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Elective Template

Elective resources are content that is not part of the core in-person curriculum roadmap, but that is a valuable framework, tool, or technique to learn as a web application engineer.

It is shorter than a normal topic outline and typically uses more external resources.

Copy this file as a starting point and create your new file in the /electives folder. Your elective should include the following sections:

Motivation

Write one short paragraph or bulleted list than answers the following:

• Why is it worth spending extra time to learn this technology?
• How do it compare do similar material covered in the main curriculum. See the root README for topics already covered
• What problem does it solve?
• Why would you recommend it?
• Do not go into implementation details, as you can link to docs that do that later

Description

What is the technology? Instead of using the project’s own description, how would you describe it to a junior engineer?

How to Get Started

Link to a free hands-on tutorial on getting started with the app. Example for React from their official docs.

Please only include one tutorial here, one you gave gone through yourself and vetted for quality. If you have a few you like, choose the best one for a beginner audience. Any runner-ups can go in the “Further Reading” section below.

Further Reading

• For a library/tool always include links to the official docs and
• link its GitHub page
• The next best thing to read after the above content
• A list of important links to blogs and docs about the tech