Build a Stock Market Web App with Node and JavaScript

Description

Node and JavaScript can seem overwhelming at first, but they don't have to be! In this course, the author will walk you through the course step by step and you'll be building your first web app in minutes. You'll be amazed how quick and easy it is to create very professional looking websites, even if you have no programming or web design experience at all. Watch over his shoulder as he builds a cool Stock Market app step by step right in front of you. You'll follow along and build your own copy. By the time we're finished, you'll have a solid understanding of Node and how to use it to build awesome web apps. The course contains 28 videos - and is just over 2 hours long. Watch the videos at your own pace, and post questions along the way if you get stuck. You don't need any special knowledge or software to take this course, though any experience with JavaScript, HTML, or CSS is a plus. The author will walk you through everything. Node is a great web development tool and learning it has never been this easy. We'll build a cool Stock Market Portfolio app that lets you search stock ticker symbols by connecting to a third-party API to collect stock market information about your stocks! We'll style the website using the popular Bootstrap CSS framework. Sign up today and see you on the inside!

What You Will Learn

introductory Node
How To Use API s In Your Node App
How to Use Express JS for Static Webpages
How to Use Handlebars for Dynamic Pages
How To Get Stock Market Data For Your App
Download and Install Node
Basic CSS with Bootstrap 4.1
How To Push Your App To Heroku for Webhosting

Audience

This course is aimed towards beginners who want to learn to build Websites with Node and JavaScript

Approach

Follow along with the instructor and build what he builds. Learn as you build with this hands-on video series.

Key Features

Learn Web Development with Node JS - JavaScript - and Express JS!

About the Author

John Elder

John Elder is a pioneer in Web Development who created one of the first Internet advertising networks back in 1997. He sold it to a publicly traded company at the height of the dot com boom and then went on to create the best-selling Submission-Spider search engine submission software that's been used by over 3 million individuals and small businesses in over 45 countries. John graduated with honors with a degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis where he was an artsci scholar. Today he teaches Web Development courses at Codemy the online code school he founded.

Course Outline

1. Node Installation and Setup

2. Build a Stock Market App with Node

3. Using the Stock Market API

4. Webhosting for Our Node App