Setting up a web development environment on Ubuntu

[temiadesina]

Hi Everyone I joined freecode camp in July and I am currently on the Front End dev certificate course. I applied for an Internship with this company https://www.flutterwave.com/, I was shortlisted and given a task to use their api to create anything useful. I am thinking of creating a simple one page site for a bootcamp asking users to pay for it.

My major problem is how to start, I run on ubuntu and I have these questions:

1. How do I set up my environment, what tools do I need ?

2. How basic can this be do I need to use a backend language like node js to accomplish this task ?

3. How do I structure the files of the project does that come intuitively or there is a standard way to do it ?

I really need your help guys, I am working hard to grow as a developer and this is a great company with a talented team.

[PortableStick]

@temiadesina

How do I set up my environment, what tools do I need ?

This would mostly depend on what you’re planning to make, and from your post it seems that you haven’t sussed that out yet. You may not need anything but a text editor, or you could need a whole build system.

@temiadesina

How basic can this be do I need to use a backend language like node js to accomplish this task ?

I think this could be accomplished with the bare minimum development environment. You are using a predefined API, after all.

@temiadesina

How do I structure the files of the project does that come intuitively or there is a standard way to do it ?

You could do this with one HTML, one CSS, and one JavaScript file. The exact organizational strategies you use depends on the technology you choose.

[temiadesina]

Thank you, I am going to build a one page site for people to pay to attend a pitch bootcamp, something simple. so basically you are saying I just need my Index.html css file and the Javascript for the payments api ?