Advanced Software Development
Welcome to Code 401 Javascript! This is a class that builds on your fundamental Javascript programming knowledge to make you a proficient full-stack Javascript developer, and to prepare you for getting a job in today's Javascript job market!
In this class we are going to cover a lot of advanced web development topics. The first 5 weeks of this course will be dedicated to learning back-end development using NodeJS. In this section of the course you will learn to create authenticated RESTful APIs with persistent storage. In the second 5 weeks of this course we will be focusing on learning advanced front-end web development. In this section of the course you will learn to create client side web applications using React JS, that interact with RESTful APIs to authenticate users and persist data.
This course has been organized and structured to spread across 10 weeks. With the exception of project weeks, each week will have around 3-4 lecture/lab units. The class schedule is Monday-Friday from 9am - 6pm. Lecture will take place from 9am - 12pm daily and co-working time is scheduled from 1pm - 5pm. You are welcome to leave after co-working time or can stick around as there will likely be a TA, or support staff, available for another hour.
Each day of class will include a new directory created named after the class number, and the topics covered that day, e.g. 01-node-ecosystem. After each lecture the code demos from class will be placed in a demo directory, with a correlated naming convention to make things easy to locate. There will also be a daily outline README that displays the high-level topics and objectives for that day.
All readings, homework, labs, and quizzes will be published, in Canvas, the week before they are assigned. All coding assignment instructions and materials will be organized into git repositories and will be published the day of the assignment. Most assignments are due the same evening.