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`Day 55`
• Pushed changes to Github
• Started another course by Phillip, <https://pl-coding.com/courses/powerful-kotlin-rest-apis-with-ktor/|Powerful Kotlin REST APIs with Ktor>
    ◦ Project Setup -&gt; MongoDb , Postman, Ktor Project
`Self-Comment`
• *Testing*
    ◦ Spent about an hour continuing to work on tests today, but I'm struggling with implementing them. My progress has slowed down extremely this month so I am going to change my approach and work on my other main priority. I will implement tests where comfortable.
• *Ktor Course*
    ◦ So I know how often I bounce around different things, perhaps this is a reason of my slow progress. However, as mentioned above and in previous daily _self-comments_.. My other focus besides testing is implementing a remote database and growing my backend knowledge. 
    ◦ I enjoyed Phillip's _free_ testing course, so I have decided to purchase his Ktor Android course for a few reasons.
        ▪︎ While I've been trying to push Firebase, I struggled finding solid documentation/material on implementing it in my Compose project.
        ▪︎ Ktor can be implemented in KMM projects while Firebase would have to build two separate instances.
        ▪︎ The course also uses MongoDb, another database to familiarize myself with (although SQLDelight would be a better choice here. However, this will be my first NoSQL database to use). I believe Room is still used for local caching
        ▪︎ Learn to create my own server-side backend with
            • Login: Register, Authentication, User data, Encryption/Security, REST APIs
        ▪︎ The course involves a note app. So I'm comfortable with how to setup and build the project which allows me to maximize my focus on Ktor / MongoDb / Retrofit
            • Not sure why the project uses Retrofit as Ktor can be used for HTTP Client. I'm fine with it though. Can dive into Ktor as HTTP Client at a later date.
    ◦ While I don't intend to fall back doing tutorial after tutorial, I need my rhythm back. My progress started slowing down once I came across implementing user data / remote database in my app. Hoping that by returning to this topic and going more in depth, I can get my momentum back.
`Goals Tomorrow`
• Continue Ktor Course
    ◦ Setup MongoDb
    ◦ Register / Authenticate Users
    ◦ Create Notes / Assign to user
    ◦ Setup Room, Retrofit, Hilt