Onboarding & Expectation Setting

• Policies, schedules, handbook, agreements
• Pair Programming, remote learning & online etiquette.
• Installation and setup of tools. Troubleshooting – how to get help.
• Communication, assessment objectives.
• Learning how to learn: Reflective learning, Tackling Procrastination.
• Why Brain-Linking is Important
• Tools to improve short and long-term memory

Prompt Engineering [AI]

• Introduction to OpenAI and the importance of Prompt Engineering
• LLMs for Developers. Balancing users intent and model creativity.
• Real-World Applications of Prompt Engineering and ensuring ethical usage.

Command Line (CLI)

• The terminal
• Graphical User Interface vs CLI
• Working with Files and Directories in the CLI
• User-centered design & its relationship with Technology

Git and Github

• Version control
• Github setup
• Git WorkFlow [Cloning, Forking, Branching, Merging etc]
• Github practice exercises labs (sandbox): No code [Part I]

Introduction to Programming

• Introduction to web design and development
• Programming Basics & Environment Setup
• Types of Web development
• Front-end vs Backend [Separation of concerns]

Markup

• Introduction to HyperText Markup Language
• Inline vs Block elements
• Formatting and Indentation
• Integrating multimedia resources.

Markdown

• Basic writing and formatting syntax
• Supported colour models
• Section & Relative links
• Writing a README & Licensing

Bootstrap and cascading styles

• Front-end frameworks
• Setting up bootstrap basic elements
• CSS concepts, media queries and responsive design
• Linting and formatting

Computer science fundamentals

• Introduction to Computational Thinking
• Problem decomposition
• Pseudocode and logic flow
• Introduction to Data structures [ES6]

Debugging

• Introduction Web Standards
• Browser Devtools
• Working in the Devtools console
• Interpreting errors in the devtools console

Introduction to Javascript

• Data structures II (Data types)
• JavaScript variables
• Arithmetic operators
• Methods and Functions
• JavaScript Objects
• Scope (variable)
• Accessing the DOM
• Object types and Inheritance
• Function expressions

Control Flow & Regular Expressions

• Arrays & Loops
• JavaScript prototypes
• Array methods
• forEach Loops
• Array mapping
• While Loops
• Regex

Test automation (TDD)

• Building and testing
  • Unit testing
  • Performance testing
  • Acceptance testing
  • GUI testing
  • Integration testing
• Project structure templating
• Continuous integration (CI) Git Best Practices
• Semantic versioning
• Installing dependencies with npm (scripts): webpack
• Bundling javascript and CSS
• Processing HTML with plugins
• Automating cleanup tasks
• Source maps for debugging
• Deploying live servers for development
• Linting Code and adding dependencies
• Configuration reference and suggested workflows

Red Green refactor Workflow

• Jest & Babel setup
• Testing Best Practices
  • Write tests for distinct behaviors.
  • Use Describe blocks
  • Code Refactorization
  • Reading Jest outputs
• Adding Setup and Teardown [Using beforeEach() and afterEach()]
• Test reports: Adding test coverage
• Introduction to ES6 (classes, arrow notations, template literals)

Asynchronous Programming

• The Internet
• Client-server architecture
• Introduction to Web APIs.
• Business and User Interface Logic
• Forms, Hiding and Showing Elements, and the Event Object.
• Event Handling with Event Listeners.
• Pausing on Exceptions.
• Debugging using breakpoints

Capstone Project

• Collaborative workflows (SCRUM) Pitch.
• Going Live (Deployment)
• Group presentations