Parse Server: From Front End to Full Stack (2017)-0daytown

Learn how to build & host a javascript backend for your app with the open source parse server

What Will I Learn?

You’ll have the skills to setup and manage your own instance of Parse Server with your own mongoDB database
You will have a deep understanding of the parse database system, how to define the tables & columns, how to use the Javascript SDK to insert data as well as how to perform complex queries
You’ll learn how to interact between your client application and your parse server using the Javascript Client SDK
Know how to implement the Parse user features such as signup and login, including verification via email and password reset.
Know the different mechanisms parse makes available to you to secure your application.
Know how to extend your parse server with custom functionality by writing javascript functions which are executed on the server side, called Cloud Code
Know how to release your parse application to production, do things like add a custom domain, setup security as well as how to host your own landing page or simple website.

Requirements
It’s designed for people who are newer to web development but you should you must have a basic knowledge of javascript for this course. You need to be able to declare variables, create and call functions, loop through arrays, log to and view the console.
Knowing how to debug your application in your browser would a benefit to you
Knowledge of git and node would be ideal, if you don’t have any then we have links in the appendix to the course where you will learn how to setup these tools and the basics of how to use them.

Description
Welcome to this course where you will learn how to build, use & deploy a backend for your web or mobile application, using the popular javascript based open-source framework, Parse Server.

By the end of this course:-

You’ll have the skills to setup and deploy to production your own instance of Parse using the popular hosting platform called Heroku.
You’ll know how to interact with the database system, how to define tables & columns, insert data and perform queries.
You will learn how to quickly implement feature like signup, login, forget password and even reset password.
As well as how to secure your application and data with the different mechanisms parse makes available to you, including class level permissioning, ACLs and role based permissioning.
On this course you will also learn how to extend your parse server with custom functionality by writing javascript code which is executed on the server side.
You’ll also have step by step instructions for how to how to release your parse application to production.
How this course is structured

This course follows a strategy of theory & practice.

It’s not just a series of videos of me talking but a combination of lectures & practical exercises designed to cement your knowledge as you go along.

Each section is about 1hr long and split about 60% lectures and 40% a practical exercise for you to complete.

You’ll learn:-

How to setup and run parse server.
Use the Javascript Client SDK
Define a Database Schema
Handle Asynchronous programming with javascript Promises
Perform Database Queries,
Including the new “Live Queries” feature which lets you built real-time apps! For example a chat application!
How to authenticate & authorise users
Upload Files
Implement Geolocation functionality.
Write Server Side Cloud Code
Host a basic website alongside your parse sever
Release it to Production
Who are you?

The course is designed for people who are newer to web development, but you must at the very least have a basic knowledge of javascript.

This is NOT a course where I recommend you learn javascript as you go along, at the very least you need to be able to:-

Declare variables
Create and call functions
Loop through arrays
Interact with objects
Perhaps you are a front end developer who’s keen to add backend knowledge call themselves a full stack.

Perhaps you are an entrepreneur who wants to quickly build an MVP without wasting valuable time coding up a backend from scratch.

Knowledge of git and node would be ideal, but if you don’t have any then we have some links in the appendix to the course where you will learn both how to setup these tools and the basics of how to use them.

So feel free to look through the course description, preview any of the lectures and I look forward to seeing you on the inside!

Who is the target audience?
A front end developer who’s frustrated at not having the skills to code the backend of your application, always reliant on others or 3rd party solutions that never quite deliver on everything you need.
An entrepreneur who wants to quickly and easily build an MVP without wasting valuable time coding up a complex backend from scratch. Parse is a backend in a box, one of the fastest ways to get up and running with a product.
Perhaps you are a front end dev who wants to call yourself a full stack, be able to build both the front and back ends of your applications.

Parse Server: From Front End to Full Stack (2017)