Backend Development
Build the server side of applications: APIs, authentication, databases and security.
Software Development training
Learn how software is planned, written, tested and maintained, using real coding projects.
Course overview
This course teaches how software is built from an idea to a working, maintained product. You will learn to think like a developer, write clean code, use version control and test what you build.
Requirements
- A computer
- Basic computer skills
- Willingness to practise regularly
What you will learn
- Explain the software development lifecycle
- Write and organise code using core programming concepts
- Use Git to track and share work
- Test and debug simple applications
Practical projects
- A command-line task manager
- A small application that saves data
Skills you will gain
- Problem solving
- Programming fundamentals
- Git and GitHub
- Debugging
- Basic software design
Career and application opportunities
- Junior software developer
- Freelance developer
- A foundation for further specialisation
Curriculum
1Foundations of software development
- What software is and how it is built
- The software development lifecycle
- Choosing a programming language
- Setting up your development environment
2Programming fundamentals
- Variables and data types
- Conditions and loops
- Functions
- Lists and dictionaries
3Working with code
- Reading and debugging errors
- Version control with Git
- Collaborating with GitHub
- Writing readable code
4Building applications
- Structuring a project
- Working with files and data
- Object-oriented basics
- Handling errors
5Testing and delivery
- Writing simple tests
- Documentation
- Packaging and sharing your app
- Capstone project
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