Become a Software Developer

Prepare to launch a Career in Software Development

Learn high-demand skills that will make you a competitive developer in a rapidly expanding industry. Learn front end and back end software development with fast-track online bootcamps.

18-Week Coding Bootcamps

The online Back End Software Developer Bootcamps and Front End Software Developer Bootcamps are offered through Laurel Ridge Community College Workforce Solutions in collaboration with Promineo Tech. Promineo Tech is a group of IT professionals and leaders who believe that quality education should be offered at an affordable price. They partner with community colleges to prepare participants for high-growth careers in software development.

Take an Assessment

You can also take the short, 12-question assessment to see if software development may be a good fit for you!

What is a Back End Software Developer?

Back End Software Developer Program

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Back End Software Developers are in charge of building applications that do the behind-the-scenes work. This typically involves receiving requests from a Front End application, processing the request, reading and writing to a database, and responding back to requests from other applications.

In this 18-week, Back End Software Development program, students take three courses to learn the skills and technologies necessary to enter the industry as a Back End Software Developer: Introduction to Java, Relational Databases with MySQL, and Web API Design with Spring Boot.

Skills and technologies learned include Java 1.8, Algorithms, OOP, Design Patterns, Unit Testing, SQL, DDL, DML, Database Concepts, JDBC, Spring Boot, Spring Data, REST, JPA, JWT, AWS, and more.

About the Classes
Students meet for class once a week at a set time in a virtual environment. In addition to the weekly class meeting, students meet once a week for a remote, 30-minute one-on-one with a mentor.

In the Back End Developer program, we cover technologies including, but not limited to: Java, MySQL, Git, CLI navigation, JUnit, JDBC, REST concepts, SpringBoot, Maven, JPA, JWT, log4j, debugging, AWS, and more.

Students will build multiple projects ranging from console applications to full blown Web APIs.

Front End Software Developer Program

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Front End Software Developers build the pieces of applications and websites that users see and interact with. This involves creating components that look good and provide functionality when a user interacts with them. It also involves interacting with the Back End applications and displaying data in an aesthetically pleasing manner.

In the 18-week, Front End Software Development program, students take three courses to learn the skills and technologies necessary to enter the industry as a Front End Software Developer: Introduction to JavaScript, Front End Technologies, and Web App Design with React.

Skills and technologies learned include JavaScript, Algorithms, OOP, Design Patterns, Unit Testing, HTML, CSS, JQuery, Bootstrap, AJAX, React, JSX, REST, NPM, AWS, and more.

About the Classes
Students meet for class once a week at a set time in a virtual environment. In addition to the weekly class meeting, students meet once a week for a remote, 30-minute one-on-one with a mentor.

In the Front End Developer program, we cover technologies including, but not limited to: JavaScript (ES6), CSS, Sass, git, CLI navigation, HTML, Bootstrap, npm, JQuery, AJAX, React, Axios, Responsive Design, debugging, and more.

Students will build multiple projects ranging from static websites to full blown, responsive, dynamic, front end applications.

Take an Assessment

You can also take the short, 12-question assessment to see if software development may be a good fit for you!