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Full Stack Application Development Capstone Project

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Full Stack Application Development Capstone Project

This course is part of IBM Full Stack Software Developer Professional Certificate

Instructors: Upkar Lidder +1 more

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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7 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

208 reviews

Advanced level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule

2 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

91%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

Combine and apply your JavaScript, React.js, Python, Node.js, and Express skills by completing a real-world project.
Build a real-world web application using front end and back-end technology.
Deploy your Django full stack web application on the cloud using containers and serverless.
Practice DevOps principles by employing CI/CD pipelines.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Application Design
Category: CI/CD
Category: User Accounts
Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: Back-End Web Development
Category: Application Development
Category: Web Design and Development
Category: Full-Stack Web Development
Category: Microservices
Category: Javascript
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Web Development

Tools you'll learn

Category: Frontend Integration
Category: Django (Web Framework)
Category: Kubernetes
Category: Restful API
Category: Node.JS
Category: GitHub
Category: Web Applications

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Assessments

5 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 7 modules in this course

Show your mastery of full stack application development by completing this capstone project! In this course, you will apply your knowledge and skills to a real-life inspired challenge and use your expertise to develop a successful solution.

The project provides you with an opportunity to solidify your full stack proficiency. As you design a dynamic user experience, you will develop frontend pages, add user administration, build actions for database operations, create backend services, and configure CI/CD pipelines. You will boost your capabilities with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Django, React, Node js and NoSQL (Mongo), Containerization, IBM Code Engine, Python, and Kubernetes. Then you will devise a solution for managing the containerized deployment of your application. This project is created for you to apply knowledge of relevant and in-demand skills such as: - Designing applications and their architecture - Creating web frontends with static and dynamic pages using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and REACT - Implementing user management and authentication - Developing backend services and communicating with databases - Continuously Integrating and Deploying changes using CI/CD pipelines - Deploying serverless applications on Code Engine - Creating and invoking RESTful microservices - Deploying the entire solution on Cloud using Kubernetes When you complete this project, you will have a working Full Stack application showpiece that will impress potential employers. Before completing this project, it is highly recommended that you complete all the prior courses offered in the IBM Full Stack Software Developer Professional Certificate.

In this module, you will fork the GitHub repo containing the project template. This template includes the main Django application and a skeleton structure of the front-end and back-end. After that, you will clone the repo and work in the lab environment to create static pages for your dealership.

What's included

2 videos1 reading1 assignment1 app item2 plugins

In this module, you will create the user management system to allow users to register, login, and logout. You will also build your front-end for the Django Application to provide a graphic user interface (GUI) for user management.

What's included

1 reading1 assignment1 app item

In this module, you will implement some endpoints in the Express application that transact with MongoDB. You will then containerize the Mongo and Express server using Docker and run it. Further, you will also set up Car Make and Car Model with Django Models and populate the database. You will then deploy a sentiment analyzer to the IBM Code Engine. Finally, you will create proxy services to access these external services.

What's included

2 readings1 assignment3 app items

2 readingsTotal 10 minutes

Node.js Mongo DB dockerized server Overview5 minutes
Django Models Views5 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 24 minutes

Checklist: Back End24 minutes

3 app itemsTotal 300 minutes

Hands-on Lab: Implement API endpoints using Express-Mongo90 minutes
Hands-on Lab: Build CarModel and CarMake Django Models90 minutes
Hands-on Lab: Create Django Proxy Services of Backend APIs120 minutes

In this module, you will add dynamic pages with REACT components to list the dealerships, filter the dealerships by State, view dealer details, and add dealer reviews.

What's included

1 reading1 assignment1 app item

In this module, you will set a CI/CD action flow for linting all the JS and Python files you have created. You will then run all the server-side components, including the Express-Mongo server in a Docker container and the sentiment analyzer serverless deployment on Code Engine. Finally, you will build the front-end REACT application and deploy the Django application on Kubernetes.

What's included

2 readings1 assignment2 app items

In this module, you will submit your work for the final review.

What's included

3 readings1 peer review1 app item

In this module, you will apply your knowledge to enhance your Car Dealerships website. The module includes three labs, each offering a different enhancement to your portal. In the first part, you’ll enhance the front-end of your application by adjusting logic and addressing styling-related elements. The second part will help you enhance your application by developing a new back-end car inventory microservice and integrating it with the Django app back end. The third part is where you’ll construct and integrate the front-end that corresponds to the back-end enhancement implemented in Part 2. Following this, you’ll be elevating the output of your improved Django application.

What's included

3 app items1 plugin

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Frequently asked questions

This project requires you to engineer a multi-tiered, real-world Car Dealership application using a modern microservices architecture. On the front end, you will design a dynamic user experience using React components, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. The core backend application is built using Python and Django, which handles user management, authentication, and relational data modeling. Additional asynchronous microservices are powered by Node.js and Express, communicating directly with a MongoDB NoSQL database.

You will move beyond localized development to learn production-grade cloud deployment and orchestration. Throughout the modules, you will containerize your Express-Mongo services using Docker. You will then deploy a specialized sentiment analyzer microservice as a serverless workload on IBM Code Engine. Finally, you will manage, scale, and deploy the entire integrated Django full-stack solution onto a live cloud environment using Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and robust container management.

Yes. Continuous integration and delivery are central pillars of this capstone. You will configure automated CI/CD action workflows via GitHub to run code linting and quality checks across all your JavaScript and Python source files. Furthermore, you will build and integrate an independent back-end car inventory microservice, wire up proxy services to securely handle cross-origin RESTful API requests, and refine the application's overall logic and user interface into a polished showpiece for your portfolio.

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