Web development is one of the most highly sought after skills in the software industry today. Full-Stack Web Development From the Ground Up: Principles, Practices, and Technologies presents a systematic and modern treatment of this core area of software development, starting with the fundamentals of front-end development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; moving to front-end development with React; and culminating in server-side development using Express.js, Node.js, and MongoDB.
Using the widely adopted MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js), this undergraduate textbook explores full-stack web development through the step-by-step construction of a pedagogical version of SpeedScore (see https://speedscore.org), a sophisticated full-stack web application that supports the international speedgolf community. The book’s emphasis is not on specific web development technologies, but rather on the underlying concepts, principles, and best practices of web development. This approach lays a solid foundation for students to become proficient web developers who can adapt to the rapidly changing landscape of web development technologies.
