Spring 2021 Schedule/Topics
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(5%) Week 1
Introduction
Course logistics
Onboarding
(5%) Week 2
Git version control
Production servers
Server options
(5%) Week 3
Code editor setup
PHP Introduction & Syntax
Error reporting
Separation of concerns
Data types
(15%) Week 4
Arrays
Functions (built-in)
Conditionals
Loops
Complete Project 1
(5%) Week 5
Form processing
(15%) Week 6
Complete Project 2
(5%) Week 7
Code style & design
Functions (user-defined)
Object-oriented Programming
(5%) Week 8
P2 Peer Review
Inheritance
Autoloading
Namespacing
(5%) Week 9
Application frameworks - Introduction, installation, routing, controllers
(5%) Week 10
Frameworks cont’d - Views
(5%) Week 11
Frameworks cont’d - Form processing and validation
Databases
(5%) Week 12
Databases cont’d
Migrations
Seeds
Commands
(15%) Week 13
Recap/Review
Complete Project 3
(5%) Week 14
Testing
Wrap-up
Exam week
Note: Your last weekly assignment (which includes Project 3) must be submitted by [TBD] . Because it’s the end of the semester, late work is not accepted for this last assignment.