Month: 2024-11 — Key features delivered and server enhancements that enable personalized course discovery and streamlined course management. Summary: - Delivered two end-to-end features across client and server: a personalized Student Dashboard and an Online Courses Management API. The dashboard refactor includes a course code in CourseCard and a new data-fetching hook; API and query services were updated to support personalized course data. The server API adds CourseController with endpoints to retrieve all courses and to fetch courses for a specific student, with minor adjustments to authentication and chatbot modules. These changes enable targeted, data-driven course access for students and administrators, improving onboarding, engagement, and operational efficiency. Key achievements: - Student Dashboard: Personalized course view deployed in campus-client; CourseCard refactor includes course code and new data-fetching hook; API and query services updated. - Online Courses Management API: Added CourseController with endpoints to retrieve all courses and fetch courses for a specific student; authentication and chatbot modules adjusted. - End-to-end integration across client and server to ensure coherent data flow and maintainability. - Performance and maintainability improvements through hook-based data fetching and component refactoring. Major bugs fixed: - None reported this period. Minor adjustments to authentication and chatbot modules were implemented as part of feature work. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - React with hooks and component refactoring - Client-server API design and integration - Node/Express Controllers and routing - Authentication and chatbot module adjustments - Data-fetching patterns and state management Business value: - Enables personalized student experiences, faster course access, and scalable APIs to support growth and data-driven decision making.