TOPICS.md

Version Control

• Git
• Lifecycle Clone, Branch, Pull request, Squashing, cherry picking
• GitHub VS BitBucket VS GitLab

Testing

• What is unit testing?
• Why is it important?
• What should and should not be tested?
• Frameworks

How Software Developers Work

• Waterfall VS Agile
• How Agile is implemented (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)

Front End VS Backend

High Level

Frontend

• HTML
• CSS
• Libraries
• TypeScript
• JavaScript
• Frameworks
• Codepen

Backend

• Internet basics
• “Backend” languages
• Frameworks
• APIs - handling requests
• HTTP → CRUD → REST
• HTTP VS HTTPS
• Architecture patterns
• Data Modelling

Build Tools/Package Managers

• High level
• Gradle, Maven
• Npm, yarn, cargo, pip

AuthN & AuthZ

• Difference between authentication and authorization
• Basic password security
• OAuth

Software Design Patterns

Design Considerations

• I18n
• Accessibility
• Mobile design
• Low connectivity
• Design Thinking
• SEO

Database

• Relational Databases
• SQL, examples
• Non-relational Databases
• Examples
• Graphical Databases

App Development

• iOS vs Android
• Frameworks

Cloud

• High level
• AWS/Azure/GCP
• CI/CD, pipelines
• Firebase

Other

• OS Concepts → 303
• Virtualization - Containers/Orchestration