debating even continuing the course after enduring one lesson of this CRUD course. I understand what Lorenzo is trying to convey conceptually but the he moves at light speed with no elaboration on the key concepts. Leaving the student piecing together every aspect of your program is not how you teach a person, at all. It's an awful attempt at teaching in comparison to the others at the beginning of the full stack course.
David Gutierrez

I'm almost done with the course . I find it really good .Indeed it is not for people with zero knowledge of web technologies . But the overall course I find it very good. Now prices went up and the old price of $199 a month does not exist any more .
Anonymous

The instructor seems to be in a rush and the concepts introduced have no structure. This course is definitely not suited for beginners or experts. This might be a refresher course for someone who already know these things.
Samir Abo El Yameen

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You Jia Sun

All the codes, guidelines, everything is clear and easy to follow. Great lecture videos! Finally, have a chance to learn the backend staff. Thanks so much to the platform and the great lecturer!
Anonymous

This isn't such a bad course. if you're willing to invest some time in researching things yourself. Got me up to speed with Flask and SQLAlchemy