AI Academy

Introduction to Back-End Development

Instructor: Taught by Meta Staff Duration: Approx. 19 hours
Objective 1 Distinguish between front-end, back-end, and full-stack developers.
Objective 2 Create and style a webpage with HTML and CSS.
Objective 3 The benefits of working with UI frameworks.
Full-Stack Web Development
JavaScript Frameworks
User Interface (UI)
Web Servers
General Networking
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Back-End Web Development
HTML and CSS
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Web Design and Development
Bootstrap (Front-End Framework)
Responsive Web Design
Front-End Web Development
React.js

Programming in Python

Instructor: Taught by Meta Staff Duration: 5 hours to complete
Objective 1 Foundational programming skills with basic Python Syntax.
Objective 2 How to use objects, classes and methods.
Development Environment
Data Structures
Programming Principles
Computer Programming
Python Programming
Integrated Development Environments
Unit Testing
Software Testing
Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Test Driven Development (TDD)
Debugging

Version Control

Instructor: Taught by Meta Staff Duration: 2 hours to complete
Objective 1 Implement Version Control systems
Objective 2 Navigate and configure using the command line
Objective 3 Use a GitHub repository. Create a GitHub repository
Objective 4 Manage code revisions
Command-Line Interface
Software Development
Linux Commands
GitHub
Git (Version Control System)
Collaborative Software
Unix Commands
Software Versioning
Software Development Tools
Version Control
File Management

Introduction to Databases for Back-End Development

Instructor: Taught by Meta Staff Duration: 2 hours to complete
Objective 1 Concepts and principles that underpin how databases work.
Objective 2 Plan and execute a simple database development project.
Query Languages
Databases
MySQL
NoSQL
Database Design
Relational Databases
Database Management Systems
SQL

Django Web Framework

Instructor: Taught by Meta Staff Duration: 4 hours to complete
Objective 1 Build a web server
Objective 2 Data modeling
Objective 3 Implement web security best practices
Data Modeling
Web Development
Application Frameworks
Django (Web Framework)
Web Servers
Database Management
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Back-End Web Development
Application Security
Web Applications
Database Development
MySQL

APIs

Instructor: Taught by Meta Staff Duration: 2 weeks at 10 hours a week
Objective 1 API development
Objective 2 Principles of REST architecture
Objective 3 Build a basic API
JSON
Django (Web Framework)
API Design
Data Validation
Test Tools
Authentications
Authorization (Computing)
Restful API
Debugging
Application Programming Interface (API)
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Software Documentation
Performance Tuning

The Full Stack

Instructor: Taught by Meta Staff Duration: Approx. 25 hours
Objective 1 Build a Django app
Objective 2 Use the full stack
Objective 3 Configure an environment
Full-Stack Web Development
Responsive Web Design
MySQL
Django (Web Framework)
Cloud Computing
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Front-End Web Development
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Scalability
Back-End Web Development
Virtual Environment
Javascript
Web Applications
Application Programming Interface (API)

Back-End Developer Capstone

Instructor: Taught by Meta Staff Duration: Approx. 20 hours
Objective 1 Create a Django web server with multiple API endpoints
Objective 2 Connect Django to a MySQL database
MySQL
Git (Version Control System)
Web Applications
Server Side
Back-End Web Development
Django (Web Framework)
Restful API
Full-Stack Web Development
Software Testing
User Accounts
API Design
Databases
Unit Testing
Application Development

Coding Interview Preparation

Instructor: Taught by Meta Staff Duration: Approx. 12 hours
Objective 1 Prepare for a coding interview
Objective 2 Prepare for a Meta interview
Objective 3 Solve problems using code
Pseudocode
Algorithms
Data Structures
Computational Thinking
Software Visualization
Computational Logic
Program Development
Programming Principles
Computer Science
Technical Communication