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)

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

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

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.