| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:00 | Morning Warm-Up |
| 9:30 | Module 1 |
| 11:00 | Module 2 |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Module 3 |
| 3:00 | Module 4 |
| 4:00 | Independent Work |
| Time | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00am Warm-Up | Welcome to GA | CSS selector basics (Zeb) | Issue Session | Kyrel 1 (Zeb) | Kyrel 2 (Zeb) |
| 9:30am Module 1 | Orientation (Zeb) | Box model and positioning (Zeb) | JS Data types, variables, and arrays (Zeb) | Functions and scope (Zeb) | Second Pass and Questions in a Line (Zeb) |
| 11:00am Module 2 | How the internet works (Zeb) | Lab: Mockup to HTML/CSS (Zeb) | Objects in JavaScript (Zeb) | Lab: JavaScript functions (Zeb) | Mastering control flow (Zeb) |
| 1:30pm Module 3 | Navigating the file system + some meta skills (Zeb) | Git and GitHub (Zeb) | Outcomes (Nick) | DOM manipulation and events (Nick) | Responsive Design and Media Queries (Zeb) |
| 3:00pm Module 4 | WDI Diagnostic | Lab: Design and CSS Challenge (Nick) | Chrome dev tools (Nick) | Lab: DOM manipulation LoTR (Nick) | Week 1 Assessment: Pixel Perfect Website (Zeb) |
| Training | Lab: Command line (Zeb) | Finish Design/CSS Lab | Optional: Lab: Build a website (Zeb) | Finish LOTR Lab | Finish Instagram Recreation and Kyrel 3 (Zeb) |
Weekly Goals:
- Understand the roles of HTML, CSS, and JS
- Utilize the main tools of web developers
- Git and GitHub
- The Terminal
- Chrome Developer Tools
- Build a website with HTML
- Style a page with CSS
- Implement Control Flow with loops and conditionals
- Use the building blocks of Javascript like strings, functions, and objects
- Manipulate the DOM with Javascript
- Think about problems programmatically
| Time | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00am Warm-Up | Intro to ES6 (Zeb) | Whiteboarding (Zeb) | GH Branching and gh-pages (Zeb) | Native JS v jQuery Choice and Code (Zeb) | VETERANS DAY |
| 9:30am Module 1 | Whiteboarding 101 (Zeb) | Intro to jQuery (Zeb) | Intermediate jQuery (Zeb) | Wireframes (Will) | VETERANS DAY |
| 11:00am Module 2 | Computational Thinking Lab (Zeb) | HTML Forms (Zeb) | Lab: Create jQuery selector (Zeb) | OOP in JS (Zeb) | VETERANS DAY |
| 1:30pm Module 3 | Callbacks & Iterators (Nick) | CSS for HTML Forms Lab (Zeb) | Outcomes (Nick) | OOP concepts (Zeb) | VETERANS DAY |
| 3:00pm Module 4 | Lab: Callbacks & Iterators (Nick) | jQuery & Browser Storage (Nick) | Tic-Tac-Toe (Nick) | OOP Refactor Lab (Nick) | VETERANS DAY |
| Training | Part 1: Read HTML/CSS and JS Style Guides and Quiz "w02_d01_Style_Guides" | Finish CSS for HTML Forms Lab | Finish and Deploy Tic-Tac-Toe / OOP Prep | Lab: Racer Game | VETERANS DAY |
| Training | Part 2: Finish Callbacks and Iterators | ||||
| Weekly Goals: |
- Understand the principles of Object Oriented Programming with Javascript
- Answer technical questions on a whiteboard
- Utilize and understand iterators and callbacks
- Create and use HTML Forms
- Use jQuery for DOM manipulation and Browser Storage
- Communicate with other developers to improve code using Github
- Create a fork of a repository
- Use Pull Requests to improve a repository's quality
| Time | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00am Module 1 | Developer Resources Solutions Run-through and Questions in a Hat (Zeb) | Agile development and user stories (Zeb) | Project Week Culture and HW Help | Binary Search (Zeb) | Standup / Project 1 |
| 10:30am Module 2 | Racer Issue Submission (Zeb) | Agile Development Lab (Zeb) | Project 1 | Standup / Project 1 | Project 1 |
| 1:30pm Module 3 | CSS Transitions & Animations (Nick) | Project 1 Approvals | Outcomes | Project 1 | Project 1 |
