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CAD I - Cloud Applications Practicum Syllabus.pdf

Level: 400

Course Description

Software engineers are frequently tasked with building applications using unfamiliar elements. This course will ask you to build an application using the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and one or more unfamiliar technologies or tools you select. By the end of this course, you will learn how to tackle unfamiliar situations, a key skill for any programmer, and improve your skills in programming and software development. This course will provide you with a project to add to your portfolio of work.

Prerequisites

• Programming for Everyone I & II or Equivalent
• Cloud Computing Foundations
• Application Development I & II or Equivalent
• Data Structures

Course Topics

Please Note: This course is a practicum, as such it introduces relatively few new topics.

• Problem Solving in Software Development
  • Learning New Tools
  • Debugging in Unfamiliar Situations
• Software Development Best Practices
  • Understanding Best Practices
  • Writing Legible Code
  • Documentation
  • Version Tracking

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate improved skills with their chosen language and frameworks
• Explain unfamiliar technologies to a technical audience
• Demonstrate skill with previously unfamiliar technologies and tools
• Demonstrate improved understanding of software development best practices