The karate kid kickstart is an intense, almost entirely self learnt, karate kid style (wash in, wash out) 13 steps program for front end developers where the trainee has to write the same app over and over from scratch. Starting from the most simple vanilla JS through writing a simple server with a DB, learning about webpack, flex css, localstorage, cookies, https, jwt, tests, react and much more.

The trainee also learns how to deploy their app to production via a standalone service (heroku for example).

The final project is a fully deployed TDD written app on top of yoshi, WSR and wix ci.

Deadtime tasks: Coding games and Katas:

https://www.codewars.com/ An online programing game (I didn't do that.. if u do plz let me know how was it) https://adventofcode.com/ https://alexnisnevich.github.io/untrusted/ https://screeps.com/ https://www.codingame.com read everythign u can in mdn**** YouTube:

If you're into videos, you can and should subscribe to some of these youtube channels. Just look for an interesting talk and watch as you learn:

How the event loop works A must watch for any FED Sergey's "Must watch list" JS Conf (probably the biggest js conf) Nice dude that explains design patterns and features in a fun way. link React Europe Step 1: Your first task will be to write a simple todo app. For now it will be client only. You can only use html, vanilla js and css (no other lib like react/angular/lodash/jquery are allowed).

The app should support:

Adding a new todo item Editing an existing todo item Deleting a todo item Showing the list of all todo items Mark a todo item as done. To achieve it you will need to learn:

Flex layout in css https://flexboxfroggy.com/ http://www.flexboxdefense.com/ https://flukeout.github.io/ what is the dom (document object model) js dom manipulation html syntax You can find a lot of information about each of these items. Remember to always read the manual on the mdn site (Mozilla developer network) and not w3c school.

Videos that I want you to watch in this step:

What the heck is the event loop anyway? Step 2 (Deadline - DD/MM) To learn:

Webpack Build your own Webpack Localstorage Cookies Localstorage vs cookies What are the differences between LS and cookies When should we use LS and when should we use cookies What are the different types of cookies Bind Hoisting With the mentor

Bind exercise Hoisting exercise - TBD Todo:

Use localstorage to save the todos - refresh should not lose the todos Use webpack as your bundler Step 3 (Deadline - DD/MM) To learn:

Semver - read all about it Source map loader vs devtool Chrome debugger Prototype (read about prototypical inheritance) Todo:

Add source maps to your project Change css to be jss (css inside js) With the mentor:

Currying Step 4 (Deadline - DD/MM) Learn about:

Http protocol 1 way communication http methods Https Learn what is private/public key (RSA) Web socket protocol Server + express Learn about express library Fetch API Read this blogpost Todo:

Write the todo app again, this time with a server. The server should hold the todos in its memory (no need for localstorage). Use webpack, XHR Use axios,

Step 5 (Deadline - DD/MM) - Look mommy I’ve written an actual piece of software you can actually use! Todo:

Install "edit this cookie" extension Make it a server for “everyone” (cookies and userIds, HTTP cookie) Push to heroku Use free redis add-on, Mongo atlas or any other db preference Step 6 (Deadline - DD/MM) To learn:

Typescript Todo:

Typescript everything from scratch Step 7 (Deadline - DD/MM) To learn:

Signed vs Encrypted JWT Symmetric vs asymmetric encryption Using asymmetric to exchange symmetric keys Read about pros & cons of symmetric vs asymmetric Todo:

In this step you can use the app from the previous step.

replace your cookie with a JWT cookie login/logout - design in a sequence diagram (learn about sequence diagram as well if you don’t know what this is) Step 8 (Deadline - DD/MM) - Welcome to React! To learn:

React - do the getting started tutorial (only in case you don't know react) Learn about hooks Todo: Write the todo app from scratch using typescript and react. You can re-use your server from previous steps.

Step 9 (Deadline - DD/MM) - Testing! To learn: Watch uncle bob TDD episode 6 part 1+2 link

Todo:

Write everything from scratch using TDD React tests using jest React-testing-library At least 1 e2e test using puppeteer (blackbox) Step 10 (Deadline - DD/MM) - The State of affairs To learn: Now that you know react a little bit lets learn how it works under the hood:

Build your own react Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmAIwZeY0tk Blogpost - https://hackernoon.com/build-your-own-react-48edb8ed350d redux Mobx / mobx state tree Providers and context using hooks With the mentor: Do we providers/contexts them when we have hooks?