DEV Community: Stephen A Brooks

Building a stack

Stephen A Brooks — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 03:10:27 +0000

Building a stack for data rendering and handling seemed like they all follow the same MVC structure. I might be wrong about that but it's the same idea but structured differently. Building an Express app is kind of similiar to the way you would with React, but not quite the same as Angular's build. Almost the same as asp.Net Core's MVC, or at least the same principle.

When I learned the basics and learned how to build with Node and express for a full stack application, it opened my eyes to how it's done. I have built MERN apps and Express Apps as a freelancer since then, sometimes WordPress or shopify. Although I don't like using those because I don't feel creative when using platforms to piece together content, but if it what the client wants and they pay for it.

This recent period of time seemed to have slowed down with website creations or even maintenance on existing ones. Have any of you experienced this too or is it just my area? Even with referrals, when I did get some, it slowed down to. What I do during that time is keep learning new techniques and creating courses to sell, so I don't lose skills I learned either.

My recent portfolio if anyone wants to critique or make suggestions,

https://stephens-webapps.herokuapp.com/

Server language

Stephen A Brooks — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 13:27:52 +0000

I usually use node.js for my server language, and probably varies from each person. I know php has been around a while and has more support with it. Node is faster and handles multiple tasks, whereas php handles one at a time. So it comes down to what type of app you're going to build. Php seems easier to write and less lines of code, but node can be too with express. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that why node is a part of javascript frameworks? Especially for ecommerce sites. C sharp is great but overkill for simple websites. Kind of like putting a hemi in a motorcycle.

Creating Server with Express & Node.js

Stephen A Brooks — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 01:24:36 +0000

In your project folder,npm init -y, then run npm i express. Create an index.js file

In the index.js file, that will start up your project at run time, write this code;

`
const express = require('express');
const ejs = require('ejs');
const app = new express();

// this will set the file to be
// viewed in views folder, your
// index.ejs, html, pug, etc.
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');

app.listen(8000, () => (
console.log('App running')
))
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.render("index")
});
`
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