Build real products.
Six cohort-based courses for builders who know the basics. Ship mobile apps, SaaS products, data dashboards, games, security tools, and cloud infrastructure — all with AI features.
What Intermediate courses are about.
Intermediate courses assume basic programming familiarity (you can write a function, use a list, and read documentation). Every course is 7 modules, 42 lessons, with 6 lessons per module. Each module ends with a real build, and the capstone ships a production-grade artifact to real users.
Every module ends with a real build — not a quiz, not a homework, a real thing you can show. The capstone project is shipped live and demoed to the cohort. You leave with a portfolio you own forever.
11 intermediate courses, fully detailed.
Every module, every lesson, every build — laid out so you know exactly what you're getting before you enroll.
Web Builder Pro — Intermediate
Build Orbit, a real team-collaboration SaaS, feature by feature — dashboard, database, auth, AI, real-time, and a live launch.
What you'll be able to do
- ✓Ship one real SaaS product end-to-end, not disconnected demos
- ✓Master advanced architecture patterns
- ✓Implement authentication + payments + AI the way production apps do
- ✓Launch Orbit publicly with a portfolio case study
Capstone build
By the end you will have: Launch Orbit + portfolio case study demo. A real, deployed artifact you own forever — live on the internet, in your GitHub, on your resume.
Full syllabus — 7 modules, 42 lessons
Next.js App Router Deep Dive
Build: Ship Orbit's multi-workspace dashboard shell
- 1Server vs Client Components — architecting Orbit's shell
- 2Layouts, loading & error states for the workspace switcher
- 3Dynamic routes: /workspace/[id]/project/[id]
- 4Server Actions — creating a project without an API route
- 5Middleware & edge — workspace-scoped routing and redirects
- 6Dashboard shell project
Database + ORM
Build: Wire Orbit's dashboard to real data
- 1Postgres fundamentals for a multi-tenant app
- 2Prisma ORM setup, connected to Orbit
- 3Schema design — workspaces, projects, tasks, members
- 4Migrations + seeding demo data
- 5Indexes & query optimization for task lists
- 6Real data project
Auth + Payments
Build: Ship Orbit's auth, roles & paid upgrade flow
- 1Supabase Auth setup (email + OAuth)
- 2OAuth providers — Google + GitHub sign-in
- 3RBAC — owner, admin, member roles per workspace
- 4Payment gateway checkout for the Pro plan
- 5Webhooks — subscription billing state
- 6Auth + billing project
Advanced AI Integration
Build: Ship the Ask Orbit assistant
- 1Vector embeddings — indexing workspace docs & tasks
- 2RAG pipeline architecture for Ask Orbit
- 3Streaming responses with the Vercel AI SDK
- 4Tool use — letting Ask Orbit create/update tasks
- 5Cost + token optimization for production AI
- 6Ask Orbit project
Real-time + WebSockets
Build: Make Orbit's task board update live
- 1WebSocket fundamentals
- 2Supabase Realtime channels on the task board
- 3Presence + live cursors
- 4Typing indicators + activity feed
- 5Optimistic UI + basic conflict resolution
- 6Live board project
Testing + CI/CD
Build: Stand up Orbit's CI/CD pipeline
- 1Vitest — unit-testing billing & RBAC logic
- 2Playwright — E2E for signup → workspace → invite
- 3GitHub Actions — build/test/lint pipeline
- 4Preview deployments per pull request
- 5Error monitoring with Sentry
- 6CI/CD pipeline project
Capstone — SaaS Product
Build: Launch Orbit + portfolio case study demo
- 1Multi-tenant data isolation audit
- 2Billing edge cases & webhook reliability
- 3Onboarding — empty states + team invites
- 4Performance pass — Core Web Vitals check
- 5Capstone build sprint
- 6Launch + first users
App Builder Studio — Intermediate
Build Pulse, a real hyperlocal community app, feature by feature — feed, offline sync, push, camera, motion, and a store launch.
