Introduction to Professional Software Development

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Description

This course is your entry point into the world of professional software development. Get started in programming with one of the two most popular programming languages (Python and Javascript), learn source control using Git, how to prepare software documentation, basic testing and setting up your personal development environment.

No previous experience is required. This course aims to prepare you with the knowledge and skills you need to start your own projects or a career change, following the best practices of professional software developers worldwide.

By the end of this course, students will achieve:

  • Acquire basic-intermediate programming and problem-solving skills in Python or Javascript
  • Understand and know how to use GIT for version control (CLI and GUI)
  • Know how to set-up a personal development environment and workflow
  • Be able to write and publish software documentation
  • Be able to design and execute unit tests for their programs
  • Use continuous integration tools to automate code testing and monitoring
  • Be familiar with online knowledge bases for troubleshooting and technical reference

Curriculum For This Course

Introduction to Professional Software Development (Part 1)

      1. Programming
      2. Programming as a Professional
      3. Set course goals for the participants: choose a mini-project.
      4. Start with programming language online learning
      5. Programming exercises

Introduction to Professional Software Development (Part 2)

      1. Programming
      2. Programming as a Professional
      3. Set course goals for the participants: choose a mini-project.
      4. Start with programming language online learning
      5. Programming exercises

Version Control with Git (Part 1)

      1. Why we need version control
      2. Introduction to Git
      3. Create and manage a code repository on Github
      4. CLI and GUI tools for Git
      5. Integrate Git version control in our programming exercises

Version Control with Git (Part 2)

      1. Why we need version control
      2. Introduction to Git
      3. Create and manage a code repository on Github
      4. CLI and GUI tools for Git
      5. Integrate Git version control in our programming exercises

Development Environment and Workflow (Part 1)

      1. Importance of IDEs
      2. Introduction to Visual Studio Code
      3. GIT + SyntaxLint Plugins for Visual Studio Code
      4. Integrate development workflow in our programming exercises

Development Environment and Workflow (Part 2)

      1. Importance of IDEs
      2. Introduction to Visual Studio Code
      3. GIT + SyntaxLint Plugins for Visual Studio Code
      4. Integrate development workflow in our programming exercises

Software Documentation and Organization (Part 1)

      1. Importance of code repositories in the software world
      2. Code Quality: Fundamentals and Discipline
      3. Writing a comprehensive project README
      4. Create API documentations: manual and automatic tools
      5. Integrate code quality principles in our programming exercises

Software Documentation and Organization (Part 2)

      1. Importance of code repositories in the software world
      2. Code Quality: Fundamentals and Discipline
      3. Writing a comprehensive project README
      4. Create API documentations: manual and automatic tools
      5. Integrate code quality principles in our programming exercises

Software Testing, Unit Tests and Continuous Integration (Part 1)

      1. Importance of Software Testing and different types of testing
      2. Design and execute unit tests
      3. Continuous Integration and CircleCI
      4. Integrate unit testing with our code repository using CircleCI (passing/failing badge)

Software Testing, Unit Tests and Continuous Integration (Part 2)

      1. Importance of Software Testing and different types of testing
      2. Design and execute unit tests
      3. Continuous Integration and CircleCI
      4. Integrate unit testing with our code repository using CircleCI (passing/failing badge)

Review and Project Presentation (Part 1)

      1. General review of questions and discussion
      2. Finalization of student projects
      3. Presentation of student projects

Review and Project Presentation (Part 2)

      1. General review of questions and discussion
      2. Finalization of student projects
      3. Presentation of student projects

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Victor is a Full Stack System Engineer with a passion for building, creating and helping others do the same. Victor has a diverse experience background, with a focus on management of cloud infrastructures and building backend systems that support mobile and web applications used by thousands of people. A teacher by vocation, Victor has experience teaching science subjects to high-school students and as a teaching assistant in undergraduate level. Victor is an engineering graduate of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and is interested in all things Tech.