Web & Server App Development
Course 2 of Road To Tech. Eighteen weeks: build a website in React, then the server that powers it — Node, Express and Parse Server — and deploy both to the internet.
Outcome: Ship a deployed full-stack application with real users and stored data.
Learners start with React and local state, then connect to a real backend they can use before they have to build one. By week 10 they have a deployed app with user accounts and stored data.
The second half goes under the hood: Node, HTTP, Express, and then Parse Server — which turns out to be an Express application they can now read. Cloud Code stops being magic and becomes ordinary server code.
Requires Introduction to JavaScript, or equivalent experience with JavaScript fundamentals, the DOM and async code.
What you'll get
- React: components, state, hooks, forms and routing
- A real backend with accounts, queries and file storage
- Node, Express and REST APIs built from scratch
- Parse Server, Cloud Code, and deploying what you build
Who this is for
- Graduates of Introduction to JavaScript
- Anyone comfortable with JavaScript fundamentals
- Learners building their first full-stack application
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Outcome: Build a starter toolkit for safe and practical AI use.
Introduction to JavaScript
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Course 1 of Road To Tech. Twelve weeks from your first line of code to a working program you demo live — for complete beginners, free, in Accra and online.
Outcome: Write real JavaScript and Node.js programs — the first step on Road To Tech.
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Outcome: Publish a working mobile app to the Play Store and App Store under your own name.