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One of the most significant developments in data science over the last two decades has been its application to the financial sector and investment practices. Bankers and Investment Analysts are turning to technological solutions to help them make sense of markets, identify trends, and make predictions based on observable data that would have been impossible decades ago. This allows bankers and analysts to make more informed decisions about how to spend or invest their client’s money, which has made the entire financial industry operate at every greater efficiency. These tools include data collection and analysis programming languages like Python and data visualization tools like Tableau. Learning these tools will help you find work in the financial sector or simply make more sound financial decisions with your own personal investments.

Noble Desktop’s FinTech Bootcamp teaches students how to program data applications using Python and SQL. Then, students will learn how to apply this programming knowledge to common financial scenarios, such as using it to predict market trends or anticipate future ROIs on assets. Then students will learn how to use programs like Tableau to create data visualizations that can help analysts communicate their findings and recommendations to clients and stakeholders. In addition, this course will teach students important financial concepts, such as how to read publicly available financial reports, so that analysts can make practical use of this information. This is a career-focused program, so students enrolled will receive professional development assistance, including one-on-one career mentoring sessions.

CSS Flexbox and CSS Grid are two powerful ways to layout content in a webpage. Flexbox and grid are newer CSS layout technologies aimed at making it easier to create responsive layouts. Learn to ptimize your websites for mobile, tablet, and desktop using the latest CSS page layout techniques of flexbox and grid.

In this class you’ll learn how to use flexbox and grid to layout and align webpage content, and make it adapt to different size screens. You’ll learn how both techniques are useful, and when to use each. You’ll also learn how to use Bootstrap, which uses Flexbox, to rapidly code up pages without you have to write as much CSS.

If you’ve been coding CSS but don’t know flexbox and grid yet, it’s time to learn them. They enable you to create layouts that were either impossible to build previously, or they empower you to build layouts more faster and more easily than before.

Prerequisite: HTML & CSS coding experience.

Full stack web development refers to the complete process of programming a webpage, covering both the front end elements that a user interacts with when they visit a webpage and the back end elements, such as servers and databases, that allow the page to function properly behind the scenes. Full Stack Developers are responsible for ensuring that all of the elements of a web development project function properly and they are often hired by companies to maintain and update their webpages. These professional developers will need training in a variety of different programming languages but these skills will pay long-term dividends as web development remains an essential part of virtually every industry.

Noble Desktop’s Full-Stack Web Development Certificate program will teach students all of the fundamentals skills that they need to develop front end and back end infrastructure for webpages and other digital applications. This course is beginner-friendly, so even students without prior programming experience will be able to learn the ins and outs of full stack development. Students will learn how to program front end webpages using HTML/CSS and JavaScript and they will learn how to use Python to build back end databases. In addition, students will learn important programming language frameworks (such as React for JavaScript and Django for Python) to expand the scope of their programming skills. Students enrolled in this course will receive career development assistance including portfolio-building seminars and one-on-one career mentorship sessions.

HTML email has become a staple of communication. Everyone can benefit from sending HTML email, from large corporations to small businesses and freelancers. Give your emails some personality and life! This class will cover building a simple one-time email, and a weekly newsletter format. You'll learn how to layout emails using tables (for better compatibility with email clients), apply email-friendly CSS, fix various email client issues, and more.

The GreenSock Animation Platform (GSAP) has become the industry standard for scripted animation due to its advanced features and incredible performance. It is used in the majority of award winning websites and it’s so popular in HTML5 banners that Google is hosting it for everyone to use.

GSAP is the only solution that allows you to dynamically create and control robust animation sequences on the widest range of screens and devices. It is a JavaScript-based API that is literally 20x faster than jQuery under stress and offers many more features. Its features and performance will not only meet the needs of the most demanding professionals, but the syntax is totally beginner-friendly. You’ll be amazed at how easy and flexible it is to create animations with code.

This class offers a comprehensive exploration of GSAP. Learn how it can bring powerful & engaging animation to your interactive projects.

Each student will receive a free 1-year Shockingly Green Club GreenSock membership ($99 value). Shockingly Green members receive GreenSock's premium plugins and tools including: MorphSVG, DrawSVG, SplitText, and more. Don't miss out on this chance to get the best training and best tools available.

Students should be comfortable hand-coding HTML and CSS and have working knowledge of basic JavaScript concepts (variables, functions, loops) as covered in our JavaScript and jQuery class.

This 60-hour course will enable you to build your very own iPhone or iPad apps using Swift 4 and Xcode 9. We'll start from the beginning, covering basic programming concepts in Xcode playgrounds. We'll move into advanced topics through the buildng of apps with step-by-step exercises. ​Concurrent with class projects, you will work on your own final project as homework, and receive guidance on that project from the instructor. 

During this 10-week course we'll cover iOS, Swift, and XCode. You will learn: 

• Swift and XCode
• App architecture
​• App styling​
• Auto layout to build a user interface for iPhone and iPad
• Various controller types such as view controllers, table view controllers, scroll view controllers, split view controllers, and page view controllers. 
• Handling of image assets
• Core Data
• Store and parse data in the cloud using an app 
• MapKit
• Use of timers, sounds, ​local notifications, ​and alerts
​• Use of buttons, taps, and gestures​
• App logic
• Debugging apps 

JavaScript is one of the most commonly used programming languages in the world, in no small part because it is essential to the development of most modern webpages. If you want to add interactivity or personalized content to a webpage, you’ll need to learn how to program using JavaScript. In addition, it is one of the most important programming languages for software development, especially when designing the software applications that power Internet of Things technologies. JavaScript is important for allowing applications and devices to connect to web servers and one another without opening up a web browser, meaning that JavaScript is used in everything from push notifications on news feeds to streaming applications to digital assistants and home security systems. As more and more of our devices are integrated to one another over the internet, JavaScript development skills will increase in demand.

In Noble Desktop’s JavaScript Development course, students will learn all of the major programming functions of the language. In addition to learning how to use JavaScript to add interactive functionality and dynamic updating features to webpages, students will also learn how to utilize JavaScript libraries for digital application and software development. This course covers the popular MERN stack, the colloquial name for the JavaScript libraries (MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node.js) that allow JavaScript Developers to design full stack applications using only JavaScript. Learning the MERN stack will let developers build complex applications and software programs that power the digital technologies we interact with on a daily basis. This is a career-focused program that aims to prepare students for the job market. Students enrolling in this course should be comfortable programming with HTML/CSS.

Go beyond HTML/CSS and learn JavaScript so you can add interactivity such as animated slideshows, lightboxes (image enlargers), show/hide content, validate forms, and more.

You’ll start by learning the fundamentals of JavaScript code, and then get into jQuery. jQuery is an industry standard framework that lets you quickly and easily write powerful JavaScript. You’ll learn how to use some popular jQuery plugins, and gain an understanding of how plugins work, so you can use any plugin!

Motion graphics animation is the art of using computer design applications to create vibrant 2D and 3D animated assets for everything from Hollywood films to TikTok videos. Using programs like Adobe After Effects, artists can create digital assets and give them the illusion of weight and motion. These programs are used to build the massive special effects that we associate with blockbuster movies and they are used for making subtle, digital alterations to video files. This means that trained Motion Graphics Artists are in high-demand, particularly as more and more video content is being produced using computer applications. As computer processing power has become more affordable, it is easier than ever to start learning motion graphics design, regardless of your long-term career goals.

Noble Desktop’s Motion Graphics Design Certificate program will teach students how to use programs like Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Cinema 4D to create and animate 2D and 3D assets for film and digital content. In this course, students will learn time-tested animation techniques and they will learn how to apply those techniques using industry-standard animation software. Students will learn how to create digital assets, work with greenscreen and Chroma Key filming, and learn how to do basic motion tracking for animation. As a career-focused program, this course aims to prepare students for entry into the job market as professional animators. To meet this goal, this program provides students with professionalization services, including one-on-one career mentorship and demo reel building seminars.

Learn Java, one of the most powerful and high-level programming language in the world. Java is the language most used by Universities for their computer science major.  

In this intensive summer course, you will be taught the fundamentals of computer science. This course will not only prepare you to get a 4 or 5 on the AP Computer Science A but will make you a proficient coder!

This is a beginner course and is tailored for people who have little to no programming experience. This course starts at the basics but quickly goes into high-level programming topics such as Object-oriented programming and recursion. The course culminates with a project that students create.