Canonical learning source

The NovaDev Book

A standalone-language course that grows into verified Vue/Vite + Express/Node application work.

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Editorial boundary: the book follows the repository source of truth. Old Flask, SQLAlchemy, Vue CDN, and static HTML paths are historical, not current lessons.

24 chapters · 120 print pages

Browse the course by page-sized windows.

Each chapter is canonical Markdown under docs/book/chapters; this static page is a browsing index. Open a chapter preview beside another chapter with WinBox.js.

01 · OrientationSource of truth, current stack, and the learner loop. 03 · ValuesVariables, names, strings, and useful data contracts. 07 · Control flowConditions, loops, progress, and failure cases. 11 · ModulesBoundaries, imports, packages, and dependency direction. 15 · Tables and PrismaRelations, SQLite, persistence, and generated models. 17 · WorkflowsBusiness actions, validation order, and API contracts. 20 · AutomationsCurrent job routes and the explicit scheduler boundary. 23 · TestingAcceptance evidence, failure-oriented checks, and runbooks.

Going further

Use the book as a shared spine.

The IDE links lessons to the same chapter topics. The website does not copy a second curriculum. The source Markdown can be rebuilt into HTML or printed to PDF with the included builder.

Build the book

python docs/book/build_book.py \
  --output "nova website/book-generated.html"