Beginning Modern JavaScript Development with Microservices, WebRTC, and React

Description

The software industry is evolving very rapidly and new programming languages are emerging continuously, however, JavaScript has managed to remain the most popular choice for web developers. In fact, around 88% of the websites developed to date have some part of JavaScript code in the background. With features such as native browser support and client-side processing, JavaScript will ensure that its relevance is not lost. By learning to implement JavaScript in your web applications, you can ensure seamless interaction and increase the dynamic aspects of your application.

Overview

This fast-paced practical course focuses on application development while discussing the JavaScript libraries that help to build them. We look at the libraries in JavaScript that help to build applications that have a microservices-based architecture, have features like audio and video calling, real-time score updates, multi-faceted search options, and so on. We not only look at building these applications but also explore a number of best practices to be followed.

Take home the skills to build web applications for changing times.

Scope

This course will cover the application development aspect of JavaScript only. It will not cover the basics of JavaScript. It is assumed that the audience is well-versed in the basics of JavaScript.

Target Audience:

This course is ideal for client-side JavaScript developers.

Course-specific Technical Requirements

Hardware

This course will require a computer system for the instructor and one for each student. The minimum hardware requirements are as follows:

Processor: i3
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Hard disk: 10 GB
Internet connection

Software

For this course, we will use the following software:

Windows 8 (64-bit)
Atom
Node.js
Bootstrap 4
React
The latest version of Google Chrome

Course duration

3 Days

Course outline

Microservices Architecture

Topic A: Introduction to Microservices Architecture

Introduction to Seneca

Topic A: Using Seneca
Topic B: Creating Your First Seneca Application

Communication

Topic A: WebRTC
Topic B: WebRTC Applications Using PeerJS
Topic C: Introduction to Socket.IO

Functional Reactive Programming

Topic A: Introduction to Reactive Programming
Topic B: Functional Programming in a Nutshell

Using the FRP Library � Bacon.js

Topic A: Errors and Exception Handling in Bacon.js
Topic B: Bacon APIs

Using the Features of Bootstrap 4

Topic A: Introduction to Bootstrap 4
Topic B: Understanding the rem and em CSS Units
Topic C: The Card Component

React and Flux

Topic A: Understanding React
Topic B: Getting Started with JSX
Topic C: Flux and Flux.js
Topic D: Introduction to React Router