Preparation

Basics of Backend development

• Client server model (6 min)
• HTTP and HTML (7 min)
• Video about node (13 min)
• The structure of a web application Up until the "That’s all folks! (Well, sorta…)" part

Try to formulate answers to these questions and bring your answers to the session:

1. What is the server and what is the client?
2. What is http?
3. What is Node.js?

Basics of Node.js

• First GET request (code introduction) (15 min)
• Refresh on REST
• A basic GET Request
• A basic DELETE request
• What is POSTMAN and how to install - Please install this before the session!

Installation preparation

Node

1. Setup node on your computer (skip to step 2 to check):

   1. Download from: nodejs.org/en/download
   2. Check if node is installed in your system by running the following commands in Command Prompt/PowerShell/Git Bash:

      • node -v
      • npm -v
      • In either case you should see the version of node or npm installed.

Postman

What is POSTMAN and how to install it