Tortuga Coders

I was attending the course from June - August. I'm reviewing this course from the view of someone, who has studied education before.

The course offers you a great set of skills, which you need for your future job as a web developer. Everything is in state-of-the-art!
The course included:
-Vanilla JS, React, Bootstrap as Frontend Libraries + Packages like Axios
-Backend technologies like NodeJS, Express and ODM like Mongoose
-Relational Database like SQL and non-relational Database like MongoDB
-Version Control Management (Git, Github)
-Tools for coding, such as GitKraken/GitTower, IDE, using the Terminal
-And much more...

Tony as a teacher is a great personality and is a genius in the area of programming. Not only does he balance very fine between theoretical input and pr...

The teacher Tony is extremely competent about the topic, it immediately become clear he has worked for years in the field and he gives the student a practical approach to the different topics, making them able to finish basic projects after 1 week from the start of the camp. This learning by doing method was highly beneficial for me. It is also clear he has studied how to teach things so he doesnt give anything for granted which is a key factor, especially for beginners as I was. I started from a close to zero level and I am happywe spend the first days toclarify some basic key concept, itmakes much more easier and faster the following learning process. The school is nextto the sea, soit is possible to go to the beach atthe end of the class, showers are also provided. Lamai beach, the l...

I had the opportunity to attend batch 2 in August 2019 and from the first day we began exploring the requirements to become a full stack JavaScript Developer. Each day will bring its own challenge which allowed me to deepen my knowledge in the subjects covered over the 9 weeks. The projects are so important to develop which will grant access to new web development concepts. My favourite part was learning react understanding how the backend connects using axios, API , token authentication, databases in MongoDB, stripe payment system, app deployment and much more. This boot camp payed off by giving the qualifications, training and direction to become a junior full stack web developer. Tortugacoders 👍👍.

Being a Teacher I know how hard it can be to go up there and break something down as complex as a programming language to beginners, but I think Tony does a great job of it. Thanks for always being so patient with me and doing your fair-share to make this an enjoyable experience for us. I love the staff here and just wanna thank you all for your kindness and this experience. I already know if you continue to perfect your craft, this bootcamp will make it be way up there someday; and I'll be able to say, "I did it way before it was cool !". You will be missed!

I will write a positive review, as I've benefited greatly from this course.

Tortuga is set to become the Hack Reactor 2.0 of Asia.
I say 2.0 as there are improvements on Hack Reactor in several things, not just the price, but also the student to tutor ratio.

PROS:

Curriculum:

When taking a look at different bootcamps in tropical (paradise) places, this is the only curriculum that takes you from plain vanilla javascript through a JS framework.
There's no wasting time with Ruby on Rails or other things.
It's all about the top things in the market - Vue.js as the front-end framework, Node.js as backend.
If you get stuck when trying to customize something you did with the ease of use of a framework, you have the core nuts and bolts skills to go back on vanilla js and edi...

There are two main reasons why I decided to attend Tortuga Coders bootcamp.

First of all, my academic background is mostly design-centered; I am a professional Web designer with a little experience of coding who is trying to seek a career as a Frontend Developer.
Here I am, almost half way through: we’ve been facing the basics of HTML and CSS first week, we proceeded with plain Javascript, JQuery and Bootstrap and finally we dived into backend with NodeJS and MongoDB.
An early knowledge and discipline are required in order to face this bootcamp.
The course is stimulating and challenging; whatever theory we’ve approached, it has been put into practice straight away.

Our teacher Tony is well prepared and experienced; his willingness is highly valuable but most importantly, his ...

Before I joined this bootcamp, I have worked professionally as a Java Developer for more than 7 years. One day, I was searching for information to learn more about frontend tools and technologies so that I can pursue a career as a full stack developer and I came across Tortuga Coders. I took a leap of faith enrolling and fast forward to today, I do not regret my decision at all! I learned a great deal of modern tools and technologies within the first three weeks, such as: modern Javascript (including ES6 syntax), jQuery, Bootstrap and User Interface Design, NodeJs, MongoDB, and more (Angular, Vue, React) for the next month. A typical class is usually started with lecture in the morning and then after that we will be given exercise / coding challenge to further reinforce the concept th...