biancanavey/pt_course_projects

Project/exercise briefs for the part-time course

BNTA Part-Time Course

This repository contains resources and exercises for the February 2022 part-time course.

Admin

For this course you will need to sign up to:

• LinkedIn Learning (an invitation will be sent to you)
• HackerRank
• CodePen

Support Sessions

Although this course is intended to be largely self-study there will be times during each week when the trainers will be available to answer any questions you may have. You can send questions at any time and we'll get back to you when we can, but during these hours someone will always be available for help:

• Monday 13.30 - 14.30
• Tuesday 16.00 - 17.00
• Thursday 13.30 - 14.30
• Firday 16.00 - 17.00

Schedule

Week 1: Feb 7 - Feb 11

• Data Structures revison on LinkedIn Learning
• Algorithms revision on LinkedIn Learning
• [Optional - useful if you want further practice] Technical interview questions in Java on LinkedIn Learning
• Exercises from the HackerRank Java preparation track:
  • Welcome to Java
  • Stdin and Stdout 1 & 2
  • If-Else
  • Loops 1
  • Date and Time
  • Primality Test
  • Java 1D Array
  • List
  • Map
  • Any others you want practice with

Week 2: Feb 14 - Feb 18

• Spring revision on LinkedIn Learning
• Exercises from the HackerRank SQL preparation track
  • The "Basic Select" exercises
  • The "Basic Join" exercises
  • [Optional] The "Aggregation" exercises
• Complete the Week 2 API building task

Week 3: Feb 21 - Feb 25

• Server-side Project

Week 4: Feb 28 - Mar 4

• Continue server-side project

Week 5: Mar 7 - Mar 11

• TDD in JavaScript on LinkedIn Learning
• [Optional - useful for recapping a particular topic] JavaScript Fundamentals revision on LinkedIn Learning
• CodePen exercises:
  • Read the instructions!
  • Exercise 1 - Conditionals
  • exercise 2
  • exercise 3

Week 6: Mar 14 - Mar 18

• React fundamentals on LinkedIn Learning
• React hooks on LinkedIn Learning
• Complete the Week 6 front-end task

Week 7: Mar 21 - Mar 25

• Intro to Cloud Computing on LinkedIn Learning
• Intro to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) on LinkedIn Learning
• Work through the offical GCP tutorials

Week 8: Mar 28 - Apr 1

• Client-side project

Week 9: Apr 4 - Apr 8

• Continue client-side project
• Demo day (Friday)