App Academy’s Bootcamp Prep Online has placed nearly 100 percent of graduates at the best coding bootcamps in the country because of its award-winning curriculum. But what do students actually learn throughout the Bootcamp Prep program? We’ve covered each day of the curriculum for you below.
The schedule below is specific to App Academy’s in-person Bootcamp Prep course. Bootcamp Prep Online covers the same material but is self-paced.
Week 1: Introduction to Web Development Fundamentals + JavaScript
The first week of Bootcamp Prep teaches introductory programming with JavaScript. Four days of study are rounded off by a review session and the first assessment on the fifth day.
Students learn all about the Command Line and running JavaScript. They gain familiarity with writing commands, using files and Read-Evaluate-Print Loops (Repl) to run JavaScript. Then, they are introduced to variables and conditionals.
MondayTuesdayDay Two builds off the skills of Day One, with students learning about functions. They learn how to use functions in practical ways by exploring parameters and return statements.WednesdayLooping is introduced on Day Three. This material combines basic logic with computer programming. Students learn how to use For” and “While” Loops. To complete their understanding of manipulating loops