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  Developing for iOS: Objective-C vs Swift (webinar)

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on April 16, 2020

  So you want to develop apps for iOS, but you're not sure whether to start learning Objective-C or Swift. We've been there, but luckily we had Bloc iOS mentor Steve Schauer to guide our decision.  In this webinar, you'll learn: The differences between Objective-C and Swift Which language is easier to learn and use to develop awesom...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Laura Mead, Dev Bootcamp

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on April 9, 2015

  Halfway through her senior year at UCLA, Laura Mead decided that she wanted to be a developer, so she applied to Dev Bootcamp and describes her choice as “one of the best things you can do to jump into the tech industry.” While she was a top performer at her job at Salesforce after graduating Dev Bootcamp, Laura needed a more suppor...

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  Learn Web Development at These 10 Part-Time Bootcamps

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on October 24, 2025

  While quitting your job and diving headfirst into your coding education can yield impressive results, we also understand that not everybody can commit to a full-time, 12-week programming bootcamp. Jobs, school, families - life, in general, can prevent that kind of commitment. For all the students who can’t give 40 hours a week to a code school, we’re outlining some part-time...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Melissa & Anna, Dev Bootcamp

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on April 8, 2015

  Since Course Report is based in New York, we try to go to as many bootcamp hiring days and student presentations as possible, so a couple weeks ago, we attended the Dev Bootcamp New York Hiring Day. The "Squirrel Class" was graduating, the classroom was full of enthusiasm and energy and overall, it was a really cool experi...

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  14 Best Coding Bootcamps in the South

  

  Harry Hantel

  Updated on April 6, 2015

  (updated April 2018) Slide across the roof of the General Lee, we’re heading south of the Mason-Dixon to check out the best coding bootcamps in the southern United States. There are some fantastic code schools from the Carolinas to Georgia and all the way to Texas, and we’re covering them all. Talk about Southern Hospitality!  ...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Julissa, Launch Academy

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on April 6, 2015

  With a degree in journalism and a job in communications work for a nonprofit, Julissa Jansen had the chance to do basic web development for a site redesign and she was hooked. She did online tutorials, but decided to make a career change, so Julissa applied to Launch Academy, a top coding bootcamp in her local Boston. She met he...

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  Data Science Bootcamp: Which is Best for You?

  

  Harry Hantel

  Updated on September 9, 2025

  You don’t have to be a data scientist to read into these statistics: A McKinsey Global Institute report estimates that by 2018 the US could be facing a shortage of more than 140,000 data scientists. The field of data science is growing, and with it so does the demand for qualified data scientists. Sounds like a...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Aaron Chung, Coding Dojo

  

  Harry Hantel

  Updated on March 30, 2015

  After working in education as a math teacher for years, Aaron Chung decided to try programming again and his research led him to programming bootcamps and Coding Dojo. Now graduated and with a new job at TouchCommerce, we sat down with Aaron to talk about learning three full technology...

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  NESTA: Setting Standards for the Bootcamp Industry

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on March 26, 2015

  NESTA is no longer active. Read about CIRR! During our last trip to the White House, it was clear that standardized reporting of outcomes at bootcamps would become a focus in 2015. While the co...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Dan Paschal, LearningFuze

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on March 26, 2015

  After managing the technical team at an education company called GameDesk, Dan Paschal caught the education bug and was hired as an instructor at Southern California bootcamp LearningFuze. Dan talks to us about programming being the new literacy, the three goals of pre-work at LearningFuze, and how their PHP curriculum continues to...

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