The Web Developer Bootcamp - Course Exercises

Exercises, projects, and code-along files from Colt Steele's The Web Developer Bootcamp on Udemy.

Topics Covered

• Command Line -- Unix terminal basics
• Git -- Version control fundamentals
• Node.js & NPM -- Server-side JavaScript and package management
• Express -- Routing, middleware, EJS templating, POST requests
• APIs -- Consuming external APIs with the request module
• Databases -- MongoDB and Mongoose ODM (schemas, CRUD operations)
• Data Associations -- Embedding and referencing documents in Mongoose
• RESTful Routing -- REST architecture and a blog application
• Authentication -- Passport.js, sessions, and local strategy
• Deployment -- Deploying Node/Express apps

Capstone Project: YelpCamp

A full-stack campground review application built iteratively across 11+ versions, featuring:

• User authentication and authorization
• Campground and comment CRUD
• RESTful routes with Express
• Flash messages and error handling
• MongoDB data persistence

Tech Stack

• Runtime: Node.js
• Framework: Express
• Templating: EJS
• Database: MongoDB / Mongoose
• Auth: Passport.js (local strategy)
• Other: body-parser, method-override, connect-flash, express-session