Learning path for UX and Dev

 

You can skip our prerequisite studying: If you are already familiar with the end-end design process, research methodologies, visual design patterns that help you translate a challenge into functional designs for mobile applications.

If you are not familiar with how UX works, that's ok too: Finish one or two courses from the pre-requisite studies from below before you apply for cohort four.

Prerequisite studying:

Visual Design:

• Google Material Design

UX Design courses you can audit for free:

• Interaction Design Specialization offered by US San Diego
• User Experience Research and Design Specialization offered by the University of Michigan

Financial aid:

You don't need to show us a certificate, but if you want to earn a certificate in the above courses you can apply for financial aid here.

Prerequisite understanding for working together:

Figma:

• Figma youtube tutorial

Scrum:

• Scrum in under 5 minutes
• The Beginner’s Guide To Scrum And Agile Project Management

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You can skip our prerequisite studying: If you are already familiar with the foundation-level understanding of React, Javascript, Firebase, and other tech-stack mentioned below.

If you are not familiar with them, that's ok too: Finish them before you apply for cohort four.

Prerequisite Reading/Videos for Developers

• Object Oriented Programming https://youtu.be/pTB0EiLXUC8
• Javascript https://youtu.be/W6NZfCO5SIk
• Express https://expressjs.com/en/starter/installing.html
• Create react app https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app
• Axios https://github.com/axios/axios#table-of-contents
• What is the difference between Axios and Express? https://medium.com/better-programming/connect-your-express-and-react-applications-using-axios-c35723b6d667
• News API https://newsapi.org/
• React Beginner Tutorial https://reactjs.org/tutorial/tutorial.html
• Material UI (this is the component library we are using) https://material-ui.com/

Prerequisite understanding for Development Environment

• IDE
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Jet Brains
• Debugger
  • Chrome Debugger https://youtu.be/H0XScE08hy8
  • Visual Studio Code Debugger https://youtu.be/AX7uybwukkk
• GitHub
  • https://help.github.com/en/github/getting-started-with-github
  • https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=github+for+beginners
  • https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/git-getting-started
  • https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/git-fundamentals
• Scrum
  • https://youtu.be/2Vt7Ik8Ublw
  • https://blog.trello.com/beginners-guide-scrum-and-agile-project-management

React Courses (optional)

• https://www.pluralsight.com/paths/react (look at the beginner courses)
• https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=react+for+beginners
• https://reactjs.org/tutorial/tutorial.html
• https://reactjs.org/
• https://reactjs.org/docs/state-and-lifecycle.html

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