Minju: Headless CMS, 3 weeks

[minjupgeorge]

headless cms

Learning goals

• 🥚 Understanding what a content management system is, and why people use it
• 🥚 Given an existing CMS installation fill in and publish a new piece of content
• 🥚 Perform a simple http call via postman to retrieve a piece of information.
• 🐣 Extend and adapt an existing CMS configuration
• 🐣 Perform a http call with filtering via Postman
• 🐣 Perform a http call with "include" via Postman
• 🐣 Perform a http POST call to create new data
• 🐣 Perform a http PUT call to update existing data
• 🐣 Configuring endpoint permissions (Authentication vs Authorization)
• 🐥 Design a data model from scratch based on user requirements

[minjupgeorge]

Week 1

Sorry for the late check-in comment. @danielhalasz
I was busy with my dance practice for our cultural program on september 17(onam 2022).

I Need Help With:

Since I didn't attend the class in person ,first I went trough the class recordings twice and I understood the concept except the explanations on white board.

while doing exercises I got stuck with filter concept used at Postman, I think i have to complete the exercises to understand them clearly

What went well?

Following topics went well

• Content Management system
• API with path parameters and query parameters.
• Installed Postman API testing tool and Strapi 4

Sunday Prep Work

Just started doing the exercises ,yet to complete more.

[danielhalasz]

while doing exercises I got stuck with filter concept used at Postman, I think i have to complete the exercises to understand them clearly

yes I think so, once you do a few queries yourself, it will be clear, if not, let me know

[minjupgeorge]

Week 1

This week is better when compared to last week . I was able to spend some time for Strapi and its really interesting

I Need Help With:

Exercises are really challenging . I understood sort ,filter concept now am trying to do queries with populate. its taking some time.
This week assignment went well. I have created chat application in Strapi and able to try API calls via postman. I have just started to get the channel details from strapi to my HTML page. still lot of confusions are there. I need time to complete it.

What went well?

chat application via Strapi . Now I have clearly understood how to create JSON db for a front end webpage.

Sunday Prep Work

I am trying to fetch channel data from my strapi to index.html.
I wish to complete exercises before sunday.I

[minjupgeorge]

Week 3

I Need Help With:

so far I have retrieved the data from chat application and now working with authentication. My work is here

Is it possible to send message data from front end to strapi ?

Now I have retrieved data from strapi,for me it took some time to retrieve it. Class help comments of @danielhalasz , @yoshimalaise ,@maria and @cristobal-lopez were very useful.
Thanks alot @yoshimalaise . Classes was so encouraging to build an application using strapi with java script especially the demo of wok restaurant was an eye opener for me to start coding again.

What went well?

Following topics went well

• API with path parameters and query parameters.
• Retrieving data from strapi to HTML

Sunday Prep Work

Trying to finish Authentication
Started to watch videos of React which pointed by Kevin at slack.

[minjupgeorge]

RETROSPECTIVE

Me

What was not clear, where did you get stuck?

Most of the time i got confused with attribute names to retrieve data nd dom model to display data .

What was clear, what did you master?

I understood to create database using strapi especially relationships and able to read data from it

Where can you still use some help?

I think i have to learn more about writing javascript functions and DOM manipulation

Where can you help others moving forwards?

Past two modules I was not that confident to share my knowledge but still I used to discuss with my classmates to complete the project.

The Course

What can there be more of?

Nothing much.

What can there be less of?

What material were most helpful (from HYF or elsewhere)?

Almost all resources that suggested by HYF is quite helpful.

What HYF material was least helpful?

Any suggestions for future classes?

More demo classes like wok-restaurant model.

[danielhalasz]

Is it possible to send message data from front end to strapi ?

yes, with a POST request

[minjupgeorge]

Is it possible to send message data from front end to strapi ?

yes, with a POST request

@danielhalasz Yes ..Now I understood after making authentication to work with a POST request in ChatApplication

[minjupgeorge]

I have a doubt @danielhalasz / @yoshimalaise

I can add new users to the 'User' content type which is default available @strapi . How can I add new users to my chatuser content type

[danielhalasz]

well the exact same way I think, with a POST request..might have to set the Role permissions in the Strapi settings