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Week 9 — FE Patterns, Accessibility & Performance

May 24 – May 31

What We're Covering

Front-end patterns, accessibility best practices, and web performance fundamentals. Building apps that work for everyone and load fast. Also: continued front-end project work and the cross-group API integration.

Readings

Due This Week

Quiz 9 — Due: Sunday, May 31 at 11:59 PM

Canvas · Site

Covers: Accessibility on the Web, Web Performance Basics

Sprint 7 — Due: Sunday, May 31 at 11:59 PM

Canvas · Site

Authenticated routes + integration against your upstream partner group's API.

What You Should Be Working On

  • Sprint 7 — integrate your upstream partner group's API into your consumer app. Authenticated routes should be working.
  • Read the Week 9 readings and take Quiz 9 — this is the last quiz.
  • AI Diary — log your Week 9 entry.

Learning Objectives & Course Outcomes

Syllabus Learning Objectives addressed this week:

  • LO4: Build interactive front-end applications using a component-based framework
  • LO5: Deploy full-stack applications to cloud infrastructure
  • LO7: Collaborate in teams using version control workflows, sprint milestones, and code review

Course Outcomes:

  • Inquiry and Critical Thinking — modes of inquiry, analysis, and critical synthesis
  • Communication/Self-Expression — collaboration to solve problems and advance knowledge

Lecture Recaps

  • Tuesday — No lecture
  • Thursday — No lecture