Week05 Project03 Test Deploy Overview

Week of October 7th

This week concentrates on testing and deploying the full-stack quiz application developed over the past two weeks. The focus is on implementing comprehensive testing strategies and successfully deploying both the frontend and backend components of the application.

Workshops

• Persisting data with SQLite and Node

Execute Program

• Finalize incomplete courses
• SQL

Topics

• Unit testing backend functionality with Node’s built-in testing suite
• API testing with Postman
• End-to-end testing with Cypress for React applications
• Component testing in React
• Writing maintainable and readable test cases
• Configuring environment variables for different deployment stages
• Setting up and configuring cloud platforms (AWS EC2)
• Managing CORS policies in deployed applications

Stretches

• Implementing Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• Securing applications with HTTPS

Project

• Develop a comprehensive testing strategy covering unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
• Implement tests using Cypress, Postman, and Node’s testing library
• Deploy both the backend and frontend
• Configure environment variables for different deployment stages
• Document the setup, deployment process, and usage instructions

Additional Skills

• Managing test data and state
• Implementing reverse proxies
• Configuring CORS policies
• Using GitHub Actions for CI/CD