Compiled Learning Objectives

At the end of the sprint, you should be able to do the following things. Make sure to check you can do them all, and if not, go back and keep practicing until you can.

Introduction to Express (Prep)

• Create an Express server

Make a Node Project (Prep)

• Create a new repo from scratch
• Initialize a Node project

Building the server (Prep)

• Import the Express package in a file

Communicating with the server (Prep)

• Define a handler function
• Inspect the request and response objects in console
• Inspect the request and response objects in Postman

Routing (Prep)

• Identify the endpoint in a URL
• Define two endpoints in Express

Query Parameters (Prep)

• Identify a query parameter in a URL
• Write code that responds to a query parameter

Prep Non-verbal Communication (Prep)

• Describe 5 different ways we communicate non-verbally
• Describe how the four elements of the STAR method are used in applying for jobs

Non-Verbal Communication (Day Plan)

• Demonstrate working with colleagues using culturally sensitive, non-verbal body language

Express Workshop (Day Plan)

• Initialise a project with npm
• Install Express as a dependency
• Build a server using Express