My experience with Manchester Codes

I have been a Quality Assurance tester for five years, testing from a User point of view, but not from a Developer view. So the next step was to look into development. I have come across multiple IT courses and have decided to enrol with @MCRcodes. This is an evening part-time coding boot camp based in central Manchester which runs for 24 weeks.

Week 0 (January 2018) - Met up with Joe (Founder) for an informal interview to discuss suitability for me to enrol in the course. He has been very friendly and explained everything very clearly. Did quick JavaScript test, I initially panicked a little, however after few clues from Joe able to complete the test with ease.
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 Week 1 to 4 (February 2018) - I have learned a lot in my first month in boot camp, most importantly is how much commitment is required to do this course. You will have to study minimum 20 hours each week, and each time you have free time, code! even if it's 30 minutes. Topics that have been covered; GIT, CLI, JavaScript basic (numbers, strings, booleans, arrays, and objects) & advance (Constructor function and Prototype object), npm package manager, jest testing software, and many individual and group assignments.
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 Week 5 to 8 (March 2018) - Completed the second month with MCRcodes, and I have gained enough knowledge required from a Junior Front-End Developer, just need to put everything learned into practice. Also, my GitHub profile has become really strong now that I am confident to add to my CV showing my coding skillsets. Topics covered this month; using ESLinter routinely, creating good code design (Object Oriented Programming, and SOLID), mocking our tests (test doubles, and jest.fn()), and web design (HTML, CSS Flexbox, JavaScript in the browser, and Forms).
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Week 9 to 12 (April 2018) - The main focus for this month was Express, MongoDB, and using routes with CRUD functions. I now have basic knowledge of back-end technology. I was quite surprised how much I have enjoyed this month since I was always focused on front-end technology even before enrolling in this course. Now I'm really looking forward to learning React.js from week 13 onwards. Topics covered this month; basic internet functionality, what's an API, server setup with Express, running multiple codes with Asynchronous JavaScript, using Mongo to store database in the cloud, Relational/Nested Data, and using routes to determining how an application responds to a client request to a particular endpoint with CRUD (create, read, update, and delete) functions.
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Week 13 to 17 (May 2018) - The fourth month of coding boot camp completed, where we primarily focused on React JavaScript framework and creating single page applications. Assignments are a lot bigger now, which involves working with both backend and frontend together. Topics covered this month; working with dependencies (react, babel, webpack), Single Page Applications (SPA's) with React.js, writing in JSX, React Routing, BCrypt/JWT authentication process, and combining both API and Frontend project to work with each other (MERN stack).
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 Week 18 to 21 (June 2018) - Finishing off authentication exercises and looking into starting a class project consisting of 3 members. Looking into project planning and deploying projects onto cloud platform service. Topics covered this month; OAuth authentication, Heroku cloud service, project planning (kanban board, wireframe design, mockups), Git branching/merging, and Mongo Aggregations Pipeline.
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Week 22 to 24 (July 2018) - Done it! Completed my 24 weeks of coding with Manchester Codes with a project showing what we have learned. Topics covered this month: UI technologies and presentation software for project, careers advice, and looking at a tech test example.
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Find out more about Manchester Codes - https://mcr.codes/

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