Koa x AngularJS Lecture

by Han Kim

Today we'll explore the wonders of Koa, a 🔥 backend node.js framework that is growing in popularity, and AngularJS, the single page stunner 🌟

We're going to be live coding a simple decoupled app that lets you send fun gifs using the Giphy API!

Feel free to star this repo for future practice and reference!

Lecture Outline

Koa

• Intro
• Express vs. Koa
• Boot It Up
• Directory Structure
• Middlewares
• Routes
• Set up A Mongo Database

AngularJS

• Intro
• Boot It Up
• Directory Structure
• Dependency Injection
• States
• Controllers
• Services & Factories
• Directives

Decouple Architecture

Note: This part of the notes is WIP!

• User Auth
• Server side Auth
• Client Side Auth
• Hook up to Giphy API!\

See the final sample app: https://github.com/hankim813/dbc-sample-app

Let's Code!

Go to Koa: Intro

Final Sample App: https://github.com/hankim813/dbc-sample-app

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Sources

• koa-boot
• angular-boot
• Giphy API
• Mongo
• AngularJS
• Koa
• Koa middlewares and frameworks
• Mongo
• Angular Style Guide
• Scotch.io