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Software Development

Building software properly, from programming fundamentals to modern tools, version control and working with AI assistants.

Area status: Coming laterStarter → Advanced

On the roadmap for a later stage.

At a glance

  • 3 training programmes
  • Levels: Starter → Advanced
  • Used in 1 seed pathway
  • 6 skills

Training in this area

3 training programmes

Each programme shows its own status. Planned modules are an outline and may change before they are built and reviewed.

Status: Coming later

AI-Assisted Development

Use AI coding assistants productively while reviewing, testing and staying responsible for the code you ship.

  • Level range: Capable → Advanced
  • No related pathway yet

Planned modules

  1. What coding assistants do well and badly
  2. Prompting for code
  3. Reviewing and testing AI code
  4. Security and licensing risks

What you’ll practise

  • Reviewing and fixing AI-generated code
  • Writing tests for AI-written functions

Skills

  • AI-assisted development
  • Testing code
  • Verifying AI output

Best after: Programming Foundations, AI for Work

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Programming Foundations

Learn to think like a programmer and write small, tested programs using variables, conditions, loops, functions and Git.

  • Level range: Starter → Proficient
  • 1 related pathway

Planned modules

  1. Thinking like a programmer
  2. Variables, conditions and loops
  3. Functions
  4. Version control with Git
  5. Testing your code

What you’ll practise

  • Solving small coding problems
  • Committing and reverting changes with Git

Skills

  • Programming fundamentals
  • Version control
  • Testing code

Best after: Digital Foundations

Status: Coming later

Web Development Basics

Build and publish simple, accessible web pages with HTML, CSS and a little JavaScript.

  • Level range: Starter → Proficient
  • No related pathway yet

Planned modules

  1. How the web works
  2. HTML and accessibility
  3. CSS layout
  4. A little JavaScript
  5. Publishing a page

What you’ll practise

  • Building an accessible one-page site

Skills

  • Web development basics
  • Version control

Best after: Programming Foundations

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Before you start: some programmes here build on Digital Foundations, AI & Automation.

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