Rocket Academy

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.

It's definitely a great experience to do the basics course, especially if you are not sure you like coding or not. Overall, this course is well organized, beginner-friendly, if you want to do more, they also provide additional resources and more challenges.... Read More If you are stuck you can always get support from section leaders and group members. Must try!

It was a fun experience coding with the SLs and fellow batchmates! I would greatly recommend the basics course for anyone who would want to experience programming! I personally believe that for some people who are struggling to learn programming autodidactically... Read More without any guidance should at least try the basics course! The instructors are friendly and they will guide you every step of the way, until you can make a pretty neat game by the end of the 6 week period!

Rocket Academy provides quality content and robust framework for the basic course that are totally free of charge. I took the basic coding course and the content taught were very appropriate for someone who has limited or no prior knowledge in coding.... Read More Throughout the entire course, very dedicated and committed section leaders are around to teach and guide everyone. I would recommend this to everyone who wish to kick off their coding journey.

Great support and explanations. I liked all aspects of experience, how we were working in different combinations of pairs, our learning experience and connection we got through process. We have learned more then I have expected. I will recommend to my... Read More friends.

Pros: - Fulfilling one of my life goals to learn coding - a sneak peak into finding out my interest in it - a step into my consideration of changing career to be a software engineer - opened a path into considering developing within the IT side in my... Read More industry as well Cons: - It was difficult to find time with my full time job that is quite demanding on time

Basics course is beginner-friendly, easy to understand with great materials that support learning. Instructors are very helpful, knowledgeable, and patient. Highly recommend to anyone that's on the fence about learning anything javascript, or just looking... Read More to learn how to learn!

The class is very useful for really new beginners who know nothing about coding or javascript. Materials and support given are plentiful. Its about a 6 week course with a fair bit of online self learning through videos. Twice a week zoom online courses... Read More to discuss any issues. And overall 3 mini simple javascript projects to submit. Pace is fair - if you put in effort to self study before class. Coding isn't as difficult as it seems after this class.

This was my first basics coding course and i would definitely recommend to those that would like to learn or gain experience in basic coding. I was hesitant to sign up initially as i was unsure whether i can complete the projects on top of my other work... Read More commitments. However, 6 weeks later, i managed to graduate and complete the 3 projects. The course consist of pre-class and in-class exercises. The in-class exercises are really engaging and it helps to consolidate the concepts for every lessons. The best thing about Rocket Academy is that, they focus on how to think and how to break down ideas/concepts in order to write your own program. The facilitators/SL are really encouraging too and they don't force their own solution on you. They will focus on guiding you how to come up with your own solution. Definitely a pleasant and wonderful experience!