The Best Online Coding Bootcamps Of 2023

I have recently graduated from Merit America and have quickly found a new job using all of the knowledge that I have studied. This is a rigorous and fast paced course that definitely takes a lot of time and commitment, but the technical and professional knowledge I have gained is immense. The people I have met throughout my cohort and coaches during this program have all been wonderful and inspiring.   This course has directly led to me getting a new job at a much higher rate. I couldn't be more thankful for these people and this organization!  

I was traveling for work and I wanted to make a career change to be closer to home and spend more time with family.  I decided that software development was the path I wanted to take.  I heard about Momentum from a trusted and respected friend who is in the industry and has worked with people that were involved with the program.  

I spoke with members of the staff before joining who were honest and genuine about what to expect and some of the challenges I would face and how they will guide me through it.  I could easily see why my friend recommended them and because of how sincere they were about being with me through the journey I signed up and have never regretted it.  The staff truly cares and Jessica, the CEO, is incredible.  I've never seen a CEO that knows every single student on a first name bases and is with you every step of the way.

From day 1 in the Momentum program, you dive straight in to code.  There is no wasted time and you get experience right away in Git, GitHub, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Python, Django Rest Framework and React.  They live Agile methodology and do everything they can to get you job ready.  The material is dynamic so if more companies are looking for people with certain skills, Momentum will adjust to incorporate those skills.  It's intense and difficult but it's by design and later you thank them for it. 

One of my favorite parts was Friday Huddles where they have guest speakers from companies big and small like Google, IBM, Red Hat, Pendo, Spreedly, Tiny Earth Toys just to name a few.  Many of the speakers came through the Momentum program and you get a chance to talk to them in a casual setting and they have all been straight forward and honest about their journeys.

If I had to pick what the best thing about joining Momentum has been, it would be the community.  You are placed in a team based on when your program starts.  My teammates are like family now, we spent everyday together finding solutions to problems through coding all on zoom.  We had members in different states because of the remote setting and it didn't matter.  You forgot that they were in different locations and still got to know them very well and we would do anything for each other.  The thing I didn't realize before joining the program was that you join a team but you also join a community of past graduates, new students and staff all through Slack.  There is something about Momentum staff and students, maybe because 99% of them are career changes and share your story, but everyone and I mean everyone truly wants you to succeed.  I was amazed how you instantly get access to all these Slack channels and can read past threads with resources and if you reach out with a question, a ton of people who you don't even know jump in to help.  People share pictures and things that make them happy, share links for cool things related to code or meetups and you become a mentor for the next team too. It's a really great community of people and it just makes you feel like you made the right choice.

I know this is a long review but I have to end by saying the part that I had the most questions about before joining.  How does Momentum help me find a job in software development? I don't know where they found her, but Katie is their head of career services and she doesn't wait for you to graduate before helping you.  It's incredible how she's able to manage so many people but I feel like I know her just as well as my teammates. She has provided tools for resumes, cover letters, applying for jobs, networking, finding companies, tools I didn't know existed. Momentum's mission is to get you in the business and even after the lessons are completed, they are still with you until you find a job.  You are always part of the community and a member on Slack even after you find a job so you'll never feel that you are on your own.   I'm not the first to say this and I definitely won't be the last.. I wish I had did this sooner.

 I am a 12-week boot camp graduate, and like many of us, when I started applying for jobs, taking up challenges and interviewing, I realized there was still a lot to learn. 
 
Coding boot camps are great in taking you from zero knowledge to being able to builds things in record time, but it is hard to learn to think like a developer in such short period. This course really helped me with that. 
 
The curriculum is very vast, and it becomes difficult very fast. I struggled a lot but almost immediately I realized that I was getting better. I don't know if I will ever apply all the concepts that I learned, but it definitely leveled up my coding quality and problem solving skills.
 
The teacher has a lot of experience and he is really good at explaining complex concepts with simple examples. He also has a lot of patience and always goes the extra mile to make sure that you understand.
 
The career advice part is also really good, you get CV, LinkedIn and portfolio reviews, and mocking interviews with senior developers. 

An overall great intensive data science training bringing as instructors experts in the area from all over the world. Covering languages of Python, R, SQL, Azure, Git and topics from agile development to NLP and ML. At the same time providing a diverse fellowship. Highly recommend.

Cybertek has equiped me with skills that could have taken me a very long time to acquire, its fast paced but with persistence and had work someone who is interested can hack it.

I had a wonderful and rewarding experience with Acadium Plus. I enrolled in the program in the spring of last year. I did not know what I was getting into when I enrolled, but as soon as I was there in the first live session, I knew this was the best investment decision that I have made for my career. My mentor was very helpful and guided me throughout the whole process. I finished the course in Oct of last year and landed a full-time opportunity. The community is amazing and we are all connected even after the course. I would recommend this course for anyone who wants to get structured career advice and marketing knowledge from an experienced marketing leader. 

