Web Development Program

Curriculum Package
The Lighthouse Labs Experience

Digital skills are revolutionizing nearly every industry across the world. With the demand for effective,

creative software developers increasing daily, we’re doing our part to train the next generation of tech

talent and make tech more accessible and inclusive. This is personalized, outcomes-driven web

development training meets you where you’re at. Every module of this program is designed to guide

you through becoming the most effective and impactful developer you can be.

Industry-Driven
Personalized
Vast Tech Stack of Hands-On Collaborative
Education and Immersive Essential Modern Learning Environment
Technologies

Your Learning Journey Will Allow You To:

Troubleshoot and debug problems in web development

Demonstrate problem-solving skills by creating basic algorithms for coding challenges

Analyze the benefits and limitations of coding solutions and ideas critically

Understand the components that constitute a web application

Contribute to full-stack web apps using modern patterns, tools, and workflows

Know how computer science concepts are applied to web development

Work collaboratively on web development projects

Employ learning strategies that enable you to continue to build your skillset

Our annual Student Outcomes Report is proof that our

outcomes-obsessed curriculum works. 85% of eligible job-seeking

graduates of our Web Development Bootcamp obtain

employment after graduation, and 82% of them do so within just

180 days of graduation.

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Learn How to Learn
Our curriculum is carefully crafted in alignment with industry trends and the expertise of tech leaders to
bring you exactly what you’ll need to succeed as a developer. Throughout the program, you’ll learn how
to learn through a creative, personalized, outcomes-oriented structure.

The goal is to set you up with the tools you need to be effective, adaptive, and curious in your career as
a developer. With this in mind, we orient our curriculum around three main pillars of knowledge that are
essential for software development.

Web Development Pillars

Application Development Computer Science Software Engineering

Accessible, clean code
Algorithm design
Test-driven development

Deployment and hosting

Data structures and trees
Critical analysis and software
UX/UI
Recursion and automation
evaluation

Modern languages, Object-oriented programming Source code version control

frameworks, and libraries

and organization

Modularity and testability

Pair programming and

collaboration

Immersive and Collaborative Learning

Being a web developer is all about collaboration. You’ll need to work alongside other developers to craft
and iterate software, websites, and applications throughout your career. We designed our curriculum with
this team-centric approach in mind.

Pair Programming

Pair programming is a software development technique where two developers work in tandem on a
project. During weekly sessions, you’ll partner with peers to encourage that all-important peer-to-peer,
social learning.

Group Projects

You’ll collaborate closely with your peers to build robust web applications for your midterm and final
projects. You’ll use a Git workflow to write collaborative code and employ Agile practices to turn your
user stories into production-ready software.

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Build Your Portfolio
Core Curriculum Projects

Your ability to code and get the work done is important to your value as a developer. Here you’ll spend 70% of
your time working on programming because that’s how you’ll be able to actually learn in a deep, meaningful
way. Every module contains a mini-project that helps you build, strengthen, and consolidate your skills. By the
time you graduate, you’ll have a complete portfolio of real apps to show potential employers.

Midterm and Final Projects

You’ll have two major projects during this program: one midway through the program and one at the end.
During these projects, you’ll collaborate with your peers to apply the skills you’ve been learning throughout
the program.

These projects are great opportunities to build up your budding developer portfolio, learn how to apply
techniques and processes, and solve problems in a creative environment. Through them, you’ll establish
effective team workflows and dynamics, learn how to tailor communication and presentation to audience
type, and above all, flex your coding skills.

Consolidate Your Knowledge

Research and Reflect

The software industry is constantly evolving, and developers need the ability to step back, research, and
evaluate new technologies, products, and architectural styles. We help you build this skill through short
weekly reflections and peer review sessions. By the time you graduate, these reflections will form a
technical portfolio you can use to prove to employers you know a lot more than just how to write code.

Code Challenges

At the end of each week, you’ll complete coding challenges to bring together some of the concepts you’ve
learned and put your skills to the test.

Technical Interviews

Technical interviews for jobs also often include a computer science component. We’ll set you up for success
through weekly kata training challenges and a series of mock technical interviews with mentors. Within
these sessions, you’ll get to practice skills and learn to present complex knowledge in an accessible,

clear-cut way.

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Our Tech Stack
While learning key programming languages and tools prepares you for your first role, a lifelong learning
mindset amid a changing industry and landscape is vital. That’s why we cover a myriad of tools and
technologies vetted by subject matter experts, our network of employers, and members of the broader
tech community — equipping you with marketable, industry-relevant digital skills.

JavaScript and Node.js

HTML, CSS, and More

JS JavaScript is the universal

programming language of the web.
HTML and CSS are the building
blocks of the modern web. You’ll
You’ll gain firsthand experience with learn to create gorgeous, responsive
Javascript and Node ecosystems, as UIs for web apps with HTML5 and
well as modern tooling and libraries CSS3 and modern front-end tools like
like Babel and Webpack.
Babel and Webpack.

Automated Testing
React JS

Testing code manually can be React JS has quickly become one of

tedious. Capable developers are the most used JavaScript
expected to include automated tests frameworks. While building a single-
along with the code that they write. page application, you’ll discover a
We’ll teach you methodologies and new way to think about structuring
best practices like test-driven user interfaces by using
development (TDD) and how to components, one-way data flow and
leverage tools like Mocha, Chai, the Virtual DOM.

Selenium and RSpec.

Ruby on Rails
Software Architecture

This dynamic duo of language and Understanding how software

framework is one of the most widely components should be organized is
used and polished modern essential for your career growth as a
technologies for web development. developer. You’ll learn software
You will become familiar with Rails architecture by studying
core concepts, like the MVC design programming practices, from good
pattern, and how to communicate with database modelling to abstraction
databases to persist data.
and well-encapsulated code, as well
as modular design.

Databases and Data Modeling

Computer Science Fundamentals

Relational and document databases Computer science concepts like data

are two of the prevailing paradigms transformation and algorithms help
used today. We’ll teach you to be developers understand the theory of
comfortable with SQL, object-stores, how computers and programs work.
and how to leverage ORMs like You’ll establish a solid foundation, giving
ActiveRecord for data persistence. you a stronger advantage in technical
interviews and across your career.

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Curriculum Breakdown
Prep Work

B efore starting the program students must complete

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a self-paced Prep ork module. The objective is t

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bring everyone on the same level in terms of technica l

expertise before the program begins .

• The command line

• ersion contro
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• Environment setu p

• ntroductory JavaScript

• HTML
Fundamentals

• Javascript

• Debugging

• Unit testing

• Asynchronous code

• Promises

• NPM and package management

• Test-driven development (TDD)

HTTP

HTTP • Node.js

• Express

• HTTP

• JSON

• Git and Git workflow

Project

TinyApp: a bit.ly-like URL shortener

Front-End Fundamentals
• HTML5

• CSS3

• jQuery

• AJAX

• Client-side JS

• Responsive design

Project

Tweeter: a single-page mini Twitter clone

Databases
• Relational databases (using PostgreSQL)

• Completing complex database queries

• Document databases

• Database design

• Database performance

• Using databases in web applications

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 Midterm Project
• Git workflow

• Teamwork

• Project management

Midterm Project

ideate and build your first full-stack web

app from scratch with a team

React

• Component-based design

• React

• Webpack

• Babel

• Component testing in React

• End-to-end testing

Project

Scheduler

Ruby/Rails + OOP

• Object-oriented programming (OOP)

• Ruby

• Active record

• Rails

• MVC

Project

Jungle: you will inherit a pre-existing Ruby on Rails

e-commerce application and enhance it

Advanced Topics

• Continuous integration

• Continuous delivery

• Code coverage

• Web infrastructure and DevOps introduction

• 12-Factor applications

• Prototypical inheritance in JavaScript

• OWASP (Web Application Security)

Final Project

A fully-functional web app built from scratch using

a tech-stack and team of your choosing!

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 Launch Your Career
Our dedicated Career Services team is here to help you jump from the classroom to your first web dev
job as smoothly as possible.

Personalized Coaching
Resume and Interview Help
Connect with Employers

Our team will work with Detailed feedback and tips will Tap into our vast network
you to map out a rigorous help you perfect your points of of leading tech employers
career plan and help you contact with potential through events,
achieve it. employers.
networking, and more.

Finding a job is no easy task, whether you’re pivoting from a different role or looking for your first ever
position. We’re here to help you connect with fulfilling employment that’ll keep you developing your
abilities and building your skillset on the job. With an excellent reputation within the industry, hiring
partners see us as a trusted source for finding talent. We also maintain relationships with an ever-
growing network of industry contacts, keeping our finger on the pulse of what employers are looking for
in this fast-paced industry. Our expert Career Services team will support you throughout your
professional development journey, guiding you through growth even after you leave Lighthouse Labs.

Our support doesn’t end at graduation — it’s yours for life.

Life After Lighthouse Labs

Community
Lifelong Learning

As an alumni, you remain an active part of our As a Lighthouse Labs alumni, you will always
community. We host Demo Days, guest speakers, have access to our curriculum and its future
and exclusive alum events on the regular.

iterations — yes, until the end of time.

You also gain access to our Alumni Discord Your access to our learning platform never
channel, where you can keep in touch with your expires. You’ll benefit from ongoing lecture
peers, organize educational and social events, notes and learning resources as we continue
and hear about recurring alum events.
to iterate our world-class curriculum.

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A Support Ecosystem
Adapted to Your
Needs
On-Demand Mentorship
Mentorship is the backbone of our programs. If you’re stuck on a
tricky assignment, you can count on our outstanding mentors to be
there for you at the click of a button. As working industry
professionals, our mentors are also key in building industry
connections to support your future career success.

Proactive Student Support

Support from the day you apply to the day you graduate.

We pride ourselves on our hands-on, proactive education approach,

so you can expect daily and weekly check-ins from Student Success
Coordinators to track your progress and support your student
experience.

Accessible Education
We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive learning
community. If you need help and support as a student, we’re here for
you. Accessibility is not one-size-fits-all, so neither is your
accommodation plan. We work with each student to develop
personalized plans that support their individual needs.

Learn more about accommodations and accessibility at Lighthouse

Labs on our website.

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 About

Lighthouse Labs was launched in 2013 with the goal of finding innovative ways to train the
next generation of tech talent. In an age of technological disruption across every industry, our
mission is to give Canadians the skills they need to find long-lasting careers in a digital
workforce. We’ve since delivered hands-on technology and data education to over 40,000
Canadians, equipping them with the relevant tools to thrive in the future of work.

With the support of a brilliant team of instructors and mentors, we continue to empower
students, launch careers, and contribute to the incredible growth of Canada’s tech industry.

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Ready to code?
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