Managing a server is pretty complicated, and building with serverless architectures simplifies this process. As a student, mastering serverless functions can help you to build projects that solve real-world problems by integrating APIs, constructing user interfaces, and analysing data. Javascript is the core language of this course - one of the most in-demand languages to learn in the industry.

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:zap: Outline

Week 1 - Get Started with Azure Functions!

• Set up tools needed for the "Emotion Reader" project
  • Work with an IDE (VSCode)
  • Configure Azure
  • Navigate GitHub
• Code your first Serverless Function
• Set up your project
  • Configure the Azure Face API
  • Install dependencies
• Learn how to test APIs with Postman

Week 2 - Working with APIs

• Code a HTTP Trigger Serverless Function
  • Parse an image
  • Make a request to an API
  • Return emotion data
• Work with the Giphy and Twilio API
  • Understand POST and GET requests
  • Send data in different formats
  • Text the user a gif

Week 3 - Incorporate a Database

• Implement a CosmosDB database
  • Learn about NoSQL databases and data structures
  • Store data with documents
  • Code functions to work with databases

Week 4 - Building a Frontend

• Code a rudimentary frontend with HTML, CSS, and JS
  • Code and style a page
  • Integrate JS that makes a POST request to the HTTP Triggers
• Visualize emotion data
  • Integrate the data stored in the CosmosDB database
  • Visualize the emotion data retrieved from the Face API

✔️ After completing the cabin, students will create their own app with this timeline:

Week 5 - Brainstorming & Proposals ⛈

Students will submit a final project proposal which should outline, at a high level, what their project will be. This includes a project flowchart that shows the different components of the project and how they will interact with one another.

Week 6 - Developing the MVP 💻

Students will be presenting their MVPs next week and will be working with their instructors and mentors to develop their projects over the course of the next 2 weeks.

Week 7 - Completing the MVP

Students should have an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) of the final project. This should be a bare bones version of the project with the most basic functionality working.

Week 8 - Finalizing & Adding Features 🎀

Students will continue adding features and building their project until it is fully complete.

Week 9 - Final Presentations

Students will prepare a final presentation with a slidedeck on their project as well as write a blog post detailing their project and how they made it from start to finish.

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