cst438 - week 2
This week we focused on using React alongside Spring Boot to build a full stack web application and learned how the front end communicates with the back end. I really enjoyed this topic because, while previous classes had covered front end or back end development separately, this was one of the first times I got to see how the two actually work together. It was exciting to see how data is passed between the client and server, stored in a database, and then retrieved to update the user interface. Seeing the complete flow made the overall design much easier to understand. The solo portion of the lab was incredibly valuable because it made me have to think about how to implement the different pieces so they could communicate correctly which really reinforced how each part of the application fits together. Working through the implementation myself helped me understand the mechanics instead of just following along with examples. ...