Coding for Managers Course Syllabus
Week 1. HTML & CSS
Apply HTML tags
Use best-practice CSS architecture
Include external assets (e.g. images and fonts)
Week 2. Responsive Design
Viewport tag and CSS media queries
Remote debugging and emulation in the browser
How to use Bootstrap
Week 3. Git & Github
Version control systems for software development
Create and modify a repository
Use Github to collaborate
Week 4. Ruby & Rails
Ruby vs Ruby on Rails
Model-View-Controller framework
Databases
Week 5. Bootstrap
Describe what Bootstrap is and explain how the grid system works
Place different Bootstrap components onto a static page
Manipulate different Bootstrap elements with custom CSS
Design and create webpages using Bootstrap elements and styling
Week 6. Javascript
JavaScript basics: Primitives, Operators, Arrays, and Conditionals
CSS transitions and animations
Include JavaScript in a web page
Week 7. API & Heroku
Understand the role of an API
Learn about environment variables
Learn how to create a custom Rails route
Learn how to make an HTTP request with an API key
Understand the JSON data format
Learn how to make an AJAX request
Understand the asynchronous nature of JavaScript
Deploy your app on Heroku
Week 8. Technical Interview
What is an engineer technical interview
What to expect from a technical interview as a manager
Practice one typical exercise
