Rocket Academy

The basics course is well structured and the flip learning works well. The section leaders are knowledgeable and always ready to help. What touched me is that although the basics is free, the level of care they give is professional. The section leader... Read More is dedicated and committed to see to everyone's success as long as there is commitment from the students themselves. Questions on slack are welcome so that the clasmates can learn from one another. While alot of the materials are available online, nothing beats joining the class because there is an opportunity for QA to clarify your doubts, a brief walkthrough at the start of every class to cement the materials in pre-class and more and a pair programming. During pair programming, the section leader will hop in to provide guidance as she makes the rounds. Even when I felt like giving up, I told myself if my section leader is not giving up on me, how can I give up on myself.

The course was awesome. The section leaders were really helpful throughout the course. They were very knowledgeable and answered my questions and cleared my doubts then and there in class or in slack. They were the best. I would highly recommend this... Read More course to anyone who is interested. Thanks.

It is a basic programming course for beginners to try out programming. You will be directed to materials for you to pick up domain knowledge, do pair programming with coursemates and discuss on how to proceed with given projects. By the end of this programme,... Read More you can expect to understand how to write functions, conditions, loops and etc.

Pros: 1) Overall experience is positive and section leaders do a good job to help the students. 2) The projects are helpful to reinforce learning. Cons: 1) Could be more organized in transitioning to the BootCamp for students. 2) Materials could be more... Read More detailed on certain topics.

Well structured 6-week course with pre-class materials & exercises, plenty of in-class guidance, and friendly instructors who understand that everyone has different levels of aptitude and personal/work commitments. With focus on coding methodology instead... Read More of syntax, I feel equipped to continue learning on my own.

Very fun way to start learning javascript and get exposure to HTML. Projects assigned throughout the 6 weeks are progressively and adequately harder, consolidating all the basics that we learn. Most importantly, the instructors are knowledgeable and make... Read More the lessons interactive!

Overall very enjoyable. Learnt a lot. I found that peer reviewed coding is a great tool to motivate multiple students to learn and lets them learn the importance of readability, also helps students learn how to read other's code. Teachers always offered... Read More assistance.

The short Basics programme is a good introduction to coding, even for someone without coding experience. While I had some prior experience when coming into the course, I found the content still to be useful as there were still things that I didn't know... Read More prior and learnt through practice as well as peer-/group-based reviews during the course.

Able to learn quite a lot through the Basics course. Resources and coaching provided are more than you would expect (con: it might seem overwhelming at times). Overall the course is conducted at a comfortable pace and there is a lot to learn! Thank you!... Read More

The duration for the course - 6 weeks (12 lessons) is just the right amount of time, especially crash-coursing coding basics - not too long that it becomes draggy nor too short to not have enough time to cover basics. The materials are all readily available... Read More on the site but just a note you've to be committed to read through the pre-reads and assignments to practice enough, otherwise it can be challenging not understanding the notes! Allowing an exchange of SLs will be good since I think it can be helpful if more experienced leaders can bring students through the class, allowing us to digest the knowledge and recap the teachings a bit more so we're really sure of the basics.