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Sripriya Saravanan
Sripriya Saravanan

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FULL STACK -DAY 1

Today marks the beginning of my Full Stack Development journey...
I explored the fundamentals of modern web development and set up the tools required to build real-world applications.
*Tools & Platforms Installed *
✅ Vercel
✅ Render
✅ MongoDB Atlas
✅ MongoDB Compass
✅ React + Node.js Environment
First, I installed Node.js and verified the installation using Command Prompt.
Understanding the environment setup helped me learn how JavaScript runs outside the browser using Node.js.

React Setup Using Vite
Next, I created my first React project using Vite
Vite provides a faster and modern development environment for React applications.
After successful setup, my React application ran perfectly on localhost


After setup, my react app(in local host):

Creating My First Node.js Server

I created a file named:

server.js

Then I wrote a simple Node.js server and executed the code successfully.

This helped me understand:

  1. Server creation
  2. Handling requests
  3. Running backend applications



Calculator Project
To practice JavaScript concepts, I created a simple calculator using Node.js.
The calculator performs:

  1. Addition
  2. Subtraction
  3. Multiplication
  4. Division This mini-project improved my understanding of:
  5. Functions
  6. User input
  7. Arithmetic operations
  8. Node.js execution Successfully getting the output.  The output:  Introduction to Express.js

I explored Express.js, a popular Node.js framework used to build web applications and APIs.
Steps Performed
Created a new folder:
myapp
Initialized Node project:
npm init
Installed Express.js:
npm install express
After installation, the node_modules folder was automatically created.
Then I created:
app.js
and executed the code successfully
This was my first step toward backend API development.


Then I created:"app.js"


The output is:


MongoDB & MongoDB Atlas
MongoDB Atlas

  1. Signed into MongoDB Atlas
  2. Selected FREE tier
  3. Created deployment

** MongoDB Compass**

  1. Opened MongoDB Compass
  2. Copied Atlas connection string
  3. Replaced password in the connection URL
  4. Connected successfully
    After connection, I performed simple CRUD operations:

  5. Create

  6. Read

  7. Update

  8. Delete

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