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Redberry Bootcamp Is Back: Things To Consider Before Applying
As a software agency working on international projects, we’ve often faced the challenge of sourcing developers with skills that meet international standards. In response, we’ve decided to create a 4-month-long intensive Bootcamp program to educate aspiring developers and equip them with the skills they need for a successful career in software development. Plus, it’s a great opportunity for them to join our team and work with us on international projects.
So far, 90 people have already graduated from our Bootcamp program. About 85% of them are successfully employed as mid/junior-level developers, and 33 of them are part of the Redberry team.
How Does This Bootcamp Really Work?
Redberry’s Bootcamp is an extensive program that focuses on both theoretical and practical aspects of learning. To help participants fully understand the technology we use, we support theoretical teachings with premium courses and prepare presentations and workshops. Throughout the process, experienced mentors and software developers guide participants at every step and provide additional resources.
Each theoretical course involves hands-on practical assignments. Participants also work on several mini-projects during the course and for the final task, they are required to independently build a complex application. To make sure they write clean and high-quality code, our mentors review each pull request and give them instructions on the ways to make the code better and more optimized.
Our program also includes daily standup meetings led by our mentors to answer any questions the participants might have and make sure they understand all the covered subjects.
So, by the end of the program, the participants will gain the skills to work both independently as well as collaboratively in teams. And what’s most important, they will already have a reasonably enriched portfolio under their belt.
Requirements
For those interested in joining our Bootcamp, we have just a few requirements:
- Proficiency in English (Level B2 or higher)
- Full-time availability
- Basic knowledge of programming languages, including HTML/CSS/Javascript.
Recruitment Stages Overview
- Filter. We start the process by carefully screening applications, prioritizing a minimum English proficiency of B2 and full-time availability. This ensures that our candidates meet the basic requirements for a successful collaboration.
- Technical assignment. If the candidate passes the initial screening successfully, they’ll receive an invitation for an assignment introduction call. We provide all the necessary resources and guides to support candidates in completing the project successfully. Note: The project might seem challenging at first, but there will be enough time for research.
- Technical Interview. Candidates with top-rated assignments receive invitations to the final stage – the technical interview. This phase is conducted partly in English and has two purposes. First, to evaluate their spoken language proficiency, assess their core programming knowledge and showcase candidates’ practical skills and problem-solving abilities by engaging in a live coding session.
Wondering about the scope of our Bootcamp? We’ve included the program’s syllabus below so you can go through all the subjects and tasks covered over the four months.
Has this Bootcamp piqued your interest?
Syllabus
Week I (5.02 - 9.02)
Git basics, main commands, working with github
Managing working environment
Php principles, main syntax
Working with problems, data algorithms
Devtalks and Global Presentations:
Git semantic commits
Arrays, Objects and Collections in php.
Pull Requests
Week II- IV (12-02 - 1.03)
Assignment 0 – Hello World Laravel
Watch course videos
Write code according to the videos
Commit and push every completed work on Git after each video
Regular code review with our mentor
Lectures held by mentors
Assignment I – Project: Movie Quotes
During the course and project, you will learn the following:
The basics:
How a Route Loads a View
Introduction to MVC
Include CSS and JavaScript
Make a Route and Link to it
Route Wildcard Constraints
Use Caching for Expensive Operations
Use the Filesystem Class to Read a Directory
Collection Sorting and Caching Refresher
Blade:
Blade: The Absolute Basics
Blade Layouts Two Ways
A Few Tweaks and Considerations
Working with databases:
Environment Files and Database Connections
