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Back-end Web Development

Learn back-end development with Ruby and Rails. Computer science fundamentals with practical programming skills.

bewd Cohort #97 begins on January 6th, 2025

Start your cohort immediately as an early-bird

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Back-end Web Development

Learn back-end development with Ruby and Rails. Computer science fundamentals with practical programming skills.

100% Online
Part-time/Full-time OK
Career Guidance
1-on-1 Office Hours
Mentors and Classmates
Instant Q&A
8 to 10 Weeks

Cohort #97 begins on January 6th, 2025

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Learn Back-end in 10 Weeks

Learn to build back-end applications with Ruby and Ruby on Rails through a structured, self paced online program that is constantly improved by industry experts. We help you build a strong foundation so you can be ready for a new career.

DURATION

10 to 13 Weeks

FORMAT

Online Flexible

Part-time/Full-time OK

DIFFICULTY

Beginner Friendly

EFFORT

5 – 20 hours / week

Git
SQL
Loop
Cookies
Library
Database
PostgreSQL
Conditional
Ruby on Rails
Non-relational Database
Object Oriented Programming
Command Line Interface (CLI)

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Most-updated curriculum
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You will go through a series of increasingly more challenging modules.

Learn fundamental concepts

Build awesome live projects

Become career ready

2 Course Concentrations

106 Assignments & Projects

10 Topics Covered

200 Hours of Material

Here is an overview of the topics covered in the 2 courses. You are required to demostrate a high level of understanding before moving forward.

1st course

Ruby Programming

Ruby Programming Fundamentals

Learn the basics of Ruby, covering topics such as Values, Operators, Variables, Data Objects, File Managing, Conditionals, and Loops.

Native Methods and Reusable Programs

Learn to write reusable programs with native methods that come bundled with Ruby to write less code and achieve the same outcome.

Object Oriented Programming in Ruby

Understand Object Oriented Programming and learn to use Classes, Instances, inheritance and attributes to write advanced Ruby programs.

Command Line Interface and Git

Learn to instruct your computer the programmer way with the Command Line Interface and execute programs in the terminal. Use version control systems such as Git to manage your projects.

2nd course

Ruby on Rails

MVC Structure and API Routes

Learn the crucial Model View Controller (MVC) structure that is being used in most applications. Create a simple restful API with multiple routes.

Database, Migrations, and Model

Create new Models with migrations, add validations to Models, and interact with your database using Active Record.

Automatic Testing

Write tests for your API that will run automatically when you deploy your application.

Third Party Library Integration

Add more functionality to your application with third party libraries such as mailer and photo upload.

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Read the detailed syllabus containing chapter breakdown of each course.

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Personalized Career Path
$1290 USD
    Premium
    or $159/month x 12
  • 2 Courses
  • Instant Ask and Chat
  • Q&A Database
  • Curriculum Written by Industry Experts
  • Assignments and Code Reviews by Mentors
  • 106 assignments and projects
  • 200 hours of learning
  • GitHub Student Developer Pack (Worth $500+)
  • Lifetime Access
Exclusive in Personalized:
  • 1-on-1 Video-Call Mentorship (180 minutes)
  • Career Guidance
  • Interview Preparations
  • Interview Questions Database
  • ReactJS Course
  • All Front-end Web Dev courses
  • Final Capstone Portfolio Project
Immersive Path
$1190 USD
    or $149/month x 12
  • 2 Courses
  • Instant Ask and Chat
  • Q&A Database
  • Curriculum Written by Industry Experts
  • Assignments and Code Reviews by Mentors
  • 106 assignments and projects
  • 200 hours of learning
  • Lifetime Access
We guarantee that you will love your learning experiences. We offer 5-Day Dropout Policy from your indicated start date, instead of purchase date. So, feel free to enroll anytime.

Career guidance

We help you maximise your job search success by showing you how to research the job market, review and improve your resume, teach you how to leverage social media's network effect, and prepare you for technical interviews. See career guidance details.

Resume review

Social profile review

Job market research

Technical training

Mock interviews

1-on-1 mentorship

We offer live 1-on-1 office hours over web chat with our mentors. You can also get answers from our mentors through our Q&A platform and connect with a vibrant peer community through messaging. See support system.

Live 1-on-1 office hour

Instant ask and chat

Fast response rate

Q&A database [stats]

Self-paced schedule

Our program is 100% online and available 24/7 so you can learn when you want, where you want. We provide you with guideline schedules and soft deadlines so you stay focused and motivated till completion. You can work faster or slower depending on your availability. See online platform.

100% online

Learn from anywhere

Learn at any time

Full-time or part-time

Progress monitoring

Student Stories

Read a story from one of our students on why they are learning programming.

Prerequisite

This program requires no prerequisite courses. It‘s designed for beginners learning from scratch. Our goal is to help you go from 0 to 100 and learn enough to learn more.

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Students and instructors from world-class organizations.

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Swift
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Waterloo
Uber
AtlanTech
Tumblr
Boston College
Bombardier Aerospace
University of St. Andrews
New York University
Minerva Schools at KGI
Merrill Lynch
Riot Games
JP Morgan
Morgan Stanley
Advanced Placement®
Google
KPMG
The University of Hong Kong
University of Toronto
SCMP
Moat
Zynga
Hello Toby
Deloitte
Goldman Sachs
Yahoo
HSBC
General Assembly
Tesla
McGill University
Microsoft

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Common questions

We selected some of the common questions from our FAQs page. If you can't find the answer to your question, you can either message us through live chat or email us at hello@altcademy.com and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Are there prerequisites?

No. There are no prerequisites for this course. All required knowledge will be covered in the curriculum.

Do you accept beginners?

Yes. The program is geared towards beginners and someone with no prior experience in software development. Most students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Do I need equipments?

Yes. You need your own computer. Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems are all supported by the curriculum. You also need to have high speed internet access.

Do I get a certificate at the end of the course?

Yes. We will provide you a Course Certificate on the condition that you complete and submit all projects and assignments by the end of the course. This certificate is not an academic credit and will not be recognized by other institutes.

What is included in career guidance?

We will show you how to research your local job market for open positions and expected salary. We will help you update and improve your resume. You will learn to utilize linkedIn and other professional social media sites to increase chances of being recruited. We will help you prepare for interviews by training you on technical and behavioral questions and practice mock interviews.

Is there a job guarantee?

No, there is no job guarantee. Just like attending Harvard or Yale would not provide job guarantees.

We recommend you to do some research on your local job scene before committing.

What's the format of the curriculum?

The curriculum is mostly text and image based. Text based curriculum is more suitable for programming as it is much easier to code along. We do add videos for certain topics that is better explained with motion graphics, such as demoing a tool.

More importantly, most programming related documentation and resources are going to be text based in real working environments. If you can't learn from reading, you might find it difficult to continue learning in the future.

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