Web Dev Camp

Hi, Unfortunately the bootcamp was not what I was expected. A lot of issues which made me to gave up. They want you to learn HTML, CSS, Javascript, React, NodeJs, Express, MongoDB in 3 months, in a very bad structured and shrank lessons. The completion... Read More time for each task needs hours and hours which is unacceptable. When I seen the advertisement about the bootcamp they said that I'll need to dedicate 3 hours a day (21 hours a week). The suggested time is out of reality. The pdf they are providing are very limited in details, very bad structured with a lot of external links to read more and more pages which takes hours, they make no sense to complete the tasks so needs to make online research to find out for a solution which adding more wasted hours. The online lectures is a joke. The online live lecture is at 1pm!!! in the middle of the day. If you are working (days, evenings, or nights) is impossible to make it. If you watch the recorded lecture later the quality is bad and the lecturer has a lot of connection problems. The code he is writing a lot of times is not working even on his own computer and he is always apologetic. The knowledge I gain is worthless as they just want to get passed through everything in very limited time. They must advertise that you need to know all the teaching code already so to be able to finish the bootcamp. And of course is not for full time workers as you need full days off work to complete the tasks. All the above is the top of the iceberg. You will find out more if you decide to go for this bootcamp. I am very disappointed because I have wasted my time so far. I gain massive knowledge from courses in Udemy for example in my own pace. I have placed an official complaint to the DfE as well for wasting the tax payers money to educate people in the wrong way which leads to make some companies like HyperionDev richer.

It was an interesting experience full of coding and sharing knowledge with magnificent teachers that were more like friends than teachers, so helpful and understanding and patient. For my case I was part of the web development bootcamp that not only as... Read More an absolute beginner gave me a strong base in the field, but also now I'm having the chance to practise what I learned in new projects and I'm able to learn new things by myself more effectively thanks to the skills that I acquired. I owe them a lot for all I learned from them and the joyful and creative environment they provided.

During the time of HTML and CSS, I picked up the material in a moderate pace. Once JavaScript came around, though, it became very difficult to absorb most of the material. It felt very rushed after that. But, I did learn a good amount through the entirety... Read More of the course.

Good additional educations but missing some background information about how to do. Good help to get better and better based jobs. Learned many things about ecmascript 6. Good a good community and some good mentors. Verry good videos helps by learning... Read More

The main problem is there is no team work in Udacity and I wish i see it in future courses. on the other hand, the course is very informative and add a value to your CV and yourself by learning by doing and they support us a lot to achieve graduation... Read More requirements.

This program is made with real time projects and mentor support. I have taken this program and it helped me a lot. You will be doing projects along with learning. also most interesting, your project will be reviewed by mentors and they will give you good... Read More suggestions which will improve your skill a lot. I love this type of learning.

Good explanation, Step by Step progress. Challenging tasks, Help on demand. Reminder about the tasks.
Allow backup to the code so you can check anytime after that as well. All of these make it easy for learning and you can useful knowledge about the program.... Read More I am very satisfied with my course and it help me a lot as well.

Intensive courses are under-staffed and those employed are unlikely to give you an hour of their time every 24-48 hours despite the hefty $200 paid for "on-demand support"... Further to this, all the content of the intensive is the exact same as what... Read More you get for the normal 10-20$ or however much they charge you monthly as a basic pro member. So in effect that extra entrance fee should be for the teachers' to take the time out of their ever so busy lives to help you 1 on 1 for a little longer than their set limit of a few hours a week... especially since there's around 1000 members per course and only 4 staff members... good luck with that, where's my refund.

Having come into the program with almost 0 experience, it has been rewarding. However, that being said there are some drawbacks that need to be mentioned first. The course content is not detailed and more often than not links for extra reading is provided,... Read More which, considering the cost of the course, is unheard of. This isn't to say that it is unintelligible, but it would be nice to have a fully broken down explanation of a concept, as more often than not the content does not show the whole picture, and you will find that the concepts that go over your head in the start (which happens a lot!) will start to make sense later on in the course, though if explained at the time it could have been helpful. And while the instructors are accommodating of questions, they blow through the content, which may or may not be their own fault -- just the way the system is set up. The point of projects is to get the whole class up to speed, and is usually where one will solve most of their doubts of things learned thus far, however many doubts revolve around fundamentals that create easily avoidable problems, even after project 1 (total of 4 projects). In retrospect Through this course what I realized is that they are simply teaching you to *learn how to code*, and promotes a culture of self-learning alongside communal learning, which is mentioned on day 1.

Make no mistake by thinking this will turn you into a Comp Sci expert, this course ONLY teaches the fundamentals of all their offered content, which is a bummer considering the cost, again. We started with HTML, CSS and node.js, moved on to ruby on rails for 1.5 weeks, then express and react. After learning ruby fundamentals, its time for project 2, and there is no mention of ruby on rails at all after unless its your final project. So, go into the course expecting to learn ONLY HTML, CSS, and Javascript (JS libraries and frameworks, which are remarkable), the backend language part is a farce and almost a bad joke. When you finish, you do not feel like you are ready to get a job, and most people in your class would agree with this, but this is where you're wrong. The shortage of developers in tech is why most grads get hired, expect to do bulk of your learning on the job. And beware of stagnation, as most bootcamp devs with 0 experience and involvement in the industry prior to enrolment will be stuck at entry level jobs for the better part of a decade at least. So in respect to all these trade schools, don't buy into the hype.

If you want to learn how to code and begin your journey in tech, *and find a stable job with decent pay* (the ISP of this and all tech bootcamps), look no further.

my advice to someone interested is this: be prepared to do a lot of learning on your own, and when things get tough, don't quit. You get what you put into it, and if you work hard and diligently, you can become a great developer. But that isn't to say that things can't improve.