Coyotiv School of Software Engineering designed a programming curriculum with openness, and transparency in mind. The story-based approach takes you from step-0 to deploying your own app in a real cloud environment. 
From learning vanilla JavaScript to developing an app with modern frameworks, you learn a lot of steps, technologies and concepts along the way. 
Instead of giving out the answers, you are given all the information, help and tools to find the answers yourself. This made the a course a true learning experience for me. 
This is not just another online course that bombards you with unfiltered information. The course is designed with a variety of live sessions, pre-recorded video sessions, a collaborative wiki to exchange information and experienced with your peers and other cohorts. 
This course not only teaches programming, but also gives you some insights into, how it will be working as an engineer. Knowledge gained from years of experience are shared with you throughout the course. 
How will your work life be as software engineer? What problems will you face as a programmer and how can you tackle them? How will you develop as a person with a career in tech? 
Team work is a crucial component of the course: In the full time course you learn together as a team with your peers, who are always there to push you and help you. Exchange experiences and share problems with your fellow participants over a variety of modern tools for collaborative remote working. This was a great preparation for the daily routines that are waiting for you in the real job world. 

To make finding a job easier for you, career coaching is part of the course as well. Interview preparations, building you own CV, creating complete a job application is just as important in this course as learning programming. 
This course is designed to push your knowledge and experience with software development, gain the confidence it needs to get the job and the position you are looking for. 

I am so happy and pleased that I found this amazing developer program! I can’t say enough how great of an experience it was. It’s really a full package course. You will learn great coding languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript and React in a way that makes it easy to learn. Your instructor is there every step of the way to help and support you. Your surrounded by a wonderful community of kind, helpful people that make it easy to ask for help. You get access to chats with experienced coders where you can ask questions and get valuable advice. On top of all that you get career coaching to help write your resume and build your career narrative. Mimo’s team is a great group of people that have created a beautiful program to help ANYONE learn to code. You get coding skills, career help and so much more! 

V school was absolutely amazing. The curriculum is structured in a way that allows you to really gradually understand more and more how all these concepts intertwine with one another. The Staff are all wonderful helpful people that were just nice to have a chat with every once in a while. The TA / Instructors all do a good job of pointing you in the right directions when you're stuck and all in all id say it was definitely worth it. 10/10 would recommend. 

I had multiple friends get hired before even finishing the curriculum so the Job assistance is also handled very well. 

As someone who wanted to make a 180 degree career change and quickly develop marketable coding skills without breaking the bank, Parsity was the perfect bootcamp for me. From a top level perspective, it checked off a lot of the boxes I was looking for: fully remote learning environment with the flexibility to work at my own pace (and either full-time or part-time), continual mentorship and support from the staff both during and after the program, and insanely good value when comparing their price to the average cost of a coding bootcamp.

The curriculum was very well structured with a natural progression of concepts. The first half focused on the Front End - We started with a review of JavaScript fundamentals and CSS/HTML before moving on to DOM manipulation, working with APIs, and then diving into the React framework. In the second half of the course, we transitioned to the Back End, learning how to build our own web servers and databases with Node, Express and MongoDB before putting everything together and developing Full Stack applications. At the end of each week, we were assigned a mini-project that covered what we had just learned. These were very challenging, but always engaging and I really felt like I was building something practical while working on them.

Despite the bootcamp being fully remote, I still had great opportunities to collaborate with other students. In the middle of the course, we had a week-long paired programming hackathon, and towards the end, the entire cohort worked together on a group project simulating an Agile-style sprint in which we were tasked to develop a functioning Full Stack application in 2 weeks. I'd say this experience along with our independent final project was probably where I learned and grew the most. Everything really came together here: putting all the coding skills I'd been honing to use, working/communicating in a group setting (and dealing with the unique challenges this can present), planning out design and structure at a larger scale, using Git flow effectively, and presenting an app as if demoing to a client. These projects were easily my favorite part of the program.

On top of that, I received a ton of support from Parsity in the job search after graduating. First of all, we had dedicated time spent solely on career development, including refining our resumes and LinkedIn profiles, writing effective cover letters, networking, and preparing for the interview process. I also had access to a fantastic Career Services Coach that met with me frequently and was always available when I reached out. I got a ton of helpful advice that was tailored to my own particular job search, as well as mock interviews structured for the specific companies I was focused on. The assistance I received after graduating was invaluable, and ultimately played a huge role in me landing my first developer job.

All in all, if you're interested in programming and want to shift your career trajectory, I highly recommend Parsity. I never would have believed a year ago that I could learn so much in such a short timeframe and actually get hired as a programmer. But it's true - coding bootcamps are a totally viable pathway and Parsity is a great one with great value. Enrolling was one of the best decisions I've ever made.

