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About The App Academy NL

Location: Amsterdam

Please note: This school is closed and is no longer accepting students. The SwitchUp team no longer monitors this page for updates, but historical information is available for reference.

Inspired to close the digital skills gap, a collective of developers and designers decided to start The App Academy in 2014 as the first Dutch coding academy. Since then we have trained many talented developers and collaborated with lots of innovative... Read More

We are a mobile app development academy offering full-time bootcamp trainings online and in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Our immersive and intensive programs teaches you the coding skills needed for native app development.

Courses

iOS Bootcamp

Cost: €7,950
Duration: 8 weeks
Locations: Amsterdam
In-person Only
Course Description:

You’ll work with Apple’s newest technologies and the latest version of the Swift programming language. During the bootcamp you will build a native minimum viable product version of your app idea for your portfolio showcase.

- The bootcamp is a 8-week full-time course
- Everyone who registers for the program will be contacted for a personal interview
- You will be taught in English by professional trainers / developers
- A strong level of Mac computer literacy is expected
- The daily program is very hands-on, you'll carry out assignments and work with other students on app projects
- You'll need a Mac computer running the latest version of Xcode
- Frequent keynotes of colleagues and guest speakers from the app industry for inspiration

Start date is 1 Feb, 2021 with application deadline is 1 Jan, 2021
Following start date is 31 May, 2021 with application deadline is 30 April, 2021.

Subjects:
Cocoa, Git, Mobile, Swift, iOS, UX Design

The App Academy NL Reviews

Average Ratings (All Programs)

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4.77/5 (13 reviews)

Pontus
Graduated: 2016

9/22/2016

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iOS Developer Trainee Program

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"Exceeded expectations"

Having only done some Swift tutorials online prior to the iOS bootcamp, my knowledge was very limited and honestly I was not sure I would be able to learn how to code in just three months.

Although at times, the course is extremely challenging and I felt... Read More

I thought that the teaching staff was great and provided me with all the support I needed to learn Swift and how to teach myself (which is key!). The main tip I could give to someone looking to do the course is to really apply yourself and ask questions, all of them, there are no stupid questions. The teaching staff is there to help and they are very helpful and approachable.

I really recommend the course!

Sida Nakrosyte
Junior iOS Developer | Graduated: 2016

5/16/2016

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iOS Developer Trainee Program

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"Good starting point for non-programmers"

While there are many aspects that could be covered, I will review two aspects that personally I found most important during my bootcamp at The App Academy. That is the language that we were learning and the way we were taught it (and what future prospects... Read More

Language:
Probably one of the greatest things about The App Academy is that you get to learn how to work with the newest and most promising iOS developing language, Swift. While Objective-C still remains widely used in the world of iOS development and knowing it is still important, The App Academy offers a forward-looking approach and aims at preparing you for the growing present and future trends. Subsequently, the downside of this approach is that you do not get a chance to know Objective-C better. While there where few hours spared to understand the structure of the language, if you want to learn it more in-depth, you are expected to do so on your own as the scope of the course is not capable of including more lessons on Objective-C.

Teaching:
The teachers at The App Academy are young and enthusiastic. One of the most admirable things about the teaching in general is that they are really prepared to teach people with no experience in programming and limited knowledge in IT in general. The teachers are friendly and supportive. While the teaching methods may work differently for different people, generally, I found their theory/practice ratio quite good, focusing more on theory in the first third of the course and working on bigger team projects during the rest of the time. While in terms of acquired knowledge it is not possible to learn enough Swift to become a full-fledged Junior developer in just three months, I think The App Academy gives a good foundation for feeling confident and continue to deepen your knowledge and skills on your own and even find a job as an entry level developer in a company that is looking for more than just a set of skills. This course could be a good investment if you consider that learning how to make mobile apps could enhance and contribute to your other skills and abilities.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed taking classes at The App Academy and I felt a great improvement on my programming knowledge and skills. I would recommend this course for taking your iOS app development experience from zero to the level of beginner iOS developer. Although the classes are perfectly suited for people of any non-technical background, I believe that the ones who can benefit the most are people who already are more comfortable with mathematical logic. After all, programming is about logic, mathematics, and everyone's so well-loved algorithms :) So while it is not something that a person will have to deal with during the classes a lot, in a long run, for those who aspire to take a job in the IT field, Swift, like any other programming language, will require a lot of logical thinking and mathematics-based approach.

Emre Delibasi
Graduated: 2015

8/17/2015

Course
iOS Developer Trainee Program

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"Great learning experience with some of the best people in their jobs in Amsterdam."

As an industrial engineer, I was familiar to programming in some languages when I started working at the bootcamp. But even though this was the case, I wasn't feeling confident since the languages I have worked on didn't contain Objective-C. From the... Read More

The ultimate goal of the bootcamp was to learn coding and eventually securing a job. I see know that both of these goals are fulfilled since I feel confident in my coding abilities and am starting my internship at an extremely exciting company. Besides these goals, The App Academy provided me the network for really talented coders based in Amsterdam. This provided network is crucial for me to improve as a coder and also a businessman.

In conclusion, I am extremely happy with the time I spent at The App Academy and I would recommend it to everyone pursuing an app development career in Amsterdam.

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