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    Programming for Non-Programmers: Back-End Web Development

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    About this workshop

    Important note: This is a private workshop for Harvard Business School students only.

    Are you a creative or aspiring entrepreneur that wishes you could speak the tech language? Maybe you wish you could code a bit yourself?

    A web developer that creates client-side web sites can only go so far without back-end logic. By participating in this interactive workshop, you will learn the fundamentals of back-end web development, gain basic hands-on coding experience by building a simple web app, and develop a more in-depth understanding of how the Internet works.

    Takeaways

    • Understand the difference between front-end and back-end web development.
    • Identify the components of a web app.
    • Become familiar with basic programming concepts including: variables, data types, conditionals, loops, arrays and functions
    • Know the purpose of web frameworks
    • Understand the what and why's of API's
    • Build a very simple web app that uses variables and takes user input.

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