I am still on my Backend Development study track. I was working through the API development section from The Odin Project’s Node.js course.
I continued going through the API tutorial with Node.js and Express. I am pretty much done but I reviewed the material on authentication and permissions. It was interesting to see the topic come up again. I had a moment of panic when I started to think about applying authentication to the API. Thankfully, I calmed down after remembering my previous implementation. Authentication still seems scary to me but now I know I can and have done it before. Something about hackers getting all my data freak me out lol.
The main take away from the review was that all APIs try to adhere to REST architecture but tend to fail in one area or another hence the term “RESTful” or “RESTish” started to be used to describe such implementations. I always wondered why that was the case and now I have a somewhat definitive answer.
I am going to work to wrap up the tutorial and keeps things moving. I have a lot of work left but I think it is time for me to move on from focusing on my backend studies and finally tackle the big bad wolf of DSAs. It has been a long journey but I am slowly going to work back to where I started so many rounds ago. I can’t quit now.
TLDR;
Okay, so here are the highlights of what I did:
- Backend -> Continued going through the material on API development with
Node.jsfrom The Odin Project’s backend development course. Continued through the API tutorial. Reviewed the section on authentication in APIs.
Goal For Round 8 of the #100DaysofCode Challenge
This is my eighth round of the “#100daysofcode” challenge. I will be continuing my work from round five, six, and seven into round eight. I was working through the book “Cracking the Coding Interview” by Gayle Laakmann McDowell. My goal was to become more familiar with algorithms and data structures. This goal was derived from my goal to better understand operating systems and key programs that I use in the terminal regularly e.g. Git. This goal was in turn derived from my desire to better understand the fundamental tools used for coding outside of popular GUIs. This in turn was derived from my desire to be a better back-end developer.
I am currently putting a pause on the algorithm work to build some backend/full stack projects. I primarily want to improve my skills with the back-end from an implementation perspective. I have improved tremendously in terminal and CLI skills but I lost focus due to how abstract the algorithm concepts got. I wanted to work on things that were more tangible until I can get to a position where I could directly benefit from improving my algorithm skills and theoretical knowledge. So that’s the focus right now. Build my backend skills and prove my full stack capabilities by building some dope projects.
Again, I still have no idea if my path is correct but I am walking down this road anyways. Worst case scenario I learn a whole bunch of stuff that will help me out on my own personal projects. Best case scenario I actually become one of those unicorn developers that go on to start a billion dollar company… You never know LOL.