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Web Servers and APIs using C++

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Provider

LinkedIn Learning
Pricing

Free Trial Available
Languages

English
Certificate

Certificate Available
Duration & workload

2 hours 35 minutes
Sessions

On-Demand
Level

Intermediate

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Become a C++ Developer

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Learn how to build data-driven websites and make RESTful API calls using C++.

Syllabus

Introduction

Why use C++ to make a website?
What you should know

1. Installing Our Tools

Installing Docker
Installing Atom
Creating a Dockerfile
Running a Dockerfile
Adding a volume
Building Crow
Serving the example
Challenge: Modify the example page
Solution: Modify the example page

2. Deploying to Heroku

Creating a Heroku account
Installing the Heroku CLI
Deploying our container to Heroku
Saving our container to Docker Hub

3. Building Websites

Creating HTML pages
Serving HTML pages
Serving static content
Challenge: Create a new webpage
Solution: Create a new webpage

4. Data Access

Creating an mLab account
Uploading JSON data
Adding the MongoDB C++ drivers
Querying Mongo data
Adding dynamic data to a page
Challenge: Create a webpage with data
Solution: Create a webpage with data

5. RESTful APIs

Creating an endpoint
Parsing the path
Reading the query string
Converting to JSON data
Challenge: Create an endpoint
Solution: Create an endpoint

6. WebSockets and Crow

Reviewing the JavaScript client code
Creating the C++ server code
Running WebSocket on Heroku

Conclusion

Next steps

Taught by

Troy Miles

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