What you'll be able to do
- ✓Ship one real mobile app end-to-end, not disconnected demos
- ✓Master offline-first mobile architecture
- ✓Implement push, camera & native features the way production apps do
- ✓Launch Pulse to the App Store / Play Store with a portfolio case study
Capstone build
By the end you will have: Launch Pulse + portfolio case study. A real, deployed artifact you own forever — live on the internet, in your GitHub, on your resume.
Full syllabus — 7 modules, 42 lessons
Advanced Navigation + State
Build: Ship Pulse's social feed screen
- 1Deep linking + URL routing for Pulse
- 2Redux Toolkit setup for feed state
- 3Redux Persist + offline caching
- 4Pull-to-refresh + infinite scroll on the feed
- 5Skeleton loaders for a native feel
- 6Feed screen project
Offline-First Architecture
Build: Make Pulse work with no connection
- 1SQLite (WatermelonDB) for local posts
- 2Sync strategies between device and server
- 3Conflict resolution for offline edits
- 4Background sync when connection returns
- 5Offline UI patterns (drafts, pending states)
- 6Offline sync project
Push Notifications
Build: Ship Pulse's notification system
- 1Expo Push Notifications setup
- 2APNs + FCM configuration
- 3Notification payloads for likes & comments
- 4Handling taps + deep links into posts
- 5Scheduled digest notifications
- 6Notifications project
Native Modules + Camera
Build: Add photo posts & QR check-in to Pulse
- 1Expo Camera API
- 2Photo/video post capture
- 3QR-code event check-in scanning
- 4Native module bridges + permissions
- 5Image processing + compression
- 6Camera features project
Animations + Gestures
Build: Ship Pulse's swipeable discover feed
- 1React Native Reanimated basics
- 2Gesture handlers for swipe actions
- 3Shared transitions between screens
- 4Spring physics for card motion
- 5Discover card-stack animation
- 6Discover feed project
Testing + EAS
Build: Stand up Pulse's CI/CD pipeline
- 1Jest + React Native Testing Library
- 2Detox for E2E on Pulse
- 3EAS Build pipelines
- 4EAS Submit to app stores
- 5Over-the-air updates
- 6CI/CD project
Capstone — Production App
Build: Launch Pulse + portfolio case study
- 1App architecture review
- 2Performance profiling
- 3App Store / Play Store optimization
- 4Beta testing (TestFlight)
- 5Capstone build sprint
- 6Store launch + case study
SaaS Forge — Intermediate
Build Ledgerly, a real subscription-billing SaaS, feature by feature — billing, teams, admin, API, email, and the metrics investors check.
What you'll be able to do
- ✓Ship one real SaaS product end-to-end, not disconnected demos
- ✓Master multi-tenant SaaS architecture
- ✓Implement billing, teams & integrations the way production SaaS does
- ✓Launch Ledgerly with real revenue metrics + a portfolio case study
Capstone build
By the end you will have: Launch Ledgerly + first $1k MRR. A real, deployed artifact you own forever — live on the internet, in your GitHub, on your resume.
Full syllabus — 7 modules, 42 lessons
Subscription Billing
Build: Ship Ledgerly's subscription billing
- 1Payment gateway billing setup
- 2Subscription plans + tiers for Ledgerly
- 3Webhook handling for payment events
- 4Dunning + failed payment recovery
- 5Upgrades + downgrades flow
- 6Billing project
Multi-Tenant Architecture
Build: Ship Ledgerly's team workspaces
- 1Team management for Ledgerly
- 2Role-based access control
- 3Invites + onboarding flow
- 4Workspace switching
- 5Usage quotas per team/plan
- 6Teams project
Admin Dashboard
Build: Ship Ledgerly's internal admin panel
- 1Admin vs user permissions
- 2User management UI
- 3Revenue dashboard for Ledgerly
- 4Cohort analysis
- 5Feature flags
- 6Admin panel project
API + Integrations
Build: Ship Ledgerly's public API
- 1API key management
- 2Rate limiting per tenant
- 3Webhook delivery + retries
- 4OAuth for third-party integrations
- 5Zapier integration for Ledgerly
- 6API project
Email + Notifications
Build: Ship Ledgerly's invoice & notification emails
- 1Resend / SendGrid setup
- 2Email templates (React Email) for invoices
- 3Notification preferences
- 4In-app notifications
- 5Digest emails
- 6Email system project
Analytics + Metrics
Build: Ship Ledgerly's revenue analytics dashboard
- 1Event tracking (PostHog)
- 2Funnel analysis for signups
- 3Retention cohorts
- 4MRR + churn tracking
- 5Custom dashboards
- 6Analytics project
Capstone — Launch a SaaS
Build: Launch Ledgerly + first $1k MRR
- 1SaaS architecture review
- 2Onboarding flow optimization
- 3Pricing page A/B test
- 4Capstone build sprint
- 5Launch + first $1k MRR
- 6Portfolio case study
Agent Architect — Intermediate
Build Scout, a real multi-agent AI platform, feature by feature — orchestration, tools, RAG, guardrails, memory, and evals.
