CEC 430 Full Stack Web Development Technologies Exam 2023

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CEC 430: A 2-page Resit Examination for Full Stack Web Development (CEC430), University of Buea College of Technology, instructors Tchapga T. & Melingui M. PhD, 11/07/2023, duration 1h30. Section I Theory: Part A is a 7-question MCQ (28 marks worth converted to 7 marks) on Node.js internals (modules, the V8 engine, cross-platform support, __dirname, the events module) and React.js (definition and advantages); Part B is 8 short-answer questions covering React.js vs Node.js differences, Node.js as a cross-platform runtime, frontend vs backend development, callback functions with a code snippet, the HTTP request structure, the Node.js event loop (with a graphical representation), React component types, and the toolchain/stages for building a full-stack JavaScript e-commerce SPA. Section II Practicals: a 4-part MongoDB-backed CRUD API exercise -- deploying a Node.js backend server, creating a Product model (id, Name, Price, Quantity), adding a middleware layer for the API route, and constructing a full CRUD API for the Product resource, intended to be tested with Postman/REST/Thunder clients.