Full-Stack

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Track

To get everyone to the same level before starting the course, all students complete a range of free online courses covering PHP, HTML and CSS. We have over 40 hours of content to help get you ready for day one.

Learn to build accessible static websites using HTML and CSS. We’ll take a look at cross browser compatibility, user experience and browser dev tools. We will also learn about the internet, HTTP, pair programming and code reviews.

Time to start your first full scale project! You’ll be building a portfolio website ready to fill with the projects you complete throughout the course and beyond, showcasing your skills and personality – ready to take to potential employers when you graduate.

This module will provide a solid foundation in programming principles. You’ll learn basic language constructs, control flows, data-types and data structures. We will explore storing and retrieving data from various databases including MySQL using SQL and MongoDB. This will also be your first exposure to PHP, and we’ll make sure you fully understand the underlying concepts. We’ll also introduce you to Bash and Git so you can start coding collaboratively.

Time to take your programming skills to the next level. This week you’ll learn unit testing, coding standards, cyber security, Regex and object-oriented programming. 

We’ll also train you in Agile project management. With your Agile Professional Certification under your belt, you’ll work on the remaining projects on the course using Agile.

This week you’ll begin using your new skills in database design and programming to create a collector application, allowing users to store items in a collection and display them. Previous students have built collections of Pokemon, computer games, guitars and even house plants.

You already have the ability to build static websites with HTML and CSS – now it’s time to learn JavaScript to make websites more interactive. We will look at DOM manipulation, AJAX, debugging and a few popular JavaScript libraries.

Everyone’s favourite project. This week you’ll be building a JavaScript based computer game using your new skills. Working as part of a team, you’ll learn about collaborative coding and the true power of Git.

This week we’ll take a deeper look at front-end technologies. Modern applications use so much more than just HTML and CSS. We will learn about CSS preprocessors, modern JavaScript methodologies, and start learning React, a JavaScript framework.

Time to put your new skills into action with a team project building a React application. You will use a backend API to send and receive data for your application to practice building a scalable, maintainable React application using Bootstrap and other modern libraries.

By this point you’ll be ready to take on some more advanced principles, including DRY and SOLID. We’ll also explore object-oriented programming in more depth along with application architecture.

This week, you’ll build your first RESTful API, implementing SOLID OO practices and design patterns. Our focus will be on code quality and best practice, preparing you for life as a professional developer.

This week we take things to the next level by looking at PHP Frameworks. You’ll learn the principles and patterns behind modern frameworks, and gain the skills to pick up any modern framework with ease. Learn about MVC, autowiring, factories, Dependency Injection Containers and much more.

You’ll also find out how to write a tech CV and get advice on programming interviews at our career advice day.

This is your chance to practice using all the skills learned up to this point on a real world product. The whole class will work as a team on AcademyPortal: the in-house application that we use to manage the academy. It’s built on Slim Framework, and together you’ll use your new framework skills to fix bugs and build new features.

This week you’ll be looking at Node.js and architecture. Take a deep dive into back-end JavaScript with Node.js, and learn about JavaScript application architecture and using MongoDB. We will also learn about JavaScript unit testing with JEST and discover what exactly is a microservice.

In the final theory week we’ll focus on taking your programming and problem-solving skills to the next level. You’ll learn more about React including working with TypeScript, React libraries and advanced debugging techniques, and get the chance to practice the sort of technical tests you’ll come across in job interviews.

In your final week you’ll work in a team of four students to build your final project, and can choose where you want to focus: back end, front end, or full stack. This is your chance to really flex your skills and utilise everything you have learned in a stand-out project for your portfolio.