CSCI 4513 Quick Links

Introduction to the course, syllabus review, environment setup

Week 1 - Tuesday

HTML form elements, validation, styling forms, accessibility

Week 1 - Thursday

CSS Grid layout system, responsive grids, Grid vs Flexbox

Week 2 - Tuesday

Object literals, constructor functions, prototypes, this keyword

Week 2 - Thursday

Factory functions, module pattern, encapsulation, IIFE

Week 3 - Tuesday

ES6 class syntax, inheritance, static methods, getters/setters

Week 3 - Thursday

Import/export syntax, npm package management, Webpack bundling

Week 4 - Tuesday

JSON data format, OOP principles, SOLID principles

Week 4 - Thursday

ESLint, Prettier, best practices, code quality

Week 5 - Tuesday

Callbacks, Promises, async/await, Fetch API

Week 5 - Thursday

Data structures: recursion, linked lists, hash maps, BST

Week 6 - Tuesday

Branching, merge conflicts, Git workflows, collaboration

Week 6 - Thursday

TDD, Jest framework, unit tests, mocking

Week 7 - Tuesday

Review of Lectures 1-13, practice problems, Q&A

Week 7 - Thursday

Exam covering Lectures 1-13

Week 8 - Tuesday

CSS transitions, transforms, keyframes, JS animation

Week 9 - Tuesday

Mobile-first, media queries, responsive images

Week 9 - Thursday

React philosophy, virtual DOM, JSX, components

Week 11 - Tuesday

State, useState hook, event handling, conditional rendering

Week 11 - Thursday

useEffect hook, React Router, navigation, URL params

Week 12 - Tuesday

PropTypes, useRef, custom hooks, performance

Week 12 - Thursday

SQL fundamentals, PostgreSQL, CRUD operations

Week 13 - Tuesday

Node.js runtime, file system, HTTP servers, npm

Week 13 - Thursday

Express setup, routing, middleware, request/response

Week 14 - Tuesday

Template engines, form handling, file uploads, errors

Week 14 - Thursday

Auth vs authz, password hashing, sessions, Passport.js

Week 15 - Tuesday

Project requirements, planning, full-stack architecture

Week 15 - Thursday

Project development, code review, deployment prep

Week 16 - Tuesday

Comprehensive review, final exam prep, presentations

Week 16 - Thursday