Course description
Professional Software Development
Take your seat in Scotland’s thriving tech industry by learning to code through our immersive software development course. With 13,000 digital jobs becoming available each year, there’s never been a better time to get involved.
Our curriculum has been expertly crafted to give you the skills you need to be job ready in 16 weeks:
- Learn the fundamentals of programming
- Get hands-on with industry standard tools and processes
- Grasp front-end web development
- Explore back-end development
- Hone your team working skills
- Get career transition support
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Suitability - Who should attend?
- Aspiring programmers
- If you’ve already dabbled in coding (and loved it) we want to hear from you! Not given it a go yet? Before you apply, we recommend giving some free online tutorials a go to see if programming is for you.
- Ambitious career changers
- Looking for a new challenge? Most of our students are between the ages of 22 – 60 years old and come with previous career experience in sectors such as finance, education, engineering, retail and many more.
- Problem solvers & tech enthusiasts
- You don’t need to be a mathematician or have any previous technical experience. All you need is a willingness to learn, a passion for technology and to think like a problem solver.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Enhance your CV by earning a Professional Development Award in Software Development – an internationally recognised stamp of approval.
Training Course Content
Weeks 1-5
- Ruby
- SQL
- Web Programming, touching on UX Design and ‘Managing you career transition’.
Weeks 6-9
- Full-Stack web development
- JavaScript
- Agile
- Industry Insights
- Personal Branding and Presenting tech.
Weeks 11-16
- Java
- Spring
- React
- CV workshops
- Interviewing tips
- Speed Networking and Personal coaching.
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