I attended online courses through VET TEC. A lot of information comes at you in a short amount of time so it is imperative that you make sure to set back plenty of time to study and you will leave this course with a lot of knowledge and the ability to jump into a forever growing industry. They have fantastic instructors, my instructors were Andrew Cichewics and Carlos, but worked with Luis through work shops a few times . Andrew is an extremely knowledgeable instructor that is able to bring a ton of real world experience into the instruction that is extremely helpfully in breaking down some of the material. He has a great upbeat personality that keeps you focused on what is being taught. He truly cares about his students success and will do everything he can to help you grow if you put in the effort. Everything can be said the same for Carlos. Although he is a newer instructor to be, he was always able to jump right in showing is vast knowledge with in the field and gave a lot of insight into his experiences. I also want to give a shout out to Kara Arguello, student services, who was always there to assist and kept me informed of any work shops that were taking place. Kara's constant communication through email kept me up to date with everything available and was appreciated even though I was not able to take advantage of as many work shops as I would have liked to. Overall, fantastic experience and would take it again just to retain even more knowledge. Finally, I would like to take this time to just give a huge thanks to the entire team I have had the pleasure of interacting with throughout this course. THANK YOU!!!

Thank you for giving knowledge about the python and this helped me alot to Understand about python, The way of teaching and clarifying our doubts clearly is soo, Good. This workshop gave me a good knowledge about python fir future scope to know

Qwasar Silicon Valley was founded by a team of dedicated and genuinely thoughtful technologists who believe in the power of learning through experience, not lectures or textbooks.  The more you put into this program, the more you will get out of it.   Support is available for questions of all types  - from fundamentals to more advanced CS topics.  There is a diverse student body that is eager to learn and support one another, and peer-based project reviews help students both learn to take constructive criticism and to digest and comment intelligently on someone else's code.  The connections with numerous companies (in the Bay Area and across the globe) help students to open doors and find meaningful employment, and as the program progresses there is a good amount of interview prep which is very practical.  I strongly recommend this program for students of all abilities who truly wish to further their technical knowledge and build a solid foundation for a career in any part of the tech industry.

This program is a bit different from most. I hesitate to call it a "bootcamp" as the curriculum and mentorship is presented in an almost academic-quality manner. From the production and planning of the lessons, to the detail and depth you will get into, it begins to feel like a rigorous college program than a quick bootcamp. 

This program is designed to cover design fundamentals as well as programming. If I had to guess, I would say that maybe 1/4th of the course is strictly design related, but it is woven into the rigorous programming lessons too at times. Having a decent eye for typography, space, and color can allow you to have more intelligent conversations with co-workers, or even just guide your process when creating your own work. Typography, for example, is one of those things that once you learn even a little bit of the basic ideas - you increase your value as a developer quite a lot. Myself and my cohort have several people who have taken those design principles quite far - and the stuff they've made is genuinely impressive - certainly beyond the portfolios of other people I've seen who have not been exposed to design principles.

This program is not light on programming either. As stated, my ballpark guess is that a large majority of the course is strictly programming related. The course is basically structured in a manner that tracks the history of web development over time. For example with CSS, you start by positioning elements with floats. You then use flexbox, and then grid. For scripting, you start by introducing basic php scripting and partials, then move onto more advanced PHP principles, then WordPress as a basis for understanding frameworks. Then you do some Javascript - and follow a similar pattern. Basic JS, then more advanced concepts, then a JS framework - and so on.

The course is quite detailed. It really benefits you to work hard every day until it's over. In my experience, students who do not continually apply themselves tend to not do well in the long term. The ones that stick around and actually work end up becoming pretty freaking great. 

So is this program great? I would say so. Personally, I think it's one of the best decisions I've made - and I've went to college. I probably would have considered giving this a try before college if I knew what it would be like. Derek is great, the course is pretty fair in the sense that it increases in difficulty pretty straightforwardly. You never really feel totally lost for too long - but it has its fair share of challenges. I'm a harsh critic when it comes to a lot of things. I'm the type of person to rate an amazing movie or album an 8/10. I don't hand out high scores for things almost ever. I think this course - in terms of learning web development with some design to round you out - is a true 10/10 - and I genuinely mean that it is probably, pound for pound, the best web development program you could take if you want to get a great start in a career, or start your own development company, or what have you. I do think it is that good.

But that doesn't answer the actually important question - is this the right program for you in particular? That's a hard question to answer, because even a really good course and a truly great mentor can't prepare you for the realities of development. It is a hard field. I am currently employed after taking this course - and it's challenging. I've seen a couple cohorts where people seemed really passionate and some gave up, or slacked off, or whatever. I would say that this it depends on your temperament and personality. If you love development, if you love design, and if you love programming - then I think it's the best. But if you don't love those things and if you aren't ready to work really hard to not only pass the course, but land a job - then it is not for you. It takes genuine passion and dedication, and even being a developer now - I would be lying if I said there weren't times that I wanted to give up (and I really like programming!)

In theory, the best possible course would simply act as a mirror. Given a great curriculum and teacher - truthfully speaking, the only people who would have a hard time succeeding are people who aren't actually in love with the idea of being a developer, or something like that. I think this course is a mirror. I think given the price and scope of the material, Derek puts the ball in your court. You will, in a sense, have everything you need to succeed. 

Whether you do is up to you.