Week of October 28th

This week focuses on testing, deployment, and optimization of the e-commerce web application developed over the past two weeks. The emphasis is on implementing comprehensive testing strategies, deploying the full-stack application to AWS, and setting up continuous integration and deployment pipelines.

Workshops

• .NET

Execute Program

• Finish previous courses

Topics

• Writing and organizing unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests

• Mocking external dependencies in tests

• Understanding and configuring different deployment environments (development, staging, production)

• Infrastructure as Code concepts and implementation with AWS CDK

• AWS resource provisioning and configuration (EC2, S3, security groups)

• Environment variable management across different deployment stages

• Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines

• Optimizing applications for production deployment

• AWS permissions and security best practices

Project

• Develop a comprehensive testing strategy for the e-commerce application

• Implement tests using Cypress, Postman, and Node's testing library

• Create a deployment plan for AWS infrastructure

• Deploy the backend to an AWS EC2 instance

• Host static frontend files on an AWS S3 bucket

• Set up and configure necessary AWS resources (e.g., security groups, IAM roles)

• Implement Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK

• Configure environment variables for different deployment stages

• Document the setup, deployment process, and usage instructions

Stretch Goals

• Set up a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline for automatic deployment on push to main

• Implement staging environments in addition to development and production

• Optimize application performance for production environment

Additional Skills

• Code organization and modularization for testability

• Advanced TypeScript usage in testing and deployment scripts

• Understanding of cloud architecture and best practices

• Debugging deployment issues in cloud environments

• Writing clear and comprehensive technical documentation

This week brings together all aspects of the software development lifecycle, from testing to deployment, providing a holistic view of bringing a web application to production. It emphasizes the importance of thorough testing, secure and scalable deployment practices, and the use of modern DevOps tools and techniques.