This is the schedule and list of topics for the upcoming Spring 2021 semester. This information is provided to give you a rough idea of what to expect in this course; the schedule may undergo minor revisions before the course begins.

(5%) Week 1 - Thu Jan 28

• Introduction
• Course logistics
• Website architecture
• Local server setup

(5%) Week 2 - Thu Feb 4

• Workflow w/ Git version control
• Local domains
• PHP Foundation

(10%) Week 3 - Thu Feb 11

• PHP Foundation cont’d
• Production server setup
• Complete Project 1

(5%) Week 4 - Thu Feb 18

• Object-oriented PHP
• Composer dependency management intro/setup
• Frameworks intro
• New Laravel application setup

(5%) Week 5 - Thu Feb 25

• Request lifecycle
• Directory structure
• Routing
• Facades
• Controllers

(5%) Week 6 - Thu Mar 4

• Error handling
• Views & Blade
• Deploy to production

(15%) Week 7 - Thu Mar 11

• Forms
• Validation
• Complete Project 2

Spring Break - Mar 15-19

(5%) Week 8 - Thu Mar 25

• Environments & Configs
• Database introduction
• Local database setup
• Migrations
• Independent study draft

(5%) Week 9 - Thu Apr 1

• Database interaction (CRUD)
• Models/Eloquent
• Seeders
• Production database setup

(5%) Week 10 - Thu Apr 8

• Collections
• CRUD features

(5%) Week 11 - Thu Apr 15

• Authentication/Users
• Relationships: One to Many

(10%) Week 12 - Thu Apr 22

• Relationships: Many to Many
• Testing
• Independent study final

(5%) Week 13 - Thu Apr 29

• HTTPS
• Model factories
• App as API for front-end frameworks
• Streamlining controllers

(15%) Week 14 - Thu May 6

• Complete Project 3

Exam week

Note: The Week 14 assignment (and corresponding Project 3) must be submitted by Thu May 13 11:59pm Eastern. Because it’s the end of the semester, late work is not accepted for this final deliverable.