Description
Objective:
This first assignment will get you setup with your 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
In order to create web applications and publish them online, you will need to download and install the following software.
• Visual Studio Code
• Node.js
• Git
• Heroku CLI (Command Line Interface)
Step 2: Following the Guide
The next step involves following along with the “Getting Started With Heroku” Guide available on the course website. You may skip the “Required Software” section, however if you need help verifying that the required software is installed correctly this section provides some additional information.
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 “Mohammad Shamas – 037465064”
• 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
* I declare that this assignment is my own work in accordance with Seneca Academic Policy.
* No part of this assignment has been copied manually or electronically from any other source
* (including web sites) or distributed to other students.
*
* Name: ______________________ Student ID: ______________ Date: ________________
*
* Online (Heroku) URL: _______________________________________________________
*
********************************************************************************/
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)
3. Submit the URL to your app on Heroku as an assignment comment (not just within the file, but also in the comment section when you are submitting the assignment)
Important Note:
• NO LATE SUBMISSIONS for assignments. Late assignment submissions will not be accepted and will receive a grade of zero (0).
• Submitted assignments must run locally, ie: start up errors causing the assignment/app to fail on startup will result in a grade of zero (0) for the assignment.
