Wrapping Up What We’ve Learned
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[00:00 - 00:04] Congratulations on making it to the end of the course. Give yourself a pat on the back for sticking with it.
[00:05 - 00:17] We've covered a ton of concepts and done a lot of work over these six modules. We built and deployed a real world app with React and Node that handles OAuth with the Spotify API. That's no small feat.
[00:18 - 00:26] Going forward, feel free to build upon this project however you like. There are so many more ways you can leverage the Spotify API to make this app more interesting.
[00:27 - 00:35] We haven't even scratched the surface. Put your own spin on it and make it your own. It will for sure be a great portfolio project.
[00:36 - 01:24] So let's take a second to sum up what we learned. We learned what REST APIs are and how they work, what OAuth is and how it works, how to create a Node server with Express, how to authorize a user with the Spotify API, how to set up an efficient development workflow with client server architecture , how to use local storage to store authorization tokens, how to fetch data from a third party API in a React app, how to set up routing in a React app with React Router, how to handle asynchronous code with React hooks and a sync await, how to efficiently style a React app with style components, and how to deploy an app with a React frontend and a Node.js backend to Heroku.
[01:25 - 01:39] And we accomplished all of this using Node.js Express, create React app, style components, the Spotify Web API and Heroku. Finally, thank you so much for joining me in this course.
[01:40 - 01:58] I hope you learned a thing or two and like I mentioned before, we've only just scratched the surface on what we can do with the Spotify Web API. If you ever have a question, feel free to comment in line or join the Newline Discord at newline.co/discord.