Compiled Learning Objectives

How the internet works (Prep)

• Describe what happens when a user enters a url into a browser
• Explain the purpose of the HTTP protocol
• Define a GET request in the HTTP protocol

Technical Writing 101 (Prep)

• Plan and author a technical document
• Edit a technical document for clarity and correctness

Rendering Data as UI (Prep)

• Explain how data is rendered into a user interface

Cinema listings (Prep)

• Define an acceptance criterion for building a web page
• Use a wireframe to make a basic design for the web page

Rendering one card (Prep)

• Define a sub-goal for rendering data in the user interface

Composing elements (Prep)

• Compose UI elements to some specification
• Append DOM elements to other nodes in the DOM tree

Creating elements with functions (Prep)

• Extract functions for common tasks
• Identify benefits of using reusable functions

Creating elements with <template> (Prep)

• Use template tags to simplify element initialisation
• Identify trade-offs between using functions vs template tags to create components

Reusable components (Prep)

• Implement components for a user interface

One-to-one mappings (Prep)

• Describe how to render a list of data

Using map (Prep)

• Describe how to use map

Applying map to our problem (Prep)

• Use map to render multiple film cards

Check out an API response (Backlog)

• Extract important information from an HTTP response

Mandatory Sprint 1 Codewars Katas (Backlog)

• Practice applying concepts related to the sprint’s prep material in a kata.
• Problem solve a new coding challenge.

Mentored pair programming (Backlog)

• Talk aloud when thinking about a problem.
• Write code in front of someone else.
• Analyse your strategies for solving problems in code.

Object Destructuring (Backlog)

• Use object destructuring to extract values from an object and assign them to variables in one line

Play the Bandit (Backlog)

• Develop your command line skills

Read about team roles (Backlog)

• Explain different roles people take on within a team.
• Identify which roles you are most likely to be stronger or weaker at.

Technical Writing (Backlog)

• Plan and author a technical document
• Edit a technical document for clarity and correctness

TV Show Project (Backlog)

• Load data from an API
• Update a UI in response to user input
• Collaborate with other developers to build a product

Teamwork Project S1 (Day Plan)

• Discuss hard and soft skills in a tech team
• Describe different roles in tech teams
• Explain the importance of agreeing on clear goals for the team