software-development-lessons

12-week course

February 2023

Week 1

Lectures

• Overview
• Record Keeping
• Records & Relationships
• HTML
• CSS
• Asking Questions

Assignments

• RPS HTML
• RPS CSS
• Link in Bio
• Sign up for Piazza
• Sign up for GitHub
• Create your TIL Blog

Readings

• How to get startup ideas

Week 2

Lectures

• Data Modeling Yap
• Taking Notes Like a Developer
• Data Modeling Todo List
• Running Ruby Locally
• Asking Questions

Assignments

• Treehouse: Learn Ruby
• Codecademy: Learn Ruby
• Submit final project ideas

Readings

• Stand Ups
• Mac Tips & Tricks

Week 3

Lectures

• Data Modeling Very Best
• Ruby Foundations
• Rubber Duck Debugging

Assignments

• Exercism: Learn Ruby
• Yet Another Ruby
• Ruby Enrichment

Readings

• Domain Names

Week 4

Lectures

• Terminal
• VSCode Shortcuts
• Version Control with Git
• Git Remote and GitHub
• Chat GPT

Assignments

• Ruby on Rails: Phase 1

Week 5

Lectures

• Umbrella (Intro to APIs)
• QR Code Generator 1
• RPS RCAV

Readings

• Setup a password manager

Week 6

Lectures

• Planning and Diagramming Your Idea
• ActiveRecord queries and associations (deep dive in MSM Queries)

Week 7

Lectures

• AI Intro
• Interacting with OpenAi API
• Chat GPT Challenge

Readings

• Several weekends worth of AI reading

Week 8

Lectures

• Data Model: Offer Right
• Deploying your app with Render
• Bootstrap

Assignments

• Ruby on Rails: Phase 2

Week 9

Lectures

• Working together on GitHub (branching, merging, and pull requests)
• Creating a new Rails app from scratch
• Freelance Project Screening

Week 10

Lectures

• Rails Generators and Migrations
• Guidelines & Tips for Showcase
• Cargo Culting & Debugging

Week 11

Lectures

• Adding Sample Data
• Sorting, searching, and pagination
• Images

Week 12

Lectures

• Deploying your app with render
• Working together
• Interviewing for software jobs