Barcelona Code School

The Barcelona Code School bootcamp is perfect for both beginners and those who want to enhance their skills in web development. Personally, I enrolled in the program to improve my knowledge of JavaScript and it exceeded my expectations. Pawel and George were always helpful and provided assistance whenever I needed it. I highly recommend this bootcamp to anyone who wants to become a better developer or pursue a career in web development. Read less

The experience is simply amazing! From the beginning until the end of the course, George and Pawel's unwavering support and guidance made the journey truly remarkable. The course was meticulously planned, creating a well-structured content framework with exercises that solidified my understanding. They went beyond teaching and served as mentors, encouraging exploration and different approaches. Their patience in addressing questions ensured a clear foundational knowledge.

One impressive aspect was their commitment to reviewing and providing feedback on our code, enhancing solutions, and refining programming skills. The small batch size fostered collaboration, establishing meaningful connections with students and instructors. This personalized attention was a key reason I chose this course.

Even after the course, George and Pawel remained in touch, offering guidance on work and projects. Despite health issues during the course, they accommodated my needs, allowing me to progress at my own pace while receiving the same level of instruction.

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I did the Javascript in-person Full-Stack Bootcamp and I highly recommend it if you have no prior experience in programming (like myself). It is hard at first to wrap your head around all the knowledge you will have to digest but it is definitely worth it if you remain patient since from zero you'll manage to build your own desktop and mobile app. The teachers are really kind and great : very patient and do care about helping you understand and start your career in coding. So do not hesitate further  :)  Read less

I knew from Barcelona Code School from a friend that did a similar bootcamp. I contacted George and had a talk with him on remote, and also went to see the school before starting the bootcamp. The key points for me were the ratio of teacher/student (2 teachers 3 students in my case), that made me think that we could get a much more personal help (which was completely true) and the competent price.
I started the bootcamp without any JavaScript background, just by doing the pre-course that the school hands you and some small amount of extra preparation. 
The way of learning that we had was doing the theory classes first, and then doing blocks of very well thought exercises for the rest of the day. That worked very well for me, because  the exercises were tricky and after getting stuck and asking the teacher you can really understand how it works, and that there are many ways to make something work. 
In HTML/CSS block, we also worked in doing our own portfolio.
After the first 5 weeks of classes, when all the stack needed for a full-stack website is covered (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React.js, Express and MongoDB), we started the project block, that consists in thinking about a full-stack website idea and making it into reality. Here is where you learn the most, where you start getting familiar with technologies like React.js and to implement specific functionalities for the website needs.
After 2/3 weeks working on the project and finishing it. We did the React Native block, which consist of 1 day of theory class (it's very similar to React.js, so there is no need for more classes) and then started the mobile app project, that took the rest of the course.
You finish this course with a full-stack website, a full-stack mobile app and some good exercises that could also work for your portfolio if done properly.
When the course is over, you really feel prepared to get into the work market, you know the top demanded technologies and have enough confidence to pass technical tests in job interviews. 
Some of us even had some real interviews/tests during the bootcamp, thanks to the connections that the school has with hiring companies.
I also have to say that the course is really intense, and I suggest being well-prepared before starting it, doing as much pre-work as possible.
Overall, it has been a super nice experience for me. I feel that I've learned really good  skills for the job market, and I would recommend it to anyone that wants to learn coding. Read less

If you want to boost your coding skills, gain confidence with code and start thinking as a developer, I strongly recommend you BCS! Bootcamp is very challenging so you need to be prepared- finish all pre-course challenges and lessons that BCS provide to you before starting a course. Before I started the Bootcamp I was very doubtful about myself taking a path as a web developer, but now after graduation, I'm 100% sure that this