One of the common questions we get from people is how we spend our time in our twelve week apprenticeship cohorts. While we have many labs and sample projects available to our apprentices, the best learning experiences are found by creating "breakable toys": applications that the apprentices choose that are aligned with their interests.
Our current cohort has several members who have fallen in love with the card game Dominion, and so we decided it would be interesting to build an application together to keep track of the dozens of card types for browsing and create a random card picker since you only play with ten types in a single game.
Several of the apprentices challenged me to go back and create some screen casts of how we went through the process and share it out so that potential applicants can get a glimpse into what our apprentices are capable of after 7-8 weeks of training. I agreed, and have started production on these videos.
Whether you are an experienced developer who wants to see what C#, ASP.NET MVC4, and SQL Server bring to the table or a beginner who wants to see what it's like to build a minimum viable product, feel free to join us on our YouTube channel. The first set of videos is published, and the rest of the series is coming soon!
One of the common questions we get from people is how we spend our time in our twelve week apprenticeship cohorts. While we have many labs and sample projects available to our apprentices, the best learning experiences are found by creating "breakable toys": applications that the apprentices choose that are aligned with their interests.
Our current cohort has several members who have fallen in love with the card game Dominion, and so we decided it would be interesting to build an application together to keep track of the dozens of card types for browsing and create a random card picker since you only play with ten types in a single game.
Several of the apprentices challenged me to go back and create some screen casts of how we went through the process and share it out so that potential applicants can get a glimpse into what our apprentices are capable of after 7-8 weeks of training. I agreed, and have started production on these videos.
Whether you are an experienced developer who wants to see what C#, ASP.NET MVC4, and SQL Server bring to the table or a beginner who wants to see what it's like to build a minimum viable product, feel free to join us on our YouTube channel. The first set of videos is published, and the rest of the series is coming soon!
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg6qLo5I5vnWGjWE-MjP1t_zzfAmKeTBa