TypeScript

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Employer feedback:

I think an introduction to typescript is a must, unsure where it would fit into the schedule but I highly recommend this.

There are some good TypeScript course on Execute program. It would be relatively effortless to ask Skills Bootcamp graduates to make a start on these during the break, then encourage apprentices to keep it up during their training and make it an option for their projects. They can also continue with EP once they join their employers--if it is relevant in their work.

[Albadylic]

Yeah, let's do it.

Relates #699 #751

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I've added the next-circle label back, because it's unassigned which is always a bit dangerous.

[Albadylic]

And SQL

[NouraldinS]

Coming back to this, Typescript is an important topic indeed, I don't think it's a big ask to leave for the graduates, but also bear in mind that graduates are expected to learn in their upcoming work environments, and those more often than not require typescript as a pre-requisite for entry, so the graduates must learn it on their own time and their own mindset without guidance. For those who were not exposed to types through languages like Java, typescript is going to be a hassle to learn, and a barrier to their opportunities, in addition to that, don't forget that these graduates are still using their momentum creating a foundation for what they already learnt, they're not proficient frontend/backend developers yet.

I went over the curriculum to find places where talking about Typescript would take the least amount of effort to incorporate, like the pg-workshop where we're already talking about database types, I couldn't find an entry for that, but then I found on day 3 of React week we're talking about refactoring classes to hooks, this topic is no longer relevant, and React classes is no longer a thing we need to even mention, as it is not a requirement to actually knowing React.

So my suggestion is to replace this challenge with a simple state management workshop which casually includes Typescript, and I think the usage in that context would be perfect, since you're going to need types for larger applications where state management is an ask.