Academy Xi

Software Engineering: Transform

This course will teach you all the programming fundamentals, right from Object-Oriented Programming to working with APIs, database modeling, to understanding Model-View-Controller (MVC) patterns used to build large-scale applications.

You’ll learn two key programming languages, JavaScript and Ruby, which will give you the foundations to adapt to any language as technology evolves throughout your career.

Learning two languages across the tech stack allows you to differentiate between core Software Engineering principles and language-specific nuances, which, in turn, will make learning further languages easier.

We chose these two in particular due to their readability, wide usage, and large open-source communities that provide a wealth of off-the-shelf tools to get you going. There’s also the added benefit that both Ruby and JavaScript let you see your results fast, making it easy to start building and learning early on in the course.

This course covers both front and back-end development, allowing you to become a well-versed Full-stack Developer, which greatly increases your employability. You will gain much more than technical skills. Prove you can talk the tech talk by writing and maintaining blog posts, setting up your own GitHub profile, and joining the wider tech community.

Most importantly, establish a portfolio of personally-relevant, functional web applications to impress potential employers, as you work through the course and with our Career Support Team to land a role. All this will teach you to think and build like a well-rounded Software Engineer.