I'm putting together the curriculum for a Code Ramp 102 class, which comes after 101 - an Intro to Web Development class I taught earlier in the year for Success Center SF. SCSF is a non-profit dedicated to helping underserved youth in the San Francisco community.
By the end of 101 students will have learned:
- How the web works
- HTML structure, attributes
- CSS structure, properties (common ones), layout, bootstrap
- JS variables, functions, control flow, event handling, callbacks, DOM manipulation
- Product strategy: setting goals, content design, design sense
- Developer tools: Sublime, browser tools (console, network and elements tabs), the terminal (limited, running commands like
nodeandcd) - Work ethic: playing well with others, transparency, communication, collaboration
102 is, like 101, an 8 week course. The ultimate goal is employment, but that doesn't have to mean an engineering-centric role. We stress throughout 101 that these skills are helpful no matter what role you might take on, especially if it's in the tech industry.
For 102 we're thinking of building on these skills to give them more experience with various engineering topics (databases, for example) and a closer sense of what it's like to work on a real-world engineering team.
Questions
- What should we change about 101 to better equip students?
- What skills should students learn in 102 that will better prepare them for real-world problem solving, working on an engineering team?
- Anything else? Thank you!
How long is this course?