Project 1 Server Resources

These resources are helpful extra reading that may clarify or enhance concepts you’re learning in the main curriculum.

Typescript

• Official TS handbook

Express and RESTFUL APIs

• What is a web server?

  General background info on how servers work

• Setting up Typescript and Express

  A guide on setting up the tools for this weeks project. Good explanation on generating and modifying a TS config file

• Node fs and Express

  Good node tutorial demonstrating using json object as a mock database

• How to parse data with Express

  A brief guide to the different ways you can deal with data in your server

• Testing your server

  Documentation on using Postman to make a collection of tests for api endpoints