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Day 7 - Review and Testing

Housekeeping

  • CPNT 200 Assignment 3 Cancelled
    • Assignments 1 & 2 now 30% of final course mark
  • Due dates extended
    • Assignment 2: Due Monday Nov 14th (tonight)
    • Achievements: Due Thursday, Nov 17th

1. Review: Content vs Template

  • Template: The code of your website: HTML, CSS, JS
  • Content: Content-types stored in your Strapi project

Demo: Template example with API

Questions to ask

  • How often does it change?
  • Do you want to auto-generate it?
  • Does the client need to update it or add new ones?
    • Yes: Put it in Strapi
    • No: Put it in your template (i.e. it’s not a part of CPNT 200)
  • Examples:
    • Form fields: Template
    • Categories: Content
      • Relation: if multiple Content-types use the same categories or if the Category has its own description or related Fields
      • Enumeration: if it’s used for one Content-type and it’s a simple word/phrase with no other information (i.e. blog status)
    • Navigation: Could go either way (but usually in Template)
      • Template: if the nav is static and does not change very often
      • Content: if the nav changes often or the client needs to update it themselves
    • Hero images: Could go either way
      • Template: if the image never changes
      • Content: if the image needs to be updated by the client or if it’s part of a Content-type (i.e. Blog Post image)

2. Tests for non-deploy option for Strapi Submission

Warnings for Render.com deployment

  • Render.com will reset your content database any time you update your Content-types (or push any changes to your repo).
  • Confirm your Content-types and finish uploading content before you begin deploying or you may lose work.

Testing help

If anyone has their Strapi project ready to submit, please submit it to Brightspace so Tony can test if he can build a local installation if deployment doesn’t work

Submit the following:

  • A ZIP of your Strapi project files
  • Your .env file
  • Your /.tmp/data.db file
  • A link to your repo

3. Afternoon: Strapi install review

Your last chance to ask any questions to get your Strapi project installed, configured and deployed.