Syllabus Planning

Here is the list of topics we are planning to go over in CEHS Coding Club.

Introduction

• Uses of programming and practical applications
• Setting up computer for coding, installing tools, Atom, etc.
• Outline of syllabus
• Discuss goals members want to achieve in Coding Club and evaluate feasibility

Web Development

• Designing Websites with HTML / CSS
• Adding interactivity with JavaScript
• Creating web applications that use API’s to make POST and GET requests to various resources
• Publishing a webpage to GitHub

Git & GitHub

• Becoming familiar with using repositories
• Using GitHub’s online interface
• Forking and pull requests
• Markdown fluency
• Using repositories locally
• Using git commands in terminal

Terminal / Shell Scripting

• Using terminal to complete tasks that could have been achieved graphically
• Bash fluency / general use
• File manipulation
• Process Automation
• Create a script that fills a need

Embedded Firmware Development

• C++
• Introduction to micro-controllers
• Using Photons to create programmable circuits and devices

Internet of Things

• Using Photons to create cloud connected circuits and devices
• Pulling and pushing data from and to Photons using a webpage
• Make home automation projects: sensors, lights

Product Creation

• All members will have a final project they can develop in pairs or individually
• Members will use the skills they learned from previous modules to create a product with multiple parts
• For example, members could create a cloud connected device using a photon and create web app or native tool to interface with it in an effective method