Skills > Degree ™

Orientation & Program Prep

• • Demonstrate mastery of computer fundamentals and knowledge of the technology landscape.
• • Understand the program policies and graduation requirements.
• • Demonstrate readiness to make the commitment to complete the program successfully.
• • Assessment: Program prep and orientation quiz.

Fundamentals

The first portion of the program lays the foundation for your success throughout. At the end of it, you’ll complete a mock interview that assesses your mastery of core concepts before you move on.

HTML & CSS

• • Building web pages with semantic HTML
• • Styling web pages with CSS
• • Using Chrome DevTools to inspect and debug code
• • Accessibility in web development
• • Building HTML forms
• • Creating basic layouts with display float, and position properties
• • Creating responsive, mobile-first layouts with flexbox

• • A semantic, accessible resume web page
• • A Craigslist clone
• • A responsive landing page

JavaScript Fundamentals

• • Introduction to programming
• • Using variables to organize your code
• • Writing functions
• • Working with primitive data types like strings and numbers
• • Using logical operators and conditional statements
• • Working with complex data types like arrays and objects
• • Writing loops
• • Defining the scope of different variables

• • A repertoire of JavaScript drills
• • A write-up on variable scope
• • An analysis another developer’s JavaScript program

Dev Environment

• • Navigating your machine from the command line
• • Setting up your text editor
• • Basic project structure
• • Version control with Git
• • Using GitHub
• • Deploying to GitHub Pages

• • A GitHub account
• • Local and remote project repos
• • A live web page

Web Apps

Next, you’ll move on to creating interactive web apps, building upon the skills you developed in fundamentals. At the end of it, you’ll complete a second mock interview and your first portfolio piece.

Interactive Web Apps

• • DOM traversal and manipulation using jQuery
• • Creating event handlers
• • Planning apps with user stories and pseudocode
• • Wireframing an app

• • A shopping list
• • A quiz app

Building Your Portfolio

• • Creating a portfolio that will capture the attention of recruiters and hiring managers
• • Visual design basics like visual hierarchy, color theory, and typography

• • A personal portfolio

Asynchronous Web Apps

• • Clients and servers
• • The anatomy of a URL
• • The request/response cycle
• • Inspecting HTTP messages with Postman
• • Reading API documentation
• • Writing GET requests with fetch
• • Creating requests with headers and query parameters
• • Error handling
• • Working with deeply-nested response data

• • An app that displays images from an API
• • An app to search for GitHub repos
• • An app to search for YouTube videos
• • An app to search for information about national parks

API Hack

• • Building portfolio projects
• • Drafting a project proposal
• • Creating user flows
• • Collecting user feedback
• • Iterative development

• • An original app that makes requests to an API (your first portfolio piece!)

Full Stack

In this segment of the program, you’ll build up your advanced JavaScript skills, using popular frameworks. You’ll transition from client-side development into full stack development. During these months, you’ll complete 2 more mock interviews.

Client-side development with React

• • Creating stateless components
• • Setting up a development environment with create-react-app
• • Working with JSX
• • Writing tests with Jest and Enzyme
• • Creating stateful components
• • Conditional rendering
• • Creating event handlers, using callback props
• • Decomposing a design into React components
• • Making HTTP requests in a React app
• • Implementing routing
• • Using Context to manage deeply-nested state
• • Creating forms
• • Focus management
• • Deploying a React app

• • A Trello app client
• • A note-taking app client

Server-side Programming With Node & Postgres

• • Accessing the file system with Node
• • Creating request handlers with Express
• • Integration testing with Mocha and Chai
• • Creating secure public endpoints
• • Deploying a server
• • Creating tables with SQL
• • Manipulating data in a database with Knex and SQL
• • Integrating a Postgres database with an Express app
• • Designing data modules
• • Deploying a full stack app

• • A bookmarks API
• • A note-taking API
• • A blog API

Authentication with JWT

• • Multi-user database schema
• • Creating user registration forms
• • Creating login forms
• • Protecting API endpoints

• • A full stack authentication system

Capstones

Finally, you’ll complete 2 full stack capstones, prepare for technical interviews, and get a head start on your job search.

First full stack capstone

• • Agile web development
• • Systems for project management
• • Continuous integration
• • Creating documentation for your app

• • An original app using React, Node, Express, and Postgres

Data structures and algorithms

• • Recursive algorithms
• • Recursive algorithms
• • Common search and sorting algorithms
• • solving problems using data structures like linked lists
• • Stack and queues
• • Hash maps
• • Binary search trees

• • A study guide for technical interviews

Second full stack capstone

In this final module, you’ll bring together everything that you’ve throughout the program to complete your third portfolio piece. Once you submit your project, you’ll also complete a final mock interview.