Interested in working in big enterprise server side apps? Want to explore IoT, blockchain, big data, AI or machine learning someday? Java is a great place to start. As one of the most versatile and well-established languages, becoming skilled in Java will help pave the way for your development career, no matter what direction you choose to take it.

Want to take your website building skills to the next level? Wordpress powers 30% of websites on the internet and is a great way to get a website with a content management system up fast! We'll use PHP to create a Wordpress website, learn how to customize the layout using PHP and CSS, and create a widget in PHP. PHP is also a commonly used tool to build websites and many businesses use PHP in their stack including Facebook, Slack, Etsy, Wickipedia, and Mailchimp. We’ll be creating custom fan pages, and learning the basics of PHP, so that you’ll be able to do the heavy-lifting on Wordpress-powered websites!

Now that you have mastered JavaScript, HTML and CSS, don’t stop there! Take a deeper dive into server side technologies with .NET Core and C#. Why? It’s used by thousands of companies worldwide, from startups to enterprise level corporations for a broad number of applications. Whether your goal is to find a junior developer position or a senior role, .NET Core and C# skills are in high demand at all levels. Flexible, open-source, and well-supported, C# and .NET have become one of the most popular platforms of the last decade. Learning a clean solution design for your RESTful API unlocks the rest of the .NET Core platform, opening the door to building almost any kind of application.

Looking for additional ways to solidify your JavaScript skills? TypeScript is becoming the language of choice for JavaScript in the Enterprise. It is a perfect compliment for JavaScript developers who are interested in writing code that is easier to scale and debug.