What you'll be able to do
- ✓Ship one real multi-agent platform end-to-end, not disconnected demos
- ✓Master multi-agent orchestration patterns
- ✓Implement guardrails, memory & evals the way production agents need
- ✓Launch Scout to real users with a portfolio case study
Capstone build
By the end you will have: Launch Scout + portfolio case study. A real, deployed artifact you own forever — live on the internet, in your GitHub, on your resume.
Full syllabus — 7 modules, 42 lessons
Multi-Agent Systems
Build: Ship Scout's research-agent team
- 1Agent orchestration patterns
- 2CrewAI / LangGraph setup for Scout
- 3Role-based agents (researcher, critic, writer)
- 4Inter-agent communication
- 5Task delegation
- 6Research team project
Advanced Tool Use
Build: Give Scout 10+ real tools
- 1Tool selection at scale
- 2Parallel tool execution
- 3Tool composition
- 4Custom tool development for Scout
- 5Tool testing + evals
- 6Multi-tool agent project
RAG + Knowledge
Build: Ship Scout's knowledge base
- 1Vector databases (Pinecone)
- 2Embedding strategies for Scout's knowledge base
- 3Chunking + retrieval
- 4Hybrid search
- 5RAG evaluation
- 6RAG agent project
Guardrails + Safety
Build: Make Scout safe for production
- 1Output validation
- 2Input filtering
- 3Hallucination prevention
- 4Rate limiting + cost control
- 5Human-in-the-loop for Scout's actions
- 6Safe agent project
Agent Memory
Build: Give Scout persistent memory
- 1Memory architectures
- 2Episodic + semantic memory for Scout
- 3Memory consolidation
- 4Forgetting strategies
- 5Memory evaluation
- 6Memory agent project
Agent Evals
Build: Ship Scout's evaluation pipeline
- 1Agent evaluation metrics
- 2LLM-as-judge for Scout
- 3Human evaluation
- 4Regression testing
- 5Continuous evals
- 6Eval pipeline project
Capstone — Production Agent
Build: Launch Scout + portfolio case study
- 1Agent architecture review
- 2Production deployment
- 3Monitoring + observability
- 4Capstone build sprint
- 5Launch + first users
- 6Portfolio case study
Data Intelligence Studio — Intermediate
Build Northstar, a real analytics platform, feature by feature — pipeline, warehouse, dashboard, ML, streaming, and governance.
What you'll be able to do
- ✓Ship one real data platform end-to-end, not disconnected demos
- ✓Master data pipeline + warehouse architecture
- ✓Deploy ML models & real-time streaming the way production teams do
- ✓Launch Northstar with a portfolio case study
Capstone build
By the end you will have: Launch Northstar + portfolio case study. A real, deployed artifact you own forever — live on the internet, in your GitHub, on your resume.
