Compiled Learning Objectives

Caching (Prep)

• Identify and explain how web browsers benefit from caching
• Demonstrate how caching can trade memory for CPU

Cache Invalidation (Prep)

• Identify and explain staleness risks with caching, and the difficulty of invalidation

Memoisation (Prep)

• Define memoisation

Pre-computing (Prep)

• Identify a pre-computation which will improve the complexity of an algorithm

Trade-offs (Prep)

• Give examples of trading off memory for CPU
• Give examples of choosing where work is done in system design
• Optimise a system design to minimise the cost of operations

User Needs and Acceptance Criteria Workshop (Day Plan)

• Identify user personas.
• Define user needs for different user personas.
• Identify the benefits of using Who/What/Why in user stories.
• Write acceptance criteria in Given/When/Then format.
• Identify the benefits of using Given/When/Then in acceptance criteria.

Clean Code Workshop (Day Plan)

• Identify properties which make code easier to read and modify.
• Compare the cleanliness of code.