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DATABASE

  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLite
  • MongoDB

USER STORIES

DEPLOYMENT

  • Demo on localhost:3000?
  • Deploy to Heroku
  • Buy a domain, put on AWS or DigitalOcean?
  • If you're not going to demo a feature, do you need to build it? If you're launching it, yes you do.

DATA

  • ERD
  • Tables/Collections
    • Fields
  • Nouns

SERVER FRAMEWORK

  • Sinatra
  • Rails
  • Node
  • Node w/ Express

ROUTES

  • If models are nouns, these are verbs
  • RESTful
  • Each action that your models need to do

WIREFRAME/DESIGN

  • Based on user flow from user stories
  • A wireframe for EVERY page of your app
  • Be specific about data points on the page
  • Storyboard the user workflow

UI FRAMEWORK

  • Bootstrap
  • Foundation
  • Pure
  • Bourbon
  • Black Hole
  • Skeleton
  • RESPONSIVE?
    • Re-wireframe a mobile/responsive version
    • Do you need a mobile & web scenario in your User Stories?

JS MVC Framework

  • Angular
  • Ember
  • Backbone
  • Knockout
  • React
  • Meteor
  • Why do you want this?
  • Because it's "cool"
  • Because you want the skill for a job
  • Because you read a tutorial on it

GIT

  • Don't code on master
  • Pick a workflow - git or github
  • Code on a feature or bugfix branch, always
  • Switch to master
  • Merge
  • Delete old branch...ONLY WHEN YOU ARE SURE MASTER WORKS
  • Make new branches for each feature or bugfix that you're working on
  • DO NOT MERGE TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE DEMO

SCAFFOLDING

  • Download all resources you will need
  • Figure out how to install them
  • Are you going to use a generator?
    • MAKE SURE IT WORKS FOR YOU!
    • Gulp vs. Grunt - Yeoman vs. Slush
    • Bower
    • Webpack
  • Back-end or front-end - where to start?

FRONT-END SCAFFOLDING

  • Build static pages first
  • Get the CSS to work
  • Decide on ID's and classes
  • If building responsively, make sure it works here
  • Responsive images?

BACK-END SCAFFOLDING

  • Start with models
  • All database validations
  • Figure out your callbacks
  • Use as many helper methods (code atomically) as you can

GIVE YOURSELF MILESTONES

  • Set due dates
  • Set development targets
  • MEET THEM
  • USE TRELLO

SMART Goals

  • Specific
  • Measurable
  • Achievable
  • Relevant
  • Time-based

Communication

  • Slack
  • Telegram
  • E-mail
  • Trello
  • SMS
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