ssapra / level_one_curriculum

The central repository for all Level One curriculum resources

CodeNow Level One Curriculum

Welcome to the CodeNow Level One curriculum repository!

This repository is a central location for all the resources needed to teach Level One of the program.

In this README, you will find a table of contents linking to a series of guides and the sample front-end and Rails projects. These guides and projects serve as resources to help you prepare for teaching your students during the program. They also outline the lesson plan for the workshop itself.

Table of Contents

Workshop Timelines

• Day One
• Day Two
• Day Three
• Day Four

Product Development

• How to Find a Meaningful Problem to Solve

  • Solve a Problem You Care About
  • Examples of Successful Companies and the Problems That Started Them
  • Marshmallow Challenge Activity

• The Problem We'll Be Solving During the Workshop

  • A Problem Worth Solving
  • Peer Interviews Activity

• Brainstorm the Features

  • All the Possible Features
  • Draw Your Country Map and Rank the Features Activity

• Pick the First Feature To Build

  • Scope Down and Hone In
  • Feature Map Activity

• Sketch

  • Sketch Your Vision
  • Sketch Your Screens Activity

The Command Line, Git, and GitHub

• The Command Line

  • What is the Command Line?
  • Navigate Through the Command Line
  • Create Files In the Command Line

• Git and GitHub

  • Initialize Your First Directory
  • Save and Push Your First Commit

Account Setup

• GitHub and Cloud9
  • Create your First GitHub Repository
  • Create Your First Cloud9 Workspace

Front End Development - CodeNow Sample Todo Application - Front End Mockup Codebase

• Hyper Text Markup Language

  • HTML Starts With Content
  • HTML Tags and Basic Document Structure
  • Different Tags for Different Content
  • Add a New Todo Inputs
  • The Show Page Activity

• Cascading Style Sheets

  • All About Style
  • CSS Selectors
  • The Box Model
  • Block vs. Inline Elements
  • CSS Layout Properties
  • Front End Mockup Example Code
  • DRYing Up the CSS

• Interactivity

  • Introduction to JavaScript
  • Mark a Todo Complete
  • 'Add' a Todo