This first assignment will get you setup with your development environment, tooling, and a Heroku account as well as introduce you to the development workflow used in this course (Visual Studio Code + Git + Heroku).
Specification:
For this assignment, we will be publishing our first web app on Heroku.
Step 1: Installing Software
• Visual Studio Code
• Node.js
• Git
• Heroku CLI (Command Line Interface)
Step 2: Following the Guide
Step 3: Customizing the server code (server.js)
Once you have completed the guide (Step 2), and have a simple "Hello World" app running on Heroku, you must personalize the output:
• Instead of "Hello World" – change your app to output your full name and student number, for example "James Mwangi - 057465064"
• HINT: If you make any changes to your server.js file after publishing to Heroku, you will have to: o Commit your changes to your local git repo using the following procedure:
▪ Click on the Source Control Icon in the sidebar that has a "1" on it in Visual Studio Code ▪ Enter a message (in the "Message" box) describing your change, ie "updated server.js" ▪ Click the checkmark above the message box to commit your changes. o Push your changes to Heroku by issuing the command: " git push heroku master" from the Integrated Terminal in Visual Studio Code
Assignment Submission:
1. Add the following declaration at the top of your server.js file (do not forget to include the URL to your app on Heroku:
/********************************************************************************* * WEB322: Assignment 1
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* Online (Heroku) URL: _______________________________________________________
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********************************************************************************/
2. Compress (.zip) the files in your Visual Studio working directory (this is the folder that you opened in Visual Studio – it should contain a node_modules folder, a server.js file and a package.json file) Important Note:
• Paste your Webapp’s Heroku URL in the Comments Section of the submissions page. Failure to paste Heroku URL in the Comments Section of your submissions page will attract a -1.0 penalty. This means that your web app’s Heroku URL should be pasted in the declaration section at the top of server.js code and also be pasted in the Comments Section of your submissions page.
• Submitted assignments must run locally i.e. start up errors causing the assignment app to fail on startup will result in a grade of zero (0) for the assignment.
