Coder Academy Web Dev Prework
Welcome to Coder Academy's Bootcamp Prework!
Please complete the following tutorials and tasks to the best of your ability. The topics below are essential skills for a developer and will help you get the most out of the first few weeks of the bootcamp.
Command Line
The command line is a text interface for your computer. It’s a program that takes in commands, which it passes on to the computer’s operating system to run.
- Sign up for a free trial at Codecademy and complete Sections 1 & 2 here: https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-the-command-line
HTML/CSS
HTML and CSS are the basic building blocks of websites. The following tutorials will show you the basics:
Ruby
Give your first programming language Ruby a try:
- Complete level 6 here: https://ruby.github.io/TryRuby/
Then, pick one of these and read through as much as you can:
Touch Typing
Test out how fast you type, some of our staff can type over 100 words per minute!
Tools of the Trade
Coder Academy students can freely apply for accounts on the websites below.
Codepen.io
Codepen is a website where you can test out your code and view other peoples work. Many recruiters use Codepen to find software developers and throughout the course you should be building a portfolio of work within.
Sites to Start Reading Each Day
Hackernews
A news resource frequented by many IT professionals and owned by the largest venture capital firm in the world. This website will help you see what cool projects are going on in the IT space, don’t feel you have to understand it all.
Stack Overflow
This is the bible for software developers. It will become your best friend form here on as it will give you the solutions to many of problems you will face.
Github
Please sign up for a Github account.
Please note Coder Academy is in no way affiliated with any of the above sites and recommend you only access free content