New April Things in Curricula

4/24/17

a11y comes to web-dev-001

• introduce idea of a11y early, and demo basic best practices
• add assignments where students refactor HTML to make it accessible
• audited all code in web-dev-001 to make it practice what we preach
• Next steps: web-dev-002 and introing a11y basics for js

https://courses.thinkful.com/web-dev-001v1/assignment/2.2.5 

Deployment & CI come to React

• show students how to deploy apps to Netlify, have TravisCI deploy to Netlify, and register and set up custom domains
• Paves way for much clearer path through final capstone

https://courses.thinkful.com/react-001v3/unit/1

Revamped full stack capstone comes to FEWD-201

• 11 assignment final capstone project
• more scaffolding, deliverables, and prescriptions
• No longer leave students on their own to figure out how to create/deploy a full stack app
• Deploy client and API separately
• Should help students move through full stack capstone more quickly and with more consistently high quality projects

https://courses.thinkful.com/fewd-201v4/unit/1

Lesson on building portfolio site comes to FEWD-201

• Before, students had a goal to create a portfolio, but no guidance.
• This led to lots of wheel spinning and inconsistent results.
• Now: 6 assignments with clear deliverables and steps.
• Showcase good portfolios
• Message is don't reinvent the wheel. Borrow from existing layouts/designs.
• No longer leave students on their own to figure out 

https://courses.thinkful.com/fewd-201v4/lesson/3.1

Coming next

• Smoothing out of Node (today or tomorrow)
• Flex and full-time back on the same curriculum.
• Capstones removed from curricula and go into a separate projects phase
• Rewriting full stack phase (Phase 2) to be more "full stacky"