Tech 101 for aspiring PM with No-Tech Background.

Embracing the world of tech and not let the fear of tech jargons overwhelm you in your journey to be a successful Product Manager.

Content :

#1

Basic Terminology

• How Computers Actually Work Part
• How Computers Actually Work
• Data Types7
• IP Address
• Source Code
• Where is Code Written?
• Servers
• What is a Client/Server Relationship?
• Backend and Frontend
• HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• What's done on the backend/frontend?
• Linux
• Remote Connections
• CRUD Operations
• Libraries
• Frameworks
• API
• SDK4
• JSON
• Virtual Machines5

#2

Everything Code

• An overview of the most common terms and buzzwords that developers throw around daily.
• Types of Programming Languages
• HTML, CSS, DOM
• Common Languages and Frameworks
• What is Node.js?
• What is ES6?
• Component Based Architecture
• Model View Controller
• Vertical & Horizontal Scaling
• Single Page Application
• Absolute and Relative Paths
• Environments

#3

Testing & QA

Learn about the different kinds of tests, including: unit testing, integration testing E2E testing, and quality assurance.

• Quality Assurance
• Unit Testing
• Integration Testing & End to End Testing
• Test Driven Development

#4

RESTful APIs

Understand the fundamentals of how user interfaces (like browsers, and mobile devices) interact with servers.

• Web Services
• RESTful API
• RESTful API Verbiage
• Payload and Query String
• Headers
• HTTP Status Codes
• How Requests Are Made
• Polling
• Web Sockets
• Microservices vs Monolithic Services

#5

Version Control

Using Git and Github, learn about how developers keep track of different versions of the application they’re building.

• Using Git
• Using Github
• Pushing, Pulling & Cloning
• Branching and Merging
• Pull Requests
• Branch Conventions
• Typical Flow - Creating a Feature
• Typical Flow - Doing a Release
• Typical Flow - Doing a Hotfix
• Merge Conflicts
• Common Terms Used
• Continuous Integration
• Semantic Versioning

#6

Databases

Understand where and how all of our application data is stored.

• Overview of a Database
• Creating a Table
• Altering a Table
• Inserting Data into a Table
• Update and Delete Data
• Primary Keys
• Indexes
• Fixing Our Queries
• Reading Data
• Foreign Keys
• Joining Tables
• Database Migrations
• Connecting Our Backend & Frontend
• Limits & Offsets
• Table Relationships

#7

Caching

The best ways to make our application more performant.

• Overview of Caching
• Too Many Queries
• Introducing Redis
• Implementing Redis
• Caching Issues

Client Side Cache

#8

Deployment

Go through an entire deployment process and the tools involved.

• Overview of Deployment
• Builds and Bundles
• Development vs Production Builds
• Deployment Process
• Automating the Deployment Process
• Containers and Docker

Continuous Deployment & Delivery

#9

Loose Ends

A few things that are important to know, but don’t fit in any other module.

• Regular Expressions
• Cron Jobs
• Technical Debt
• Synchronous and Asynchronous
• Race Conditions
• Timeouts and Intervals
• Continuous Deployment & Delivery
• Exceptions

Serverless

#10

Mobile & PWAs

A detailed overview of mobile applications and Progressive Web Applications (PWA).

• Mobile Apps Technologies
• Progressive Web Apps - Overview
• PWA - Manifest

PWA - Service Worker

#11

Chrome Developer Tools

A useful tool that can not only provide value to developers, but anyone that manages an application.

• Overview of Chrome Developer Tools
• Device Toolbar
• Inspecting HTML Elements
• Network Tab
• Console Tab
• Chrome Profiles
• Application Tab