raphaelseguin/capstone-project

Treehouse Techdegree Project #12

Capstone Project

Build Your Own Web Application

Treehouse Techdegree Project #12

Set up your JavaScript-powered web app

• Build your app using any of the technologies or application frameworks you've learned so far such as React, the MEAN Stack, Express, and Node.js
• View a list of app ideas below the project instructions

Connect to at least two APIs

• Display data from at least two other web sites by connecting to their API

Front end design and layout

• Use a responsive front end framework like Bootstrap to style your app
• You can add your own custom CSS to give your app a unique look

Manage your app's data with a database

• Use a relational database like MySQL
• Or use a document-based data store like MongoDB

Check for issues with your JavaScript code using JSHint, linked in the project resources

• JSHint may show you some warnings, so make sure to check through those for any potential problems
• You do not need to fix every warning listed but reviewing them can be useful

Put your project in a new GitHub repository on your GitHub account

• See the workshop on Using GitHub for the Degree Program

App portability

• Your app should run successfully after running npm install and npm start in a local clone of the GitHub repository

Deploy your project

• Make your application available at a public URL, and submit the URL for review
• See the resources section below for free hosting options
• View Treehouse tutorials for deploying to Heroku, and using mLab for a MongoDB instance, in the project resources

Extra Credit

• Use more than two APIs in your app
• Write custom CSS to layout and style your app further than the default Bootstrap style
• Use HTML5 validation to make sure that required fields are filled out and input is formatted correctly
• Write unit tests for your code using Mocha.js and an assertion library like Chai