Overview
The only book on full stack development that covers the 'soft' skills you need to be a successful full stack developer
Explains the underlying concepts of programming examples that will remain relevant as the web evolves
Written by Chris Northwood, Senior Engineer for BBC Research & Development - this is the book he wishes he had when he started his career
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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About this book
Understand the technical foundations, as well as the non-programming skills needed to be a successful full stack web developer. This book reveals the reasons why a truly successful full stack developer does more than write code.
Although you need to feel comfortable working on code at the system, database, API, middleware or user interface level, depending on the task in hand, you also need to be able to deal with the big picture and the little details. The Full Stack Developer recognizes skills beyond the technical, and gives foundational knowledge of the wide set of skills needed in a modern software development team.
What You'll Learn
- Plan your work including Agile vs Waterfall, tools, scrum, kanban and continuous delivery
- Translate UX into code: grids, component libraries and style guides
- Design systems and system architectures (microservices to monoliths)
- Review patterns for APIs (SOAP, AJAX, REST), defining API domains, patterns for REST APIs and more API goodness
- Study the various front-end design patterns you need to know
- Store data, what to consider for security, deployment, in production and more
Who This Book Is For
New graduates or junior developers who are transitioning to working as part of a larger team structure in a multi-disciplinary teams and developers previously focused on only front-end or back-end dev transitioning into full stack.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Chris Northwood is a Senior Engineer working for BBC Research & Development, the research arm of the world's largest public service broadcaster. With a career starting out with Computer Science degrees from the University of York (BEng) and the University of Sheffield (MSc), Chris has worked at major organisations including ThoughtWorks & the University of Oxford, as well as freelance work. He wrote this book distilling the information he learnt over his career as it's the book he wishes he had when he started.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Full Stack Developer
Book Subtitle: Your Essential Guide to the Everyday Skills Expected of a Modern Full Stack Web Developer
Authors: Chris Northwood
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4152-3
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books
Copyright Information: Chris Northwood 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-4151-6Published: 20 November 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-4152-3Published: 19 November 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 348
Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations
Topics: Web Development