Welcome to the Project Build portion of Winter Capstone 2023! 🥳 🎊 🎉
Know that your Marcy Lab Family is proud of the work you've put into getting to this moment of the program, but above all else, you should be proud of yourself! This journey is not yet over, and in this last stretch, we want to do everything we can to support you and allow you to build one last portfolio project to show us, show yourself, and show the world that you are undeniably job-ready.
In many ways, this Capstone project is going to feel like a scaled-down version of your Demo Day project. But in other ways, it's going to feel different because you're going to own this entire project yourself. These are the expectations we have for you over the next 8 weeks:
- You will complete two Code Challenges a day. One must be the same Code Challenge the class went over for the day. The other can be any LeetCode or Codewars challenge of your choice. You should save all your code so that an instructor can review it with you during check-ins.
- You will track the progress of your Capstone Project using Agile methodologies (Scrum Board) and update it daily.
- You will check-in with your Capstone Advisors (Itzel and Carmen) twice a week for 1-hour each time. You will use this time to share your completed Code Challenges, give project updates, and receive a live Code Review.
- You will be demoing your progress in front of your Capstone Advisors (Itzel and Carmen) and your Project Manager (Ann) once a week.
You will be building a full-stack application with the following requirements:
- Your front-end must be a React project that uses Context API as the primary state manager.
- Your styling must come from a pre-built CSS library.
- Your back-end must be an Express API that is organized into routes, controllers, and models.
- Your database must have two entities (database tables), and they must have a one-to-many relationship between them.
Here are some examples ERDs for web applications with two entities with a one-to-many relationship:
- To Do List application where a user has many posts/tasks
- Geography Map application where a country has many cities
- Flight Search application where a plane has many flights
- Book Search application where a library has many books
You can have stretch features in mind. However, you must prioritize building out full-CRUD on both your database tables.
| Week | Focus | Weekly Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| July 11th - July 15th | Project Scoping and Proposal | Submit a high-quality, detailed Project Proposal |
| July 18th - July 22nd | Wireframing and ERD Domain Modeling | Submit a collection of high-quality, detailed technical planning documents |
| July 25th - July 29th | Project Build Week 1 | Complete full-stack, full-CRUD features for one entity |
| August 1st - August 5th | Project Build Week 2 | Complete full-stack, full-CRUD features for your other entity |
| August 8th - August 12th | Project Build Week 3 | Integrate all full-stack features together |
| August 15th - August 19th | Project Build Week 4 | Polish your application and implement stretch features |
| August 22nd - August 26th | Case Study Writing | Document your technical journey in a Technical Case Study |
| August 29th - September 2nd | Presentation Prep | Prepare a presentation on your Capstone Project |
| Assignment / Deliverable | Due Date |
|---|---|
| Project Proposal | Fri, July 15th |
| Wireframes and ERDs | Fri, July 22nd |
| Complete feature work for one entity | Fri, July 29th |
| Complete feature work for all entities | Fri, August 5th |
| Finish MVP | Fri, August 12th |
| Polish and Deploy Application | Fri, August 19th |
| Project Presentation | Wed, August 31st |