Full syllabus — 7 modules, 42 lessons
Data Pipelines
Build: Ship Northstar's ETL pipeline
- 1ETL fundamentals
- 2Airflow / Prefect setup for Northstar
- 3Data extraction (APIs + DBs)
- 4Transformation (dbt)
- 5Loading + scheduling
- 6ETL pipeline project
Data Warehouse
Build: Ship Northstar's data warehouse
- 1Star + snowflake schemas
- 2Slowly changing dimensions
- 3Fact + dimension tables for Northstar
- 4Snowflake + BigQuery setup
- 5Query optimization
- 6Warehouse project
Advanced Visualization
Build: Ship Northstar's executive dashboard
- 1Apache Superset + Metabase
- 2Real-time dashboards on Northstar data
- 3Geospatial visualization
- 4Statistical visualization
- 5Dashboard UX
- 6Executive dashboard project
ML in Production
Build: Deploy Northstar's churn-prediction model
- 1Model deployment (FastAPI)
- 2Model registry + versioning
- 3A/B testing models
- 4Feature stores for Northstar
- 5Model monitoring
- 6ML deployment project
Real-Time Data
Build: Add real-time streaming to Northstar
- 1Streaming data (Kafka)
- 2Stream processing (Flink)
- 3Real-time dashboards
- 4Event-driven architecture
- 5Lambda + Kappa architectures
- 6Real-time project
Data Quality + Governance
Build: Harden Northstar's data quality
- 1Data quality dimensions
- 2Great Expectations
- 3Data cataloging for Northstar
- 4Lineage + metadata
- 5Data governance
- 6Quality framework project
Capstone — Data Platform
Build: Launch Northstar + portfolio case study
- 1Platform architecture review
- 2Pipeline + warehouse + dashboard integration
- 3ML model in production
- 4Capstone build sprint
- 5Launch + demo
- 6Portfolio case study
Cloud and DevOps Launchpad — Intermediate
Build Ascent, a real production platform, feature by feature — containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, IaC, monitoring, and security.
What you'll be able to do
- ✓Stand up one real production platform end-to-end, not disconnected demos
- ✓Master Kubernetes + Infrastructure as Code
- ✓Implement CI/CD, monitoring & security the way production teams do
- ✓Launch Ascent with zero-downtime deploys + a portfolio case study
Capstone build
By the end you will have: Launch Ascent + portfolio case study. A real, deployed artifact you own forever — live on the internet, in your GitHub, on your resume.
Full syllabus — 7 modules, 42 lessons
Docker Deep Dive
Build: Containerize Ascent's multi-service app
- 1Multi-stage builds
- 2Image optimization
- 3Docker networks
- 4Docker volumes + persistence
- 5Docker Compose at scale
- 6Multi-container project
Kubernetes Fundamentals
Build: Deploy Ascent to Kubernetes
- 1K8s architecture
- 2Pods + Deployments
- 3Services + Ingress
- 4ConfigMaps + Secrets
- 5kubectl basics
- 6K8s deploy project
CI/CD Pipelines
Build: Ship Ascent's CI/CD pipeline
- 1GitHub Actions advanced
- 2Multi-environment deploys
- 3Blue-green + canary releases
- 4Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
- 5Secrets management
- 6CI/CD project
Infrastructure as Code
Build: Provision Ascent's infra with Terraform
- 1Terraform fundamentals
- 2Modules + reuse
- 3State management
- 4Multi-environment IaC
- 5Drift detection
- 6Terraform project
Monitoring + Alerting
Build: Ship Ascent's monitoring stack
- 1Prometheus + Grafana
- 2Metrics + dashboards for Ascent
- 3Alerting rules
- 4Log aggregation (Loki)
- 5Uptime monitoring
- 6Monitoring project
Security + Compliance
Build: Secure Ascent for production
- 1Network security (VPCs)
- 2IAM + least privilege
- 3Secrets management (Vault)
- 4SSL/TLS + certificates
- 5Security scanning
- 6Security project
Capstone — Production Platform
Build: Launch Ascent + portfolio case study
- 1Architecture review
- 2K8s + IaC + CI/CD integration
- 3Monitoring + security hardening
- 4Capstone build sprint
- 5Launch + demo
- 6Portfolio case study
Design to Product — Intermediate
Design Lumen, a real personal-finance app, feature by feature — design system, Figma-to-code, AI tooling, and a shipped product.
