In person program for selected Ada Developers Academy students
JumpStart Live (JSL) was launched in January 2016 to support newly admitted Ada Developers Academy students. This JSL curriculum is a companion to the JumpStart curriculum.
JSL takes place in person at Ada headquarters 4 weeks prior to the start of the full-program. JSL reviews the most important content from the JumpStart curriculum and will not cover any new material.
- 2 hours in person, twice a week for 3 weeks
- 4 hours of prep work before each classes
- 1 hour of homework after each class
- 2 hours, twice a week for 3 weeks
- General class plan
- Welcome, goals, warm-up (25 mins)
- Lesson (25 mins)
- Break (10 mins)
- Discussion (50 mins)
- Debrief (10 mins)
| Day | Topics |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | programming work flow, ruby style, ruby types, user input, string interpolation |
| Day 2 | assignment statements, boolean expressions, conditionals |
| Day 3 | loops, iterators |
| Day 4 | boolean zen, combining loops, iterators, and conditionals |
| Day 5 | nil, arrays |
| Day 6 | symbols, hashes |
| Resource | Information |
|---|---|
| Overview Video | ~4 min video overview of JumpStart Live |
| All JumpStart Live Videos | All videos for the JumpStart Live lessons |
| In-person Student Expectations | Expectations for all students participating in-person |
| Remote Student Expectations | Expectations for all students participating remotely |
| Switching from PC to Mac | A guide to help Ada students who are transitioning from PC to Mac |
| JumpStart Curriculum | Individual curriculum to be completed by all incoming Ada students |
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What is the difference between JumpStart and JumpStart Live (JSL)?
JumpStart is a curriculum that all accepted Ada students are expected to complete prior to the start of the in-person classroom experience.
JumpStart Live(JSL) is a 3-week in person class prior to the start of Ada to help prepare incoming Ada students who are not yet well-versed using loops, arrays, and hashes.