General

This course serves as an introduction to modern web application development with JavaScript. The main focus is on building single page applications with ReactJS that use REST APIs built with Node.js.

The course covers testing, configuration and environment management, and the use of MongoDB for storing the application’s data.

The course is 3 units, and the content was originally based on this course held at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki in Spring 2020.

Partners and affiliates of that original course included Houston Inc, Terveystalo, Elisa, K-ryhmä, Unity Technologies and Konecranes. See here for guest lectures on course-related topics given by various experts from our partners and affiliates.

Nonetheless, none of those partnerships exist with the current iteration of COMP 227.

Students who enroll at the course at Pacific are expected to have good programming skills, basic knowledge of web programming and databases, and to know the basics of working with the Git version-control system. You are also expected to have perseverance and the ability for independent problem solving and information seeking.

Part 0 of the course material goes through the content and conduct of the course in more detail. Make sure to read the material and instructions thoroughly.

You can discuss the course and related topics in our dedicated group on Discord.