Rocket Academy

RA teaches in-class materials mainly through peer programming and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It allowed me to see different ways to tackle a problem. I also had an exceptional Section Leader guiding us for the course. Porter made himself available even... Read More after the lessons. He could answer most of the questions I had even when they were just experimental questions. In the event where he isn't too sure, we tried the problem out and always managed to get to an acceptable answer.

Class materials are substantial, covers mainly JS fundamentals, git and gitHub. Pre-class materials included videos that explained abstract concepts in a concise manner and were easy to understand. Assignments and projects were challenging but manageable,... Read More with the exception of the last project where people spend the most time. Best of all, it's free and you get the support of your teacher and peers. The course is fairly rigorous for a short part-time course and can be challenging especially if you have to manage time between existing work commitments etc Job support rating: N/A (this wasn't part of the Basics)

I have had prior experience in Python thanks to a foundational course, but Basics went beyond simple logic and teaches its students other skills like version control, debugging methods, and deployment. The scope of projects is sufficiently large to cover... Read More all topics introduced in classes, but also provides enough leeway for "more comfortable" implementations that provide a greater challenge for students who want to learn more. There is also a significant buildup between projects (e.g. scissors-paper-stone to blackjack) that truly allows students to build upon what they've done before (potentially reusing functions that they wrote for themselves in previous projects).

Great introductory course that requires no prerequisite knowledge of Javascript. The format of each lesson, which involves live programming with a section mate, forces you to engage in hands-on practice of the pre-class and in-class learnings. Practicing... Read More is a must in learning to code so this format is very helpful, especially if you have a busy schedule.

Overall smooth experience in learning throughout. The flow was: self-learning through video and exercises, then in-class run-through of content, and pair-programming to work on in-class assignments. Three projects to complete throughout course in increasing... Read More levels of complexity.

It was a good way to learn coding - through creating games and learning how coding logic works! We get to interact with different students every week during in-class pairing assignments time hence able to know more people from different walks of life.... Read More Students also get to help one another in coding throughout the class.

Joined the course with no experience and it has been a rewarding journey with RA. Course materials was broken down into small sections. Section leader was informative and able to clarify questions. Highly recommended for beginners to join and try out... Read More coding!

The basics course was comfortable for personnel whom are revisiting coding and requires quite some time to work on the things and go through the lessons. but overall the experience was great and the student leaders and the instructional videos was very... Read More insightful and helpful. Highly recommend this to anybody.

Instead of just theory, they make the theory part a video play-back for us to review at our pace, and then in class is focus on actual doing with fellow learnings collaboratively, which is good! That way, it's highly engaging, and makes learning even... Read More clearer. My only wish is it's done at physical class.

I found the course content was super relevant to the current industry trends. Pair programming and class time with instructors were super useful to clarify any doubts. Instructors are very responsive on slack channels. Overall I loved the experience and... Read More it was time well spent learning.