Code 301: Intermediate Software Development - Core Syllabus

Course Information

• Course Level: Code 301

Course Prerequisites

• Code 102
• Code 201

Students with previous relevant or equivalent experience can test out of this requirement in their application.

Course Description

In this intensive course, you will study the common core of software development, including the MVC pattern, object-oriented and functional programming, and computer science fundamentals such as basic data structures and algorithms. Come learn how to create and deploy web apps in the “MERN” stack with MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js, with the help of third-party APIs and libraries from around the web.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students will learn to write clean, well-tested, JavaScript and React code, integrate with remote APIs, and interface with MongoDB using industry best practices.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon satisfactory completion of this course, a student should be able to:

Describe and Define

Concepts

• Web Request-Response Cycle
• Stateful DOM Management with React Components
• Express.JS
• JSON and 3rd-party APIs
• Persistence with MongoDB
• Styling Libraries
• Server-Side Routing
• Services and RESTful APIs
• Functional Programming
• AJAX and Asynchronous Programming
• MVC Architecture
• Authentication
• Application deployment to cloud services

Daily Practice in Data Structures

• Strings
• Arrays
• Objects
• Functional Programming

Languages

• CSS Frameworks
• Intermediate JavaScript
• React

Environments and Tools

• Unix and the Command Prompt
• Git and GitHub
• VS Code Text Editor
• Browser Dev Tools
• HTTP API Clients
• MongoDB NoSQL Database
• Auth0 Authentication
• Trello Project Management

Execute

• Collaboratively design and create web applications from scratch using MVC patterns, built with professional-grade HTML, CSS, and JavaScript using the React JavaScript library
• Work with string, array, and object data structures and algorithms to solve code challenges with pure JavaScript programming
• Build dynamic front-end and back-end applications deployed to cloud platforms
• Explain the fundamentals of how the World Wide Web works, over the internet
• Utilize dependency management techniques to build with third-party libraries such as ExpressJS and React-Bootstrap
• Persist data in a NoSQL database, sourced from third-party APIs or user-generated content
• Authenticate users using a third-party OAuth library.
• Follow agile software development practices during week-long sprints, including:
  • pair-programming
  • stand-ups
  • daily retrospectives
  • project management with Kanban boards
  • regular refactoring
  • and working in a shared codebase

Course Schedule

Module 1

Class #	Topic	Challenges
01	React and Component-Based Architecture	Self Study: Array forEach
02	React State and Props	Self Study: Array map
03	Functions as Props	Self Study: Array filter
04	React and Forms	Self study: Array sort
05	Conditional Rendering, Routing	Self study: Array reduce

Module 2

Class #	Topic	Challenges
06	Asynchronous Code and Third Party APIs	Value vs Reference
07	Express Servers	Split, join, slice, splice
08	APIs	Regex
09	Modularization, Refactoring	Self study: Object keys, values, entries
10	Persistence	2d Arrays

Module 3

Class #	Topic	Challenges
11	MongoDB, Mongoose and Data Modeling	Method Chaining
12	Creating and Deleting resources	Regex 2
13	Updating Resources	includes, every, substring, chartAt
14	Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in Tech	None
15	Authentication	All self-study

Module 4 - Final Project

Class #	Deliverables
16	Wireframes, User Stories, Architecture Plan, DevOps, Documentation, Agreements
17	Phase 1
18	MVP
19	Final Polish, Presentation Practice
20	Live Project Presentations