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JavaScript

Posted by Casey Ydenberg
Casey Ydenberg
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Building a tested API using Express

I'm thinking about creating a tutorial on making an Express-based API that uses automated testing. It would cover a few things that the Treehouse Express course left out, like

  • setting up user accounts and password management
  • connecting with MongoDB

and everything would be tied together by building a spec and tests (no browser required!). I would probably build it out on GitHub and save branches for each step to make it easier to follow along. Probably there would be four or five sections, and I'd publish each one on my blog every couple of weeks.

Two questions:

  • Is this something you think people would find interesting? (Not necessarily you, but someone).
  • Any suggestions on what it should be? I was thinking an RSS feeds manager might be interesting. The world doesn't need another JavaScript to-do list app.