SI 679 · Back of the Stack

Back-end development for full-stack applications. University of Michigan School of Information, Fall 2026.

Lecture notes appear here as each week is prepared. Code examples and Now You Try solutions live in code/ in this site's repository.

Lecture Notes & Prep Instructions

Week 1 - Intro | Express | Postman

• Lecture Notes (in Confluence)

Week 2 - Routing | Middlware | Supertest

• Lecture Notes (in Confluence)

Week 3 - MongoDB | Vitest

• Prep: install MongoDB
• Lecture Notes

Week 4 - REST | Data Modeling | Supertest

• Lecture Notes
• Post-class memo: the last NYT exercise, and a bug!

Assignments

HW1 - SliceDrop: Menu and Orders API

• Instructions (Accept assignment in Canvas or Classroom 50)

Elsewhere

• Syllabus - Overview & policies
• Canvas - The central hub
• Classroom 50 - Assignment repos
• Slack - Questions & Discussion