What you'll be able to do
- ✓Design one real product end-to-end, not disconnected exercises
- ✓Master design systems + Figma-to-code workflows
- ✓Use AI design tools the way production teams do
- ✓Ship Lumen's design with a portfolio case study
Capstone build
By the end you will have: Ship Lumen + portfolio case study. A real, deployed artifact you own forever — live on the internet, in your GitHub, on your resume.
Full syllabus — 7 modules, 42 lessons
Design Systems at Scale
Build: Build Lumen's production design system
- 1Design system architecture
- 2Token systems (Style Dictionary)
- 3Component libraries for Lumen
- 4Documentation + Storybook
- 5Versioning + governance
- 6Design system project
Figma-to-Code
Build: Ship Lumen's Figma-to-code pipeline
- 1Figma REST API
- 2Design tokens to code
- 3Component code generation for Lumen
- 4Figma Dev Mode
- 5Handoff workflows
- 6Figma-to-code project
AI-Powered Design
Build: Speed up Lumen with AI design tools
- 1v0 + Vercel AI SDK
- 2AI-generated UI components
- 3Prompt-driven design for Lumen
- 4AI design automation
- 5AI + human collaboration
- 6AI design tool project
Prototyping + Animation
Build: Ship Lumen's high-fidelity prototype
- 1Figma prototyping advanced
- 2Smart animate + transitions
- 3Micro-interactions for Lumen
- 4Lottie + Rive
- 5Prototype testing
- 6Prototype project
Design Ops
Build: Stand up Lumen's design ops practice
- 1Design workflows + tooling
- 2Design + dev collaboration
- 3Design quality assurance
- 4Design metrics
- 5Team rituals
- 6Design ops project
UX Writing + Content
Build: Write Lumen's UX content system
- 1UX writing principles
- 2Voice + tone for Lumen
- 3Microcopy
- 4Content design
- 5Localization
- 6UX writing project
Capstone — Product Design
Build: Ship Lumen + portfolio case study
- 1End-to-end product design review
- 2Design system + prototyping integration
- 3Design-to-code handoff
- 4Capstone build sprint
- 5Launch + demo
- 6Portfolio case study
Game Studio AI — Intermediate
Build Fracture, a real 3D co-op dungeon crawler, feature by feature — world, physics, multiplayer, AI NPCs, procedural levels, and a release.
What you'll be able to do
- ✓Ship one real 3D game end-to-end, not disconnected demos
- ✓Master 3D physics + multiplayer netcode
- ✓Implement AI NPCs & procedural generation the way shipped games do
- ✓Release Fracture on itch.io with a portfolio case study
Capstone build
By the end you will have: Release Fracture on itch.io. A real, deployed artifact you own forever — live on the internet, in your GitHub, on your resume.
Full syllabus — 7 modules, 42 lessons
3D Game Dev (Three.js)
Build: Build Fracture's 3D dungeon scene
- 1Three.js setup for Fracture
- 23D models + meshes
- 3Camera + controls
- 4Lighting + materials
- 5Physics (Cannon.js) foundation
- 6Dungeon scene project
Game Physics
Build: Add physics-based puzzles to Fracture
- 1Rigid body dynamics
- 2Collision shapes for dungeon hazards
- 3Constraints + joints
- 4Raycasting for interactions
- 5Performance optimization
- 6Physics puzzle project
Multiplayer Netcode
Build: Make Fracture playable co-op
- 1Client-server architecture
- 2WebSocket + Socket.io for Fracture
- 3State sync vs lockstep
- 4Lag compensation
- 5Interest management
- 6Co-op multiplayer project
AI NPCs
Build: Add AI enemies & companions to Fracture
- 1Behavior trees
- 2Utility AI
- 3Claude for dynamic enemy dialogue
- 4Memory + relationships
- 5Emergent behavior
- 6AI NPC project
Procedural Generation
Build: Make Fracture's dungeons procedural
- 1Noise functions (Perlin)
- 2Map generation algorithms
- 3Loot + enemy spawning
- 4Biome generation
- 5Seed systems
- 6Procedural dungeon project
Game UI + Polish
Build: Polish Fracture to release quality
- 1Game UI design
- 2Particle effects
- 3Screen shake + juice
- 4Sound design
- 5Performance profiling
- 6Polish project
Capstone — Release-Ready Game
Build: Release Fracture on itch.io
- 1Game architecture review
- 2Final polish + bug fixing
- 3itch.io deployment
- 4Capstone build sprint
- 5Launch + demo
- 6Portfolio case study
AI Automation Agency — Intermediate
Launch Flowcraft, your own AI automation agency, client by client — CRM, social, e-commerce, and a paid $5k+ project.
