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Learn by doing
This course is hands-on. We build the thing and then we ship the thing. By the end of the course we'll have fully working, deployed, and secure API Service in Clojure.
Step-by-step
The focus is on thematic units that are introduced gradually. You will never feel lost and you will always know how the things connect.
Understand
Understand how to build a web service , how to combine libraries into a cohesive unit. Comprehend in and outs and grasp how the things work together.
What are we building?
We are building Cheffy backend; AirBnB for Chefs—the frontend is build with re-frame. The service exposes Recipes, Conversations, and Accounts, everything documented with Swagger.
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Recipes
This allows us to CRUD recipes. Additionally recipes have steps and ingredients, which we'll also CRUD.
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Conversations
Conversations endpoints allows us to retrieve user conversations, list messages, and create a message.
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Accounts
Accounts endpoing will be handled via Auth0. We'll talk to Auth0 to store roles and obtain user information.
What are we using?
Our REST API service exposes multiple endpoints with JWT for Auth—backed by Auth0. Serving JSON, Transit (msgpack, json), or EDN from PostgreSQL, and is hosted on Heroku.
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Libraries
If you spend a few minutes with a Clojurist you will know that we prefer to compose libraries, instead of relying on frameworks.
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Services
Modern application development relies on services instead of trying to reinvent the wheel. We'll use Auth0 for Authentication and Heroku for hosting and PostgreSQL.
