My very first app - nodejs/express/GCP - feedback plz...
Hi All,
I hope you are all well and safe! I'm sure that your computer is now even more important than ever :). Much to the chagrin of the missus.
I have used my spare time to really get stuck into the world of coding and web app development. So many ideas, so little skills (yet). I started with something that is probably very basic for most of you guys and girls but nevertheless I would love your feedback.
Here is the app: https://liveability0.uc.r.appspot.com/
More to come, but pretty stoked with this first milestone!!
Cheers,
Rogier
Looks like a NomadList.com from @levelsio. Nevertheless, congrats on first deploy!
I take that as a massive compliment as I developed this completely from scratch. However, I love Nomadlist from @levelsio. I wish I had the skill to build something like that! Definitely something to aspire to. Thanks for the kudos!
It took him a bit too in the beginning so don't sweat it :) You'll get there. I highly recommend his post on his site: https://levels.io/startups/ Really inspiring!
Thanks @jeandesuis! Appreciate it. Yes, you’re right. Gotta start somewhere, but at least start. Thanks for the recommendation. Cheers
Congrats. A lot of people just code something and never actually deploy it to a production environment.
If you want some advice, learn how to automate tasks as soon as possible. Check GitHub actions for automatic deployments and add tests to your app as soon as possible (ideally follow a TDD aproach when building something).
Good luck!
Thanks Antonio! Yes, I had to stop watching courses online and actually build something. Feels great to actually ship something. I actually just hooked up my GitHub and GCP, so deployment is not with a few clicks straight from VSC. TDD is another thing I need to learn (actually had to Google it, haha). Any other tips are more than welcome :).
Kudos for shipping your first app into the world!
Thanks mate!
Cool app! I would be interested in seeing where the data came from and maybe a feature where I could compare two different locations? What did you use to build your frontend? How is it hosted?
Thanks! Appreciate the feedback. It is crowdsourced data I got from a report, which I converted into a database. It is pure vanilla js/html/css. The app is hosted on GCP.
Thanks, that is a great suggestion. Only last night did I push a feature request form to gather further suggestions.