What you'll be able to do
- ✓Land real client automation work, not disconnected exercises
- ✓Master n8n + custom AI workflow architecture
- ✓Deliver CRM, social & e-commerce automations the way agencies do
- ✓Land Flowcraft's first paid client with a portfolio case study
Capstone build
By the end you will have: Land Flowcraft's first $5k+ paid client. A real, deployed artifact you own forever — live on the internet, in your GitHub, on your resume.
Full syllabus — 7 modules, 42 lessons
n8n Advanced
Build: Stand up Flowcraft's n8n foundation
- 1n8n self-hosting (Docker)
- 2Custom nodes + expressions
- 3Webhooks + triggers
- 4Error workflows + retry
- 5Credentials management
- 6n8n foundation project
Custom AI Workflows
Build: Ship Flowcraft's first AI workflow product
- 1LangChain for automation
- 2Multi-step AI workflows
- 3Tool use in automation
- 4RAG for automation
- 5Human-in-the-loop
- 6AI workflow project
CRM Automation
Build: Land Flowcraft's first CRM client
- 1HubSpot / Salesforce API
- 2Lead scoring automation
- 3Email sequences
- 4Pipeline automation
- 5Reporting + dashboards
- 6CRM client project
Social Media Automation
Build: Land Flowcraft's social media client
- 1Social APIs (Twitter, LinkedIn)
- 2Content scheduling
- 3AI content generation
- 4Analytics + reporting
- 5Compliance + ethics
- 6Social client project
E-commerce Automation
Build: Land Flowcraft's e-commerce client
- 1Shopify API
- 2Order processing automation
- 3Inventory sync
- 4Customer communication
- 5Abandoned cart recovery
- 6E-commerce client project
Monitoring + Scaling
Build: Ship Flowcraft's internal monitoring
- 1Uptime monitoring
- 2Error tracking + alerting
- 3Log management
- 4Performance optimization
- 5Scaling automations across clients
- 6Monitoring project
Capstone — Client Automation
Build: Land Flowcraft's first $5k+ paid client
- 1Client requirements gathering
- 2Automation architecture
- 3Implementation + testing
- 4Capstone build sprint
- 5Client handoff + training
- 6Portfolio case study
AI Security Engineer — Intermediate
Build Sentinel, a real AI security platform, feature by feature — offense, defense, LLM red-teaming, guardrails, cloud security, and automation.
What you'll be able to do
- ✓Ship one real security platform end-to-end, not disconnected demos
- ✓Master offensive + defensive security fundamentals
- ✓Red-team & defend LLM applications the way production teams do
- ✓Launch Sentinel with a portfolio case study
Capstone build
By the end you will have: Launch Sentinel + portfolio case study. A real, deployed artifact you own forever — live on the internet, in your GitHub, on your resume.
Full syllabus — 7 modules, 42 lessons
Offensive Security
Build: Build Sentinel's pentest toolkit
- 1Pentesting methodology
- 2Recon + enumeration
- 3Exploitation basics
- 4Burp Suite + OWASP ZAP
- 5Privilege escalation
- 6Pentest toolkit project
Defensive Security
Build: Ship Sentinel's blue-team defenses
- 1SIEM (Splunk + ELK)
- 2Intrusion detection
- 3Log analysis + correlation
- 4Incident response
- 5Threat hunting
- 6Defense project
LLM Red Teaming
Build: Red-team Sentinel's own AI features
- 1Prompt injection attacks
- 2Jailbreak techniques
- 3Data exfiltration via LLM
- 4OWASP LLM Top 10
- 5LLM security testing
- 6LLM red team project
AI Security Defenses
Build: Harden Sentinel's LLM defenses
- 1Input validation + filtering
- 2Output guardrails
- 3Rate limiting + monitoring
- 4Sandboxing LLM tools
- 5Human-in-the-loop
- 6LLM defense project
Cloud Security
Build: Secure Sentinel's cloud infrastructure
- 1Cloud security fundamentals
- 2IAM + least privilege
- 3Network security (VPCs)
- 4Container security
- 5Compliance (SOC2)
- 6Cloud security project
Security Automation
Build: Automate Sentinel's security pipeline
- 1Automated vulnerability scanning
- 2CI/CD security (SAST/DAST)
- 3Secret scanning
- 4Dependency scanning
- 5Security orchestration (SOAR)
- 6Security automation project
Capstone — Security Platform
Build: Launch Sentinel + portfolio case study
- 1Security architecture review
- 2Offensive + defensive tools integration
- 3AI security features
- 4Capstone build sprint
- 5Launch + demo
- 6Portfolio case study
AP Computer Science — Intermediate
Master Java + the AP CSA exam by building Campus Manager, one real console app — then prove it on a full mock exam.
What you'll be able to do
- ✓Score 4-5 on the AP CSA exam
- ✓Master Java OOP + data structures by building one real app
- ✓Solve every FRQ type with confidence
- ✓Ship Campus Manager, a portfolio-ready Java application
Capstone build
By the end you will have: Finish Campus Manager + take a full mock AP exam. A real, deployed artifact you own forever — live on the internet, in your GitHub, on your resume.
Full syllabus — 7 modules, 42 lessons
Java Fundamentals Review
Build: Start Campus Manager: student records + grades
- 1Types, variables, operators
- 2Control flow (if, for, while)
- 3Methods + parameters
- 4String methods
- 5Wrapper classes
- 6Campus Manager: grade tracker
OOP Deep Dive
Build: Model Campus Manager's classes: Student, Course, Enrollment
- 1Classes + objects
- 2Instance vs static
- 3Constructors + overloading
- 4Encapsulation (private, getters, setters)
- 5Inheritance + super
- 6Polymorphism + overriding
Arrays + ArrayList
Build: Add course rosters + enrollment lists to Campus Manager
- 11D arrays
- 2Enhanced for loops
- 3ArrayList basics
- 4ArrayList methods
- 52D arrays (seating charts / grade grids)
- 6Campus Manager: rosters project
Strings + Recursion
Build: Add search + validation to Campus Manager
- 1String vs StringBuilder
- 2String manipulation
- 3Recursion basics
- 4Base cases + recursive calls
- 5Recursive string problems
- 6Campus Manager: search + validation project
Algorithms + Sorting
Build: Optimize Campus Manager's search + sort
- 1Linear vs binary search
- 2Selection sort
- 3Insertion sort
- 4Merge sort
- 5Big-O notation
- 6Campus Manager: benchmarking project
AP Exam FRQ Prep
Build: Solve full AP CSA FRQ sets
- 1FRQ Type 1: Methods
- 2FRQ Type 2: Classes
- 3FRQ Type 3: Arrays/ArrayLists
- 4FRQ Type 4: 2D Arrays
- 5Time management strategies
- 6Full practice exam
Capstone + Mock Exam
Build: Finish Campus Manager + take a full mock AP exam
- 1Capstone project planning
- 2Campus Manager: final feature + polish
- 3Code review + testing
- 4Mock AP exam (full length)
- 5Score analysis + review
- 6Final showcase + exam strategy
Every module ends with something working.
No quizzes. No "review questions." Every single module ends with a real build you can show, demo, and add to your portfolio. By the end of the cohort, you will have shipped 5-16 real projects depending on the tier.
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