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We are training the next generation of tech talent in Africa.

Alida School - Training the Next Generation of Tech Talent in Africa

Alida School is an online coding school. We train our students to become software developers in just 12 weeks.

Front End Development for Beginners

Web development jobs fall into three categories:
1 - Front end development
2-Back end development
3- Full stack development

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How to Become a Good Software Developer

As a student of Alida School, the end of your course is actually the beginning of your learning journey. While your time as a student may be officially over, in order to become a top tier software developer you’ll have to continue to learn daily.

React, Vue or Angular: The best JavaScript framework to learn to get a front end job

If you’re a beginner or junior front end developer and you’re wondering if you should learn react (react js), vue or angular to get a job, you’re in the right place.

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Access to Tech Talent in Africa

Africa is a young, innovative and growing continent. Mobile and Internet penetration is growing quickly, and the cost of data is falling. This makes Africa a greenfield market and the number of tech startups have been flourishing across the continent.

What is React and Why is React the Most Popular JavaScript Framework?

React is a JavaScript library for building fast and interactive user interfaces.
It was developed in 2011 at Facebook and currently, it’s the most popular JavaScript library for building user interfaces.

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Africa's $140 Billion Blindspot

Africa’s Internet economy is worth $140 billion. By 2025, the Internet economy has the potential to contribute $180 billion to Africa’s economy and grow to $712 billion by 2050.

React, Vue or Angular: What JavaScript framework is the best for your next project?

React, Vue or Angular: What JavaScript framework is the best for your next project?

Are you wondering about what JavaScript framework will be the best for your next project? In this post, I’ll help you out and we’ll look at their:
1- History
2- Learning curve
3- Stability
4- Ecosystem

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What is JavaScript

JavaScript also abbreviated as JS is a scripting language that is one of the core technologies of the world wide web alongside HTML and CSS. JavaScript allows you to create content that updates dynamically, control multimedia, animate images among many other things.

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What is Vue JS

Vue JS is an open source front end JavaScript framework for building user interfaces and single-page applications (SPA).
Vue JS is used for web interfaces and also for both desktop and mobile app development.

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What is Node JS

Node JS is an open-source, cross-platform, back-end JavaScript runtime environment that runs on the Chrome V8 JavaScript engine and executes JavaScript code outside a web browser.

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What is MongoDB

MongoDB is a document-oriented NoSQL database used for high volume data Storage. MongoDB is a database that came to light around the mid-2000s.

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What is React JS

React, often known as React.js or Reactjs, is a free and open-source JavaScript frontend library for creating user interfaces using UI components.

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What is Express JS

Express.js is a web framework which is based on the core Node.js http module and Connectcomponents.

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What is iOS Development

iOS application development is the process of making mobile applications for Apple hardware, including iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV, and Macs.

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What is JSON

JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation. It’s a popular text-based data format used everywhere for representing structured data.

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What is Model View Controller (MVC)

As a new iOS developer, there is a huge amount of information you need to master: a new language, new frameworks and APIs, and Apple’s recommended architectural pattern Model-View-Controller, or MVC for short.

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 How to become an Android Developer

There are many ways one can become an Android Developer. For instance by using cross-platform Languages such as Xamarin and React Native. These languages enable you to develop cross-platform applications that work on both iOS and Android.

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What is Kotlin

Kotlin is a cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose programming language with type inference. Kotlin is designed to interoperate fully with Java, and the JVM version of Kotlin's standard library depends on the Java Class Library, but type inference allows its syntax to be more concise. 

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What is the difference between iOS development and Android development?

Android software development is the process by which applications are created for devices running the Android operating system. Google states that "Android apps can be written using Kotlin, Java, and C++ languages" using the Android software development kit (SDK),

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My journey as a Software Developer - Alida School Testimonial

I heard of an online coding school called Alida School that was offering two full-stack development scholarships to students from Lusophone Africa. My classes at Alida School were the first time I studied web development in a structured manner with a well-built and defined curriculum, with classmates and teachers to guide us. 
The full stack development course was 6 months long: three months of frontend development and another three in backend development

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My Time at Alida School - Former Alida Student and Current Software Developer 

The instructors at Alida School provided me with the best guidance and mentorship a newbie in the tech world could ask for.  
Alida School gave me a sense of direction that I very much needed. The knowledge of what to learn and how to learn it.
To sum it all up, Alida School offers everything you need to launch a career in tech, from learning new skills to employment opportunities via a number of hiring partners. 

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