This specialism course is focused on setting you up to land a Frontend Developer job. We go deeper into building frontend applications, design and popular frameworks that you'll meet in your career such as React.
Collaboration via GitHub
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Using AI in Development
Advanced JavaScript
4
React
5
Specialist Career Training
2
Agile Teamwork
Final Project
Total: 19 weeks
How to write a good commit message and submit easy to understand PRs
Understand why we use branches and the different types
Practice using branches and handling changes between local and remote
Understand what a merge conflict is and how to resolve them
How to save temporary changes without committing them (ie. git stash)
How to "remove" commits using reset (soft vs hard), revert, cherry-pick and rebase
Be prepared to collaborate successfully using GitHub on your final project
Use AI to support your development tasks such as refactoring and reviewing code.
Explore prompting techniques to understand complex code, code snippets and tough technical concepts.
Evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, expected outcomes, security and maintainability.
Use AI to support learning new programming languages, frameworks and tools.
Identify and integrate AI into appropriate parts of the software development workflow.
Describe ethical, legal and risk considerations of using AI in professional software development.
Explore the possible futures of how AI is changing the role and expectations of developers in the industry.
Retrieve and work with data from remote servers
Process and display complex data in user-friendly interfaces
Create responsive web applications that react to user input
Build complex websites in a scalable and maintainable way
Understand when and why to use React to build modern web applications
Build user interfaces using reusable, component-based architecture
Manage data and interactivity using props, state, and hooks
Handle user input, forms, and events in React applications
Load and display data from external APIs
Structure complex, multi-page applications with routing and shared state
Understand what a Component Library is, along with the pros and cons
Build, deploy, and share a production-ready React app using Next.js
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Understand conceptual differences between Agile, Scrum & Kanban
Understand what Scrum looks like in day to day life as a developer
Understand how to interact with Scrum ceremonies (e.g. standup, planning, estimating/prioritising, retrospectives)
Practice skills used by developers such as understanding requirements, breaking down technical tasks, and common workflows for reviewing, testing and deploying.
Understand how these skills and practices impact and support agility
Be able to organise a very well structured project in collaboration with other developers for the final project
Collaborate effectively in a team setting
Read and extend/improve other peoples code
Give and receive constructive PR feedback
Plan, communicate and coordinate technical tasks / solutions upfront before implementation
Develop self-guided learning skills (e.g. learn to read documetation for a new tool or API)
Interpret a problem statement and specs/wireframes/prototypes into buildable requirements
Break down bigger problems into smaller, actionable written tasks
Work in iterative sprints and achieve deadlines
Ask for help effectively and at the right time (e.g. describing problems to mentors, asking online, and knowing the power and limitations of using AI)
Deploy a completed project you are proud to showcase on your portfolio
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