Fundamentals of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Students learn the fundamentals of Web programming in JavaScript, HTML and CSS through designing and competing website, animation and video game projects. Projects appear within a portfolio on the student's website project.

All curriculum and tools are Cloud based, allowing students to work from any computer with ease. Students are provided multiple choice quizzes and code quizzes to help practice for the mid-term and the IBC exam; they may be taken multiple times to assist in sharpening skills. All projects, quizzes, code quizzes and homework are delivered and graded via our LMS, Greenlight. Schools receive a spreadsheet summary of student progress.

To write the IBC exam, all projects, quizzes and code quizzes must be complete and greenlit before the exam date at the end of the semester.

This course is an engaging and experiential introduction to the basics of web development and programming in general. Students wishing to move forward to our Advanced Javascript, Functional Programming, and Web Development course must pass the IBC exam of this course, Fundamentals of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Advanced Javascript, Functional Programming, and Web Development

Continuing from Fundamentals of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, this course dives deeply into advanced programming concepts, including jQuery, functional programming, higher order functions.

Additional projects build out the student's website portfolio, including a study of widely used JavaScript functional programming libraries, basic data structures and video games.

All curriculum and tools are Cloud based, allowing students to work from any computer with ease. Students are provided multiple choice quizzes and code quizzes to help practice for the mid-term and the IBC exam; they may be taken multiple times to assist in sharpening skills. All projects, quizzes, code quizzes and homework are delivered and graded via our LMS, Greenlight. Schools receive a spreadsheet summary of student progress.

To write the IBC exam, all projects, quizzes and code quizzes must be complete and greenlit before the exam date at the end of the semester.

This course covers advanced programming concepts widely utilized in the software industry. Students wishing to move forward to any other Operation Spark courses must pass the IBC exam of this course, Advanced Javascript, Functional Programming, and Web Development.

Professional Web and Mobile Development

Beginning in September 2018, we're piloting a half day program, Professional Web and Mobile Development. The pilot year is open to graduates of our Advanced Javascript, Functional Programming, and Web Development who earned their IBC.

Introduced in this course are server side and database programming, frameworks, testing software, version control, design and deployment.The curriculum covered in Professional Web and Mobile Development mirrors our adult workforce program, Immersion, but is mapped out daily over a school year, providing high schoolers a more gradual approach and more frequency of practice. The curriculum is industrial grade, by which we mean students practice professional level software engineering, adopting the same techniques, tools and work methodology practiced within the software industry in designing, building and deploying software products.

Classes run 1pm to 4pm, Monday to Friday at our learning center in New Orleans. Busing is available.

Fundamentals of Video Game Programming

Students learn the fundamentals of video game programming, explore new design patterns, learn the basics of Object Oriented programming, apply trigonometry to simulate simple physics engines, create code libraries to support game development, study classic Atari style 2D video games, and design and build additional video game levels. Introduced is the concept of game mechanics - the art of designing a compelling and captivating game.

Internet of Things

Smart Homes are the norm now, as controlling hardware devices across the Internet is providing new conveniences. A hands-on course that will teach students how to design and implement scalable, flexible, and open IoT solutions using Web technologies. This course focuses on providing the right balance of theory, code, and practical examples to enable students to successfully connect all sorts of devices to the Web and to expose their services and data over REST APIs.