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This repository contains all the material for the HackYourFuture module "Project: Build an application with a team"

Module #8 - Project: Build an application with a team (Full Stack)

Welcome to the Project module! Congratulations on making it this far!

In the upcoming 7 weeks you'll be immersed into the web developer life. By the end of it you will have created a full-stack web application and published it to the internet.

Everything you have learned so far will be combined and put into practice. Added to that you'll learn some more cutting-edge technologies that will prepare you for a great start in a modern software company. We will start out with the basics and incrementally add more complexity. This way you'll learn how all the pieces of a RESTful API fit together, thereby gaining a deeper understanding of where the backend stops and frontend starts.

Along with practicing your programming skills you will also be working on your communication skills. This is just as important, because you need to be able to communicate your ideas and efforts in an easy-to-understand manner.

Learning Goals

During the Project you will work on your technical and communication skills. At the end of this module you'll learn the following:

Technical skills:

• How to build a complete full-stack application
• Understanding how each part of an application relates to each other
• What it means to work on a feature
• How to work with GIT in a team setting
• How to write readable code

Communication skills:

• How to communicate effectively with team members
• Keeping track of your project's progress
• Knowing if you understand what's asked of you
• How to communicate with non-developers about what you're doing
• Learning how to be solutions-oriented
• How to work in a Agile setting

Project Outline

In the following table you'll see the outline for each week. Notice how you'll be working on both the technical and communication sides of the project.

Week #	Topic
1.	Introducing Project, Build the backend
2.	Build the frontend
3.	Bring everything together
4.	Presentation, Discuss Features
5.	Group: Working on features I
6.	Group: Working on features II
7.	Final Presentation

Learn By Example! Previous Projects

There have been other classes before who have been through the same process.

Click on the following link to see examples of their projects.

After Project

Congratulations for finishing the Project module! You may call yourself a worthy junior web developer now. You are also now part of the HackYourFuture Alumni Network.

What now? Simple! Just go here.

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