| 3:00pm Module 4 | CodeWars Intro and Project 1 Intro (Zeb) | Project 1 | Project 1 | Project 1 | Project 1 |
| Training | Project 1 Proposal and Fix Issues | Project 1 | Project 1 | Project 1 | Project 1 |
Weekly Goals:
- Create a browser-based game for your porfolio
- Learn about common ways software companies organize projects
| Time | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00am Warm-Up | Final Prep and Submission | CodeWars | API Practice | T-Gives | T-Gives |
| 9:30am Module 1 | Final Prep and Submission | API Intro with Postman (Zeb) | Lab: Shakeitspear (Zeb) | T-Gives | T-Gives |
| 11:00am Module 2 | Presentations | Intro to AJAX (Zeb) | Connecting Forms to APIs via AJAX (Zeb) | T-Gives | T-Gives |
| 1:30pm Module 3 | Presentations | Lab: Intro to AJAX (Zeb) | Intro to Node.js (Zeb) | T-Gives | T-Gives |
| 3:00pm Module 4 | Retrospective and Fix an Issue (Zeb) | More Cats | Node Lab (Zeb) | T-Gives | T-Gives |
| Training | Fixing Issues | Finish Cats Lab | Lab: Requesting with Node | T-Gives | T-Gives |
Weekly Goals:
- Leverage other developers to support and improve projects
- Communicate between front-end and back-end with APIs and AJAX
- Create a basic back-end with Node
| Time | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00am Warm-Up | CodeWars | Troubleshooting and Dev Tools | Intro to EJS | Mongoose Data Exercises | Questions in a Hat (Zeb) |
| 9:30am Module 1 | Intro to Express (Zeb) | Mongo Intro (Zeb) | Views in Express (Zeb) | Lab: Full-Stack JS (Zeb) | Second Pass (Zeb) |
| 11:00am Module 2 | Building Express Routes (Zeb) | Mongo Lab (Zeb) | Lab: Views in Express (Zeb) | Lab: Full-Stack JS (Zeb) | Sass Preprocessing (Zeb) |
| 1:30pm Module 3 | Building Express Routes Lab (Zeb) | Mongoose Intro (Nick) | Outcomes (Nick) | UX Crash Course (Nick) | Intro to TDD (Zeb) |
| 3:00pm Module 4 | More Express Routes (Nick) | Data Organization in Mongo (Nick) | TODO API (Nick) | Lab: Personal API (Nick) | Testing Lab (Zeb) |
| Training | Candies (Express Routing) Lab | Restaurants (Mongo CLI) Lab | TODO API & Project 2 Proposal | Personal API | Testing Reading |
Weekly Goals:
- Build a web server with Express
- Define server responses with routes and controllers
- Save JSON-like data to a server's Mongo database
- Utilize Sass to improve and DRY out CSS code
- Utilize Gulp to save time on repetitive tasks
- Write a software test suite with Mocha and Chai
| Time | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00am Warm-Up | Testing Lab (Zeb) | CodeWars | CodeWars | A-Ha Moments | Questions |
| 9:30am Module 1 | Testing API Calls (Zeb) | Intro to MVC (Zeb) | Tunely (Zeb) | Stacks and Queues (Zeb) | Second Pass (Zeb) |
| 11:00am Module 2 | Lab: Research and Test External API for Project 2 (Zeb) | Introducing Gulp (Zeb) | Tunely (Zeb) | Stacks and Queues (Zeb) | Security 101 (Zeb) |
| 1:30pm Module 3 | Lab: Research and Test External API for Project 2 (Zeb) | Intro to Bootstrap (Nick) | MVC App Organization (Nick) | Outcomes (Nick) | Intro to Passport (Zeb) |
| 3:00pm Module 4 | Project 2 Ideation / Wireframes (Nick) | Map Wireframes (Nick) | MVC App Organization (Nick) | Catch-up and Project 2 (Nick) | Project 2 Trello and First Scrum (Zeb) |
| Training | Get External API Set Up for Project 2 | Mock out Project 2 w/ Lorem and Mock Data Only | Finish Tunely | Work on Project 2 Structure | Project 2 |
Weekly Goals:
- Build and test an API integration
- Design a full-stack app
- Understand and create Models, Views, and Controllers
- Integrate tools like Gulp, Sass, and Bootstrap to improve development
- Understand and create a user model with authentication
Extra Resources:
| Time | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00am Warm-up | FizzBuzz | Standup | Standup | Project 2 | ES6 Lesson Part 2 (Zeb) |
| 9:30am Module 1 | Standup | Project 2 | Project 2 | Retrospective | ES6 Quiz (Zeb) |
| 11:00am Module 2 | Project 2 | Project 2 | Project 2 | Project 2 Presentations | Auth Math (Zeb) |
| 1:30pm Module 3 | Project 2 | Project 2 | Project 2 | Outcomes | Intro to Angular (Zeb) |
| 3:00pm Module 4 | Project 2 | Project 2 | Project 2 | Create Issues | Lab: Intro to Angular (Zeb) |
| Training | Project 2 | Project 2 | Project 2 | Fix Issues | Look over the Angular Documentation + Check out this blog + Do this Lab |
Weekly Goals:
- Build a personal full-stack Javascript App from scratch
- Wrap up ES6 Fundamentals
- Understand what Angular is
| Time | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00am Warm-up | Project 3 Intro | CodeWars | CodeWars | Roman Numerals | Questions in a Line (Zeb) |
| 9:30am Module 1 | Directives Lesson (Zeb) | Angular Hangman (Zeb) | $resource (Zeb) | Angular Auth (Zeb) | Second Pass (Zeb) |
| 11:00am Module 2 | Directives Lab (Zeb) | Angular Hangman (Zeb) | Firebase (Zeb) | ngAnimate (Zeb) | Rapid Prototype (Zeb) |
| 1:30pm Module 3 | $http and promises (Nick) | Routing (Zeb/Nick) | Outcomes (Nick) | Almost MEAN App (Zeb/Nick) | Rapid Prototype (Zeb) |
| 3:00pm Module 4 | $http LAB (Nick) | Routing Lab (Zeb/Nick) | Competitive and User Research (Nick) | Almost MEAN App (Zeb/Nick) | Rapid Prototype (Zeb) |
| Training | Finish $http Lab | ui-router vs ngRoute readings: #1 + #2 + #3 | Interview Potential Users | Complete MEAN App | Enjoy your Break! |
Weekly Goals:
- Utilize built-in Angular directives and build custom ones
- Use $http to communicate from Angular front-end to back-end
- Configure front-end routing with Angular and ngRoute
- Use $resource to DRY out CRUD apps
- Save data to Firebase
- Understand the basics of user and competitive research
- Perform authentication with Angular and Satellizer
- Perform animations with Angular and ngAnimate
- Internalize the steps of building a MEAN stack app
| Time | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00am Warm-up | Rapid Prototype (Zeb) | CodeWars (Zeb) | Intro to Sequelize (Zeb) | DELAY | Second Pass (Zeb) |
| 9:30am Module 1 | Rapid Prototype (Zeb) | Intro to SQL and Relational DBs (Zeb) | Lab: Sequelize Models / SEAN Stack (Zeb) | DELAY | Stand-up |
| 11:00am Module 2 | Rapid Prototype Science Fair | Carmen Sandiego Lab (Zeb) | Lab: Sequelize Models / SEAN Stack (Zeb) | Team Git Workflow (Zeb) | Project 3 |
| 1:30pm Module 3 | Sketch and Photoshop Basics (Nick) | Outcomes (Nick) | Lab: Sequelize Models / SEAN Stack (Zeb) | Flexbox (Nick) | Project 3 |
| 3:00pm Module 4 | Lab: Relational Data Modeling (Nick) | SQL Relationships and JOINs (Zeb) | Lab: Sequelize/Tunr Relationships (Zeb) | Lab: Project 3 Pitches | Project 3 |
| Training | Reading Assignments: DBs and SQL #1 #2 #3 and Quiz | Lab: SQL Practice | Prepare Project 3 Pitch | Questions in a Line (Zeb) and Project 3 Team Formation | Project 3 |
Weekly Goals:
- Prepare and present a prototype built on a short time scale
- Understand the basics of Sketch and Photoshop
- Map out data relations for a web app
- Create a SQL DB and perform queries on it
- Use Sequelize to create a CRUDable model with SQL and Node
- Use Sequelize to create inter-connected models with data mappings
- Manage group code submissions with GitHub
| Time | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 Warm-upam | Linked Lists Intro (Zeb) | Mock Interviews - Behavioral | Getting a Freelance Gig | Project 3 | Merge Sort Intro (Zeb) |
| 9:30am Module 1 | Linked Lists Challenge (Zeb) | Project 3 | Project 3 | Project 3 | Merge Sort Challenge (Zeb) |
| 11:00am Module 2 | Project 3 | Project 3 | Project 3 | Project 3 Retro | Intro to TypeScript |
| 1:30pm Module 3 | Project 3 | Project 3 | Outcomes | Project 3 Presentations | What's Different in Angular 2 |
| 3:00pm Module 4 | Project 3 | Project 3 | Project 3 | Create Issues | Lab: Angular 2 Refactor |
| Training | Project 3 | Project 3 | Project 3 | Fix Issues | Optional: Tour of Heroes Angular 2 Tutorial |
Weekly Goals:
- Create a full-stack application as part of a development team
- Learn the basics of Linked Lists and Merge Sort to prepare for interviews
- Practice behavioral interview questions
- Create a basic Angular 2 app from scratch and from an Angular 1 base
| Time | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00am Warm-up | MLK DAY | Getting Sequelize and Satellizer Together (Zeb) | GH Lab (Zeb) | CodeWars | Second Pass (Zeb) |
| 9:30am Module 1 | MLK DAY | Intro to Ops (Zeb) | Intro to Legacy Code (Zeb) | PHP Intro (Zeb) | PHP CRUD (Zeb) |
| 11:00am Module 2 | MLK DAY | React (Zeb) | Legacy Code Lab (Zeb) | Lab: PHP Intro (Zeb) | Lab: PHP CRUD (Zeb) |
| 1:30pm Module 3 | MLK DAY | Redux (Zeb) | Legacy Code Lab (Zeb) | PHP Wordpress (Nick) | Freelance Project |
| 3:00pm Module 4 | MLK DAY | Lab: React Tic-Tac-Toe Tutorial (Zeb) | Outcomes (Nick) | Lab: PHP Wordpress (Nick) | Freelance Project |
| Training | MLK DAY | Finish React Tutorial | Continue Legacy Code | Continue Wordpress Site | Continue Outside Project |
Weekly Goals:
- Create a React app
- Improve Legacy Code
- Create a PHP CRUD App
- Create a Wordpress App
- Understand basic operations and web-dev IT
- Do work for someone outside of the class
| Time | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00am Warm-up | Mock Interviews - Hybrid | Hackathon Presentations | Lightning Talks Prep | Mock Interviews - Technical | Project 4 |
| 9:30am Module 1 | IoT Primer | Intro to Ruby | Lightning Talks Prep | Project 4 Planning | Project 4 |
| 11:00am Module 2 | Intro to IoT | Intro to Rails | Lightning Talks Prep | Approvals | Project 4 |
| 1:30pm Module 3 | IoT Hackathon | Outcomes | Lightning Talks | Approvals | Project 4 |
| 3:00pm Module 4 | IoT Hackathon | Lightning Talks Prep | Project 4 Intro | Project 4 | Project 4 |
| Training | Pick a Lightning Talk Topic | Lightning Talks Prep | Intro to Ionic 5-7pm | Project 4 | Project 4 |
Weekly Goals:
- Create a software-hardware hybrid project
- Distill and deliver a lesson on a modern technology
- Understand the major differences between JS and Ruby
- Build a basic Rails app
- Answer technical and quasi-technical interview questions
| Time | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00am | Scrum | Scrum | Scrum | Make-up Project Work | Zeb Available for Mock Interviews / Portfolio Help |
| 11:00am | Project Work | Mock Interviews / Project Work | Project Work | Mock Interviews | Zeb Available for Mock Interviews / Portfolio Help |
| 2:00pm | Project Work | Mock Interviews / Project Work | Presentations | Practice Showcase | Zeb Available for Mock Interviews / Portfolio Help |
| 3:00pm | Project Work | Mock Interviews / Project Work | Outcomes | Final Survey, Certificates, and Recap (Graduation) | NO CLASS |
| Training | Project Work | Project Work | Project Work | Happy Hour: 4-530 in WeWork, 530 at Amato's Ale House | NO CLASS |
Weekly Goals:
- Fully formulate an idea for a full-stack project and execute it independently
- Answer mock interview questions from instructors and outside developers
- Demonstrate work to technical and non-technical observers
Note: Monday 2/6 through Thursday 2/9 (Showcase Day), Zeb will be available by appointment for mock interviews and portfolio help. Please set up a time with Zeb by Direct Messaging him in Slack.
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