Migrations: The Absolute Basics
Eloquent and the Active Record Pattern
Make a Model and Migration
Eloquent Updates and HTML Escaping
3 Ways to Mitigate Mass Assignment Vulnerabilities
Route Model Binding
First Eloquent Relationship
Clockwork, and the N+1 Problem
Database Seeding
Eager Load Relationships on an Existing Model
Searching and Filtering in Laravel:
Search and Filter Queries
Advanced Eloquent Query Constraints
Forms and Authentication:
Build a Register User Page
Automatic Password Hashing With Mutators
Failed Validation and Old Input Data
Show a Success Flash Message
Login and Logout
Admin Panel:
Limit Access to Only Admins
Validate and Store data
Laravel Crud operations
Devtalks and Global Presentations:
Laravel Directory Structure
Database structures
Artisan commands
Tailwind UI
PHP Cs Fixer & Translations in Laravel
Laravel Routing
Spatie/laravel-translatable & Laravel Localization
CRUD operations in Laravel
How to deploy a laravel app on server
Week V - IX (4.03 -05.04)
Video course on Vue.JS
Watch the course
Writing the code according to the videos
Lectures held by mentors
Assignment II – Project: Quiz it up! (Quiz writing application)
During the course and project, you will learn the following:
Vue js Basics:
What is vue.js
Creating and Connecting Vue App Instances
Interpolation and Data Binding
Binding Attributes with the "v-bind" Directive
Understanding "methods" in Vue Apps
Events & Methods
Data Binding + Event Binding
Computed Properties
Watchers
Dynamic Styling with Inline Styles
Rendering Conditional Content & Lists:
Rendering Content Conditionally
v-if, v-else and v-else-if
Rendering Lists of Data
Lists & Keys
Vue Components:
Component Basics - Global vs Local Components
Props
Validating props
Emitting custom events
Defining & Validating Custom Events
Slots - named slots, slot styles and compilation, scoped slots
Dynamic Components
Teleporting Elements
Working With Fragments
Forms:
v-model & Inputs
Working with v-model Modifiers and Numbers
Form Validation
Sending Http Requests:
How To (Not) Send Http Requests
Sending a POST Request to Store Data
Http Requests & Http Methods
Axios and fetch()
Getting Data (GET Request) & Transforming Response Data
Loading Data When a Component Mounts
Handling Technical / Browser-side Errors
Handling Error Responses
Routing:
What is Routing
Registering & Rendering Routes
Navigating with router-link
Styling Active Links
Programmatic Navigation
Passing Data with Route Params (Dynamic Segments)
Navigation & Dynamic Paths
Nested Routes
Animations and Transitions
Vuex:
Creating & Using a Store
Passing Data to Mutations with Payloads
Running Async Code with Actions
Using Mapper Helpers
Namespacing Modules
Optimizing & Deploying Vue Apps:
Building the Project For Production
Deploying a Vue App
Using Laravel Nova Admin Panel
Auth with laravel:
Making post requests for storing data
Laravel Mail Services
Register routes
Login Routes
Reset password
Devtalks and Global Presentations:
Deploy Vue.js applications on server
Vue i18n
Form Requests
Laravel Testing
Laravel - Basic Relations, Using Factories with Relations & Seeders
Week X (08.04 - 12.04)
Write and present group project
During this week, bootcampers will work together as a team. The main idea of this project is learning how to be a team member, how to manage time and tasks, and get ready for the real projects.
Week XI - XVI (15.04 - 24.05)
Assignment III – Project Movie Quotes #2
During the project you will learn:
Middlewares
Forms validation with Vee-Validate
CSRF & XSS protection
Cashing methodsUnit & Feature tests, Code Coverage
Webpack & Laravel Mix
Laravel Mail services
Laravel Queues
Laravel Jobs
Laravel Enums
Laravel services and Actions
Using Vue.js composables
State And State Management With Pinia
What is Nginx
What is PHP-FPM
CI / CD Pipeline
Writing tests with Laravel Pest
OAuth authentication with laravel sanctum
Writing tests with Vue.js and Cypress
Typescript
Global presentations and devtalks:
Vee Validate
OOP
Jobs, Enums, Actions, Services
CI/CD pipelines
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Meet the authors
We are a 200+ people agency and provide product design, software development, and creative growth marketing services to companies ranging from fresh startups to established enterprises. Our work has earned us 100+ international awards, partnerships with Laravel, Vue, Meta, and Google, and the title of Georgia’s agency of the year in 2019 and 2021.
