Software Development Bootcamp

The introductory course provides an accurate representation of the curriculum, pacing, and interactive teaching methodologies you will experience throughout the Software Development Bootcamp. It gives you a short overview of the first five courses in a way that focuses on projects you can immediately begin to build to showcase your skills to potential employers. Before taking the introductory course, you should have:

• A computer that can run the latest distribution of a modern-day operating system, such as MacOS, Linux, or Windows
• A typing speed of thirty words per minute or better
• Basic knowledge of using computers, such as how to open programs, point and click, and navigate to a website via a web browser
• Knowledge of basic math through algebra

Topics:

1. Build a simple HTML page
2. Images and attributes in HTML
3. Making visually appealing web pages in CSS
4. Designing responsive web pages with CSS
5. Introduction to programming with JavaScript and jQuery
6. Final activity

Learning about UX/UI further solidifies the usability and accessibility concepts covered in your previous classes. This course introduces the research skills you need to identify your users and the necessary solutions.

Topics:

1. Introduction to UX and UI design
2. Visual branding for the web
3. Accessibility for the web
4. Digital layout
5. Design systems
6. Introduction to UI design patterns
7. Advanced UI design patterns
8. Introduction to Sketch, Figma, and Adobe XD
9. Workshop One
10. Workshop Two
11. How to present UX/UI design
12. Design presentations

This course provides you with a fundamental understanding of JavaScript, practices DOM manipulation and events on front-end web pages, and introduces more advanced JavaScript topics to scaffold information in later courses.

Topics:

1. Variable declaration
2. Control flow
3. Functions
4. Asynchronous JavaScript
5. Object-Oriented programming with JS
6. Interactive web pages
7. Dynamic web pages
8. Project: create an interactive map

The in-browser game you will build in this milestone project allows you to demonstrate your knowledge and skills in front-end design and development. The instructional team will formally review your browser game milestone project in the following areas:

• User experience
• Functionality
• Workflow
• Code style
• Presentation

This course opens up the world of server-side programming and enables you to create and document custom APIs while following best practices and using industry-standard tools for testing. You will also learn to persist data using a NoSQL database (MongoDB).

Topics:

1. Client-Server architecture
2. NPM and Node.js
3. Intro to Express
4. Server-Side rendering with JSX
5. RESTful routing
6. MVC architecture
7. MongoDB and NoSQL
8. Mongoose and ODMs
9. APIs and documentation
10. Cloud deployment

This course builds on the concepts introduced in the JavaScript and Front-End Web Development course, teaching you to use current industry tools to build more robust user interfaces and state management. 

Topics:

1. JavaScript tooling
2. React fundamentals
3. React dataflow
4. Styling in React
5. Testing in React
6. Redux fundamentals
7. React-Redux
8. Advanced Redux

SQL and Data Modeling prepares you to use relational databases and manage data at a large scale. You will practice creating normalized data models, migrations to manage schema and content over time, and common optimization techniques for the industry.

Topics:

1. History of relational databases
2. Basic SQL 
3. Joins, relationships, and structure
4. Advanced SQL
5. SQL in Node.js

In this project, you will combine the skills you acquired in phase one of the program with new skills from phase two to create a MERN stack application that demonstrates your knowledge and abilities. You will have the option to use MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js to create a web application.

The Cybersecurity course introduces you to the fundamentals of data access management and encourages you to prioritize securing data and identifying proper and improper access to information. You will build applications to support user authentication and authorization, including several common security flaws and tactics to protect against them as well as encryption and hashing.

Topics:

1. History of cybersecurity
2. Common attack patterns
3. Identity and access management

The Principles of Programming with Python course boosts your confidence and solidifies programming fundamentals by teaching you a new programming language. Additionally, this course helps make you a well-rounded developer by delivering computer science theory and discussing useful programming paradigms and applications of programming outside of the web environment.

Topics:

1. Intro to Python language
2. Python functions
3. Python packages and modules
4. Object-Oriented programming
5. Functional programming
6. Web development with Python
7. Data structures and algorithms

In the Advanced Topics course, you have the choice to focus on one or multiple topics such as introductory deployment and DevOps, cloud computing, TypeScript, and SaaS.

In this milestone project, you will leverage the cumulative skills you have gained in the program to create a complex application of your choice. You will use Python or Node.js to create a project that utilizes one or more of the technologies you learned in phase three: identity and access management, containerization, or cloud applications.

This optional support provides you with the tools you need to successfully prepare to enter the field of software development. Career planning services focus on interview training, professional networking, and consultations devoted to perfecting LinkedIn profiles, e-portfolios, and resumes.

Topics:

1. Resume and LinkedIn profile-building
2. Interview skill-building 
3. Job search strategies and the power of networking