Birmingham s First Developer Bootcamp

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1 Birmingham s First Developer Bootcamp

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2-5 Overview The Course The Instructors Application Process Required Materials Our Partners 6 The Curriculum 7 About Platypi and Team 8 Pre-work Material 1

3 OVERVIEW We teach aspiring web developers how to code A full-time 10-week program, Depot/U transforms beginners into Front End Developers. Whether you are looking to make a career change with no prior programming experience or have the desire to polish your current development skills, Depot/U provides individuals seeking a career in web development a solid foundation by teaching modern web and mobile development skills. Job openings for software developers will increase 22% by 2022 with an average starting salary of 60K. Master mobile and web development Land a job Learn to build web and mobile apps using today s latest web technologies including TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3. We partner with Birmingham s top employers to ensure that each student has the best chance to secure a job upon completion of the program. Learn strategic problem solving techniques Learn from the best Solving problems is essential to any developer s success. We will teach you proven techniques to approaching common development issues. Our instructors are the industry s top talent in web and mobile app development. They are dedicated to the success of Birmingham s future software developers. Cost Location Required Experience Class Size Application Process $12,500 Innovation No previous Applicants must $5,500 Depot programming people pass entrance *Thanks to our sponsors experience required exam prior to acceptance 2

4 THE COURSE A full-time 10 week program, Depot/U is a combination of lecture and project based learning. Students will participate in lectures M-F from 9am to 1 pm with the opportunity to complete their assignments from 12pm to 5 pm. An experienced trainer will be available for instruction and collaboration throughout the day. The entire course takes place in the Depot/U Dev Lab located inside Innovation Depot. Breakfast and lunch will be provided to each student. Key elements of the course include: learning the latest web technologies including TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS; implementing essential developer problem solving techniques, and opportunity to network with BBVA Compass - the official Hiring Partner of Depot/U. At the conclusion of the program, students will be qualified for an entry-level Front End Engineering role with the ability to make custom mobile and web applications. THE INSTRUCTORS Matt Landers - CEO of Platypi Matt began his career as a software engineer at a young age. It all began with a computer, a broken computer actually. Matt gradually gained interest in computers because he was always fixing them. At 17 he was working for a law firm in their IT department. His first introduction to programming was peering over the shoulders of the firm s developers. He began teaching himself how to code and was quickly advancing his career based off of this skill he was learning on his own. After a couple of years in various roles, Matt scored an interview with Microsoft at 19 years old. His opponent interviewees were Phd Engineers with 5 years more experience. Matt landed the job with Microsoft as a.net Evangelist and toured the country speaking to large business executives about.net. Since then, Matt has worked with many Fortune 500 companies as a Microsoft consultant for developing large-scale business applications. After years of working with Microsoft, Matt and his two partners ventured out on their own to create Platypi which specializes in cross-platform mobile and web development. Matt created the curriculum for Depot/U and is passionate about sharing his knowledge to 3 help aspiring developers accomplish their career goals while growing the technology community in Birmingham.

5 THE APPLICATION PROCESS 2 After submitting an application, students must finish 40 hours of course pre-work in order to be considered for acceptance to the class. This pre-work is meant to gauge the overall aptitude and willingness to complete the necessary work to become a skilled developer. This course work is at no extra cost to the student. 1 We believe the key to becoming a great developer is a mixture of three essential things curiosity, passion, and work ethic. Ideal candidates for Depot/U are looking for more than an increase in their paychecks, they have a genuine passion and desire to learn the rewarding skills of software development. We look for candidates who possess the ability to learn independently with a strong sense self motivation. 3 Once the pre-work is completed, each student must complete a coding challenge that involves building a very simple website in order to demonstrate their ability to implement the information learned from the pre-work. After the completion of the coding challenge, applicants will be invited for an interview to discuss future goals and ultimately assess if Depot/U is the right fit for both parties. REQUIRED MATERIALS Each student is required to have a Macbook. We understand that this is a considerable cost but it is absolutely necessary in order to fulfill all requirements of the course. 4

6 OUR PARTNERS Corporate Sponsors Depot/U provides organizations a unique opportunity to invest in the success and growth of their technology teams by partnering to train and mentor Birmingham s most promising Software Developers. By offering students valuable employment opportunities upon completion of the course, Hiring Partners are essential to the success and growth of Depot/U. Hiring Partners Depot/U provides organizations a unique opportunity to invest in the success and growth of their technology teams by partnering to train and mentor Birmingham s most promising Software Developers. By offering students valuable employment opportunities upon completion of the course, Hiring Partners are essential to the success and growth of Depot/U. Class Sponsor Class Sponsors are essential to Depot/U s goal of keeping the class cost per student as low as possible. As a Class Sponsor organizations are directly supporting the growth of tech talent in Birmingham. 5

7 Depot/U Curriculum Week 0 Prework Codecademy: HTML/CSS Codecademy: JavaScript Codecademy: Interactive Website Codecademy: Make a Website Git Tutorial Week 1 Web Basics Programming Concepts Overview Interacting with the DOM Using Custom Fonts Responsive Design/Bootstrap LESS External Libraries - jquery, etc. Week 2 Object Oriented JavaScript Static vs. Dynamic Languages Creating Reusable Libraries Functions and Objects Constructors Inheritance Recreate underscore.js Week 3 JavaScript Libraries and APIs Calling Services Promises Intro to Node.js npm (Package Manager) Require and Browserify Web Server Basics Week 4 JavaScript Frameworks Week 5 TypeScript MV* Frameworks Intro to Angular Data binding tsc - TypeScript Compiler PlatypusTS and PlatypusUI Modules, Interfaces, and Classes Routing Directives Dependency Injection Static Types and Generics Lambda Expressions tsd and DefinitelyTyped Week 6 Backend Basics Express.js REST Services Intro to Databases CRUD operations Authentication and Authorization Lambda Expressions Week 7 Mobile Basics Mobile User Experience Cordova and Crosswalk Local Deployment Interacting with the Hardware Cordova Plugins App Store Deployment 6

8 Depot U Curriculum Week 8 Class Project Week 9/10 Group Project Utilize developed skills to complete an end to end project Collaborate with students in a multi-developer environment Breakout into groups and present ideas for group project Develop end-to-end custom application based on their ideas Create resume, LinkedIn profile, and practice interviewing Project presentations to Hiring Partners and Sponsors ABOUT PLATYPI AND TEAM Platypi empowers businesses with the solutions, tools and guidance to create apps with an exceptional user experience that deploy to any device or browser. We are a team of former Microsoft engineers who set out to build an intuitive mobile and web development platform that would delight developers and create sophisticated user experiences. We have years of experience architecting and implementing cross-platform mobile solutions across multiple operating systems and devices. Our mission is to take cross-platform development to the next level by providing innovative tools for creating apps that can be easily maintained, managed and flawlessly delivered. 7

9 PRE-WORK MATERIAL All pre-work material is to be finished two weeks prior to the first day of class. Codecademy projects can be found on codecademy.com and the Git Tutorial on git-scm.com/docs/gittutorial. After completion of the pre-work, students will recieve a coding challenge administered by their instructor. Once finalized, the challenges will be evaluated based on the quality of the codebase. The campus coordinator will then follow up with the students to inform them of the next steps involving the interview process. HTML,CSS Learn how to create websites by structuring and styling your pages with HTML and CSS. JavaScript Learn the fundamentals of JavaScript, the programming language of the Web. Interactive Website Build the Flipboard home page and learn how to add interactivity to your website. Make A Website Build a recent version of Airbnb's home page and learn the fundamentals of web development in the process. Git Tutorial This tutorial explains how to import a new project into Git, make changes to it, and share changes with other developers. 8