I am preparing a curriculum for a JavaScript course for a local in-person class hosted by a local non-profit. I have been given an outline of the course that is apparently approved by the Dept of Education. The outline simply has the topics and subtopics listed, but no actual substance. It is my job to create presentations and projects off this outline.
The outline includes coverage of Node.js. It does not include any JavaScript frameworks such as Vue, React or Angular. I don’t know view but am somewhat familiar with React and Angular, though I don’t know if I know enough to teach it. Moreover, I don’t think I would have course time available to teach those, given what else needs to be covered.
Moreover, I learned Node.js back in 2019 in college but have not used it since. I definitely need to brush up on it, which I don’t think will be too difficult.
But here’s the problem. I need to create a Node project for the students to do. I’m sure I could come up with a fairly simple idea that I could flesh out on the backend. But I don’t know what to do about a frontend, since we wouldn’t be using React, Vue or Angular. In college we used Angular as a frontend.
Can a frontend for a Node.js app be created from just HTML, CSS and vanilla JavaScript? What would that look like? Or do I need some sort of framework for a frontend? And if so, what would be some simple frontend JavaScript frameworks that I could maybe figure out quickly and then teach to students relatively quickly? (Side question: can Vue be picked up easily and quickly so I could wedge it in without taking too much time from the official course outline?)
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Thanks!