The web, properly
How a browser, a server, and a database actually talk. Markup, layout, responsive interfaces, and the accessibility rules most self-taught coders never learn.
Full Stack Development
An athlete-ready route into software: from the first line of markup to a deployed application with a database, real authentication, and a live demo you present to working engineers.
Length
16 weeks
Weekly load
6 classroom hours + 6 court hours weekly
Format
In person at the ACT learning lab, small cohorts
Who it's for
Student-athletes from 15 upward, no prior coding experience needed
The curriculum, module by module.
Nothing here is a video library. Every module ends with something you built, ran, or defended in front of a person who does this for a living.
HTML & CSSJavaScriptGit and GitHubReactNode.jsPostgreSQL
Programming with JavaScript
Types, functions, arrays, asynchronous work, and error handling. You write small programs daily and read other people's code from week two.
Component thinking in React
State, props, side effects, and structure. You rebuild a real interface and learn why the shape of a component matters more than its styling.
Data, APIs, and authentication
Relational modelling, query design, REST endpoints, sessions, and the security mistakes that make headlines.
Ship it
Environments, deployment, logging, and a production checklist. Your capstone goes live on a real domain, not a sandbox.
Capstone and panel
A working product, a written technical summary, and a ten-minute presentation to engineers who ask the questions an employer will ask.
What you leave with.
Every outcome below is a thing you can point at, not a feeling about the course.
A deployed, live application you built alone
A GitHub history with regular, readable commits
A technical presentation you can repeat in an interview
A mentor who is currently working in the field
Credential
ACT Full Stack capstone, presented to an industry panel
The other track
Cyber Security
Defend the system. 14 weeks, same weekly rhythm, taught by the same classroom team.
Compare the tracksSeats are limited by mentor time, not by demand.
Every cohort is capped so each athlete gets real review. Tell us where you are starting from and we will place you honestly.
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