The Pearson VUE Certified IT Specialist Software Development Prep course provides a comprehensive foundation for aspiring software developers preparing for industry certification. Learn core programming concepts including data types, computer storage, algorithms, flowcharts, and functional programming patterns. Gain experience in incorporating error handling and developing code that follows secure coding principles.

Explore the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), application specifications, and version control systems. Build object-oriented solutions using classes, inheritance, and polymorphism, and construct basic web applications with proper hosting and architectural patterns. You'll also design and normalize databases, write and optimize ANSI SQL queries, manage transactions, and understand both relational and NoSQL database types. This course is ideal for junior developers, software engineering students, and those pursuing IT Specialist Software Development certification.

Certificate

All participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from Tertiary Courses after achieved at least 75% attendance.

Funding and Grant

HRD Corp Claimable Course for Employers Registered with HRD Corp

Course Code: M1822

Topic 1 Core Programming Concepts

• Describe computer storage and data types

• Construct and analyze algorithms and flowcharts to solve programming problems

• Incorporate error handling into applications or modules

• Construct and analyze code based on functional programming patterns

Topic 2 Software Development Principles

• Describe software development life cycle (SDLC) management

• Interpret application specifications

• Construct and analyze code that uses algorithms and data structures

• Describe the purpose of version control systems

• Describe secure coding concepts

Topic 3 Object-Oriented Programming

• Construct, analyze, and use classes

• Construct and analyze code that uses inheritance

•  Construct and analyze code that uses polymorphis

Topic 4 Web Applications

• Construct and analyze web applications

• Describe and configure web hosting

• Describe and configure web services

• Describe and identify architectural patterns

Topic 5 Databases

• Design and normalize a database

• Construct, analyze, and optimize ANSI SQL queries

• Manage transactions

• Describe database access methods

• Describe types of NoSQL databases