Rocket Academy

Just finished the one-month Coding Basics course and I had so much fun! One will get a lot out of this course if they are willing to put in the hours doing the prep work and building projects. A major shout out to the instructors who are full-time software... Read More engineers but put in lots of efforts to help everyone understand the concept and debug our code. The class size started out slightly large (~20) at the start, but due to natural attrition it became a very management 10-15. :`)

Great! Attended the Basic course over a period of 6 weeks. Learn substantial amount of valuable knowledge, abeit could be quite stressful and tight on the schedule. The trainers, Shannon and Dilan, are outstanding and engaging. Always interesting to attend... Read More their lesson. Hope we have a chance to meet again!

Did the Coding Basics course. It's so thorough and covers a wide variety of topics. Most importantly, the facilitators are amazingly supportive in giving guidance and/or executing the rubber duck method in our learning. I truly did improve in my computational... Read More thinking through participating in this course, and picked up some basics of Javascript along the way. Be warned, it definitely is not a walk in the park. The curriculum is fairly rigorous, but that's where it shines, as it is a preparatory step towards their more advanced Coding Bootcamp course that is designed to groom individuals who wish to make a career switch to become Software Engineers.

Dedicated teachers, good course content, would recommend to others interested in learning coding. Good platform to kickstart a potential career in software engineering. Would want to continue on the main boot camp and learn more stuff about coding in... Read More general.

i attended the Rocket Academy Basics Course, overall i think it is a great starting point for me as i do not have any background in coding. this course materials and section leaders and assistant have been very helpful. the course materials are very informative... Read More and understandable. the section leaders and assistant were very supportive and responsive to our questions.

Its been a great time learning the basics of coding, computational thinking and simple Javascript with Rocket Academy. Its free and a pre-requisite for their Software Engineering Bootcamp, which speaks for the high level of students that get admitted... Read More to it. The penultimate project for basics was the blackjack game, which was by no means an easy feat to accomplish. Thanks for this great primer into Software Engineering!

I signed up for the Basic Coding course at Rocket Academy. I wasn't sure I would be able to finish it as I had zero coding experience but the knowledgeable, devoted and friendly Section Leaders - Kimmi and David - made it all possible. So much depends... Read More on the person who is guiding you, believes in you and wants you to succeed. I thank both of them, as well as the whole team for making this possible and creating such an amazing atmosphere.

The course was well planned and the methodology used to impart content aka reverse classroom was intuitive. Section leaders were knowledgeable and experienced, creative and encouraging. the course made me more interested in coding as a career and actually... Read More made me apply for more

I started out not knowing anything about JavaScript, CSS and DOM. The Rocket Academy Basics training was a good introduction to - JavaScript - abit of HTML/CSS/DOM, and - thinking about how to code, or web development in general over 6 weeks. Trainers... Read More were responsive even on weekends and encouraging. During times when I had a heavy workload at work, the trainers recorded the training and I could try to catch up on the content and practices over the weekend.

I have attended Rocket Academy's Basic Course and I will say it's really great for someone like me, who has no coding experience, to dip my feet into the world of software engineering. The community and Section Leaders were really helpful in answering... Read More all our questions and also dedicated their time to help us troubleshoot any problems we faced during the duration of the course. I highly recommend this course if you are someone who wish to have a taste of coding.