My Backend Engineering @ AltSchool

This repo contains all tasks and assignments during my study in Backend Engineering at AltSchool Africa.

Tools & Techs I've worked with:

• Javascript
• NodeJS
• Express
• SQL
• MySQL
• Sequelize
• MongoDB
• MongoDB Compass & Shell
• Mongoose
• Postman
• Thunderclient
• Git & GitHub
• npm
• Documentation

Session 1 - Intro to NodeJS

Session 2 - NodeJS Core Modules

• Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cX1TMgn69-n7Qw1blAAParVZ88rRuRevg1gNkkH_jKM/edit

Session 3 - Intro to Servers and APIS

Session 4 - Building Web and API servers

• Class exercise: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ylUEBIzNa4FxCIUMYoB9s0vGxKlPRKR1GFTEeZyYOEM/edit
• Assigment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kEWf2TM4_nSmJug_6B93r7H5n--uONunkrDNW3UpMEw/edit

Session 5 - Recap on Building servers

Session 6 - Working with Express

• Class exercise: Converting the exercise in session 4 to an app with express
• Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O2WK5zW8-mWbuzZ6e_vHLnidvVzq8zp-81rpkntZ3uw/edit

Session 8 - Authentication and Authorization

• Class exercise: Adding authentication and authorization to class exercise on students api
• Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RbpLmKOPXpMwUv4u0pqaPPQziUgqWApGzp64JLaDVC4/edit

Session 9 - Intro to Databases

Session 10 - Designing Databases with ERD

• Class exercise: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cb0bsi07jRhtesamaCUEOjT17daiZrbePMr3ZLV6_34/edit

Session 11 - Databases with SQL

• Class exercise: Converting ERD to SQL DBs and tables; and intro to ORMs

Session 12 - Databases with MongoDB

• Class exercise: Converting ERD to MongoDB documents
• Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bGSvyj3RrfXJWauruIvz4-C0mobOokLHsngE48-mldw/edit
  • My ERD: https://drawsql.app/teams/konoha-4/diagrams/assignment-inventorydb

Session 13 - Working with Sequelize: Migrations and Seeders

Sesssion 14 - Working with ODMs: Mongoose

Session 15 - User authentication and User roles, with JWT

Session 16 - Recap on ORMs and ODMS: Sequelize and Mongoose

Session 17 - Testing

Session 18 - Recap on Testing

Session 19 - Error Handling and Logging

Session X WebSockets - OOD & OOA

• Class exercise and assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17_NYxeGcoknCcuW3RRDsV4faDucxDTELyeH5FVyK6pE/edit
• My deployed solution: https://picklyft.onrender.com

Session X - Cron Job

• Assignment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13UOnOIhnS1YAzvshegJD0u87f2St_U64i7HfPjhN16g/edit
• My deployed solution: https://cakealert.onrender.com/