📅Schedule

Introduction Video

📅 Course Dates

Week	Monday	Thursday
1		Day 1
2	Day 2	Day 3
3	Day 4	Day 5
4	Day 6	Day 7
5	Day 8	Day 9

Week 1, Course Day 1: Introduction

Day 1 video

Reading

Course Logistics

1. Course Overview

2. Course Methodology

   1. Course Components

   2. Communications

3. Required Hardware and Software

Module 1: Introduction

• 1.1: What is coding?

• 1.2: Web Browsers

Week 1, Course Day 2: Coding Tools

Day 2 video

Reading

Fundamentals used to be called SWE101 and some of our videos were made before the name change and still reference the old name of SWE101.

Module 1: Introduction

• 1.3: Command Line

Module 2: Basic Data Manipulation

• 2.1: Operations

• 2.2: Variables

• 2.3: Our First Program

Homework

Please do not attempt homework before finishing the corresponding reading material. If you are looking for more material to work on, we suggest attempting the More Comfortable sections of previous days' exercises.

• Day 2: Basic File and Basic Data Manipulation

Week 2, Course Day 3: Functions

Day 3 Video

Reading

Module 3: Structuring and Debugging Code

• 3.1: Functions

• 3.2: Errors

Homework

• Day 3: Functions

Week 2, Course Day 4: Logic 1

Day 4 video

Reading

Module 4: Conditional Logic

• 4.1: Introduction to Logic

• 4.2: Pseudo Code, Boolean "Or"

• 4.3: Boolean "And", Boolean "Not"

Homework

• Day 4: If Statements, Boolean "Or", Boolean "And"

• Project Planning: Scissors Paper Stone

  • Coding Strategies: Getting Started

  • Scissors Paper Stone: Base

Project Start: Scissors Paper Stone

Project 1: Scissors Paper Stone (Part 1)

Week 3, Course Day 5: Logic 2, States

Day 5 video

Reading

Module 4: Conditional Logic

• 4.4: Input Validation

Module 5: Global State

• 5.1: Program Lifecycle and Global State

• 5.2: Program State for Game Modes

Homework

• Day 5: Boolean "And", Program State

Project Continuation

Project 1: Scissors Paper Stone (Part 2)

Week 3, Course Day 6: Git, GitHub

Day 6 video

Project Due: Scissor Paper Stone

Project 1: Scissors Paper Stone

Reading

Module 7: Version Control

• 7.1: Git

Module 8: GitHub

• 8.1: Intro to GitHub

• 8.2: GitHub Fork and Clone

• 8.3: GitHub Pull Request

Homework

• Rest Day!

Week 4, Course Day 7: Arrays, Loops 1

Day 7 video

Reading

Module 6: Arrays and Iteration

• 6.1: Arrays

• 6.2: Loops

Homework

• Day 7: Loops

Project Start: Beat That!

Project 2: Beat That!

Week 4, Course Day 8: Loops 2

Day 8 video

Reading

Module 6: Arrays and Iteration

• 6.3: Loops with Arrays

Homework

• Day 8: Loops and Arrays

Week 5, Course Day 9: Final Project Due & Extra Material

Github Deployment Video:

Project Due: Beat That!

Project 2: Beat That!

Reading

Module 8: Additional Github Material

• 8.4 GitHub Repo Browsing

• 8.5 Deployment

What's Next?

Thank you for completing Fundamentals Lite! If you enjoyed your time with us, we would love to continue supporting your coding journey! Feel free to check out Rocket's Bootcamp for resources on becoming a professional software engineer.

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freeCodeCamp.org

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mycodeschoolYouTube

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