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Intro

Web Developer and Instructor
CS @ Wellesley College
Women's Coding Collective
CSCI E-15 Dynamic Web Applications

Part 1

DWA

CSCI E-15, dwa15.com
S-12: HTML, CSS, Images, UX, JavaScript, HTTP/Apache, PHP
Front-end vs. back-end
Web Development Puzzle

Web Sites vs. Web Applications

Server side capabilities

Manipulate (create, read, update, delete) information from a database.
Maintain users/logins; remember information across sessions.
Send email.
Upload and manipulate files on a server.
Communicate with other sites.
Etc.

DWA Topics

Local and production server management
Version Control with Git and Github
PHP
A MVC framework, Laravel
Dependency management with Composer
Skills for being a successful web programmer
- Keeping up with a dynamic field
- Communicating with peers, clients, etc.

Focus

Front-end
Back-end
“Full stack”

Part 2

My path

Self-taught start
Undergrad: Multimedia Arts & Sciences @ UNCA
Grad: ITP @ NYU
Photojojo.com
Teaching
Women's Coding Collective

Starting...

Many paths: degrees, bootcamps, self-taught, etc...
Many goals: big companies, small companies, your own business, side gigs, etc...
Create, create, create (inspiration: 180websites).