Week 1 instructions are out of order

[ammonshepherd]

Week 1, Learning Activity: EJS Templates, Step 6 (Add a render.com application service) https://byui-cse.github.io/cse340-ww-course/week01/prepare-2-ejs-templates.html has students create a web service, but the instructions for setting up a render.com account are not given until Week 2, Learning Activity (2 of 2): Server Setup.

Additionally, on Step 6 (noted above), on this page: https://byui-cse.github.io/cse340-ww-content/views/render-app-server.html, the students are supposed to create a web service, then the next section is Connect the Database Service, but they haven't created a database service yet. That doesn't happen until Week 2, Learning Activity (2 of 2): Server Setup, Step 2!

I suggest moving Step 1 Create a Render.com Account and Step 2 Create a PostgreSQL service at Render.com from Learning Activity (2 of 2): Server Setup (https://byui-cse.github.io/cse340-ww-course/week02/prepare-2-server-setup.html) to Week 1, Learning Activity: EJS Templates, to be a new step 6 and step 8.

current confusing way

Week 1, Learning Activity: EJS Templates

Activity Instructions

Complete the following:

1. Download and Implement Server Code
2. Review the Starter Files
3. Build the application
4. EJS View Engine
5. Implement index route with Express and EJS
6. Add a render.com application service
7. Deploy updates and test the application

This is confusing because step 6 says to do stuff in the database service, but it hasn't been created yet. Also the render.com account step has not been completed yet.

Proposed option

Week 1, Learning Activity: EJS Templates

Activity Instructions

Complete the following:

1. Download and Implement Server Code
2. Review the Starter Files
3. Build the application
4. EJS View Engine
5. Implement index route with Express and EJS
6. ⁠Create a Render.com Account
7. Add a render.com application service
8. ⁠Create a PostgreSQL service at Render.com
9. Deploy updates and test the application

Steps 6 and 8 come from Week 2, Learning Activity (2 of 2): Server Setup (https://byui-cse.github.io/cse340-ww-course/week02/prepare-2-server-setup.html)