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DRW and Code Platoon: Working together to provide Veterans and military spouses careers in technology

April 12, 2021 in /by

DRW, a Chicago-based, technology-driven principal trading firm, has been a trusted partner to Code Platoon since 2016, when the firm’s Chief Information Officer,  Seth Thomson, recognized the power of Code Platoon to help find undiscovered, well-trained and talented Veterans and spouses who could add value to his teams.  “DRW was an early adopter of Code… Continue Reading DRW and Code Platoon: Working together to provide Veterans and military spouses careers in technology

Mike Platoon Graduates Showcase their Team Projects

January 26, 2021 in /by

We’re showcasing the final group projects from the recently graduated Mike Platoon. During each Code Platoon Bootcamp, our students form teams to create a capstone project that showcases the coding, development, and teamwork skills learned in the program. Our first team project from Mike Platoon is Skill-Link. Skill-Link is a career research tool designed to… Continue Reading Mike Platoon Graduates Showcase their Team Projects

Code Platoon Week Thirteen and Fourteen – Capstone Projects

February 25, 2019 in , /by

This is what we’ve been building toward the last twelve weeks. Using Flask, React, and various third party libraries, students team up to create a capstone project that they will use to show off to employers during interviews. Working in the Real World Perhaps the most talked about part of Code Platoon is the final… Continue Reading Code Platoon Week Thirteen and Fourteen – Capstone Projects

Code Platoon Week Eleven and Twelve – React

February 11, 2019 in , /by

The latest and greatest front-end framework that the industry seems to agree on is ReactJS, created by Facebook. This framework is extremely fast and makes the user experience very rich. React Components React is a front-end framework based on the idea of components. Components are reusable pieces of code that programmers can nest together in… Continue Reading Code Platoon Week Eleven and Twelve – React

Code Platoon Weeks Seven, Eight, and Nine – Creating Web Apps with Flask

January 14, 2019 in , /by

After 6 longs weeks, we finally get to Flask, a microframework written in Python. We will use this framework to develop basic CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Destroy) apps with authentication and integrate with other web services, commonly known as APIs (Application Programming Interface). CRUD Most apps on the web are what developers refer to as… Continue Reading Code Platoon Weeks Seven, Eight, and Nine – Creating Web Apps with Flask

Code Platoon Week Six – Adding Behavior and Creating a Personal Website

December 31, 2018 in , /by

Continuing with our front-end curriculum from last week, we’ll dig into running JavaScript in the browser. Adding Behavior and Creating a Personal Website using JavaScript allows developers to add behavior to their websites: slideshows, more advanced animation, and reacting to user events like moving the mouse or entering text. JavaScript and the Browser The Document… Continue Reading Code Platoon Week Six – Adding Behavior and Creating a Personal Website

Code Platoon Week Five – Learning the Web: Structure, Style, Function.

December 17, 2018 in , /by

Code Platoon offers a complete full-stack curriculum. In week five we take our first look at front-end web development. Students learn the basics of HTML and CSS, how to implement third-party libraries that will help them create dynamic and visually appealing websites, and will finally see their code run in the browser. Rules of the… Continue Reading Code Platoon Week Five – Learning the Web: Structure, Style, Function.

Code Platoon Week Four – SQL and Working With Databases

December 2, 2018 in , /by

Programming languages come and go. Frameworks come and go. SQL (structured query language) is forever. Students will spend week four learning how to read and write data to Postres, a modern database, using SQL. Students will learn the basics of database design and how to incorporate a database into their app. Working With a Database… Continue Reading Code Platoon Week Four – SQL and Working With Databases