Ok, I’m done, I know everything there is another web development now.
Haha, ok, maybe not. But I have FINALLY slogged my way through the coding bootcamp I’ve been working on for the last year.
At this point I’ve really just learned enough to know that I still know pretty much nothing. The good news is that I can proudly point you to my freshly deployed app and say yes, I got through the entire stupid course and built a FULL STACK WEB APPLICATION.
Admittedly, it’s not much to look at, especially when you compare it with platforms like Shopify, Medium or any of the many services that enable total beginners to get up and running with little / no coding skills, it really looks like nothing.
But I will tell you right now, this was not nothing. A year ago, I knew HTML circa 1997, and had poked at CSS with minimal success a few times. Now I have some decent experience with javascript / node. I can bumble my way around Bootstrap. I know how to build dynamic HTML using EJS templates. Learning how that worked in itself, was pretty mind-blowing.
I learned how to use mongoDB and Express, and even implemented “full CRUD” (Create, Read Update, Delete) functionality for users.
Do you have any idea how much goes in to making a freaking user account????
Not only can users make an account, once they are logged in, users can upload photos! Which are stored in the cloud! Passwords are hashed and salted! Posts are geolocated and cool maps are automatically generated! And much more!
There’s still a million things I could do to improve the app and it’s not actually useful at all, but I learned a lot and I’m proud of myself for getting through it, so I thought I'd post something while I allow myself a brief break in studying while I figure out...WHAT NEXT??