All About APIs - Servers and tools.¶

Using json-server
Setup
1. Create directory - test_server
2. touch server.js - server startup file
3. npm init - create config file. Set server.js as the start script.
4. Create server.js file.
5. npm install faker json-server --save-dev

    //server.js
    const jsonServer = require('json-server')
    const customers = require('./customers')
    const server = jsonServer.create()
    const router = jsonServer.router(customers())
    const middlewares = jsonServer.defaults()

    server.use(middlewares)
    server.use(router)
    server.listen(3000, () => {
      console.log('JSON Server is running')
    })

    //customer.js
    var faker = require('faker')
    function generateCustomers () {
        var customers = []
        for (var id = 0; id < 50; id++) {

        var firstName = faker.name.firstName();
        var lastName = faker.name.lastName();
        var phoneNumber = faker.phone.phoneNumberFormat();

        customers.push({
            "id": id,
            "first_name": firstName,
            "last_name": lastName,
            "phone": phoneNumber
        })
    }
    return { "customers": customers}
    }
    module.exports = generateCustomers

REST Test Endpoints¶

Projects of interest¶

Software Engineering¶

Kevlin Henney - #KevlinHenney

Web¶

Tools to watch¶

Vapor - Swift3 framework for web application development.
Electrode - made by Walmart. ReactJS framework essentially.

JavaScript¶

elm
- Tutorial
- Awesome list of Elm Tutorials
GrapeJs - Web builder framework. JavaScript. Sites without coding. Integrate into own site.
Monaco Editor - Microsoft javascript based code editor.

Resource Lists¶

Awesome Awesome List - List of lists
Awesome Weekly - Github
Awesome Serverless List
Awesome Python
Awesome Boilerplates & Templates
Awesome Elm Tutorials
Awesome Flask
Awesome PHP
Awesome Angular
Awesome Angular Components
Awesome IOS - main site
Awesome Kotlin
Front-end Dev Bookmarks
raywenderlich.com - IOS/development resources

List of lists¶

Algorithm Resources¶

Grokking Algorithms Source
Elementary Algorithms and Data Structures
The Coders Hub - Algorithms in multiple languages

Other¶

Boomerang - Data conversion and synchronization
Unison - File sync utility
Report Servers
- ReportServer - integrates Birt reports. Open Source

Serverless¶

Serverless - serverless framework

Mobile Prototyping Tools¶

Marvel - Prototyping tool
CSS3 Animations - use for interactivity
Hammer - JavaScript library for touch.
Axure - Has a free educational version.

Other Projects¶

freeCodeCamp
- Mail For Good - Open Source email campaign management tool.
- Conference For Good
what 3 words - location alternative to addresses
Apostrophe CMS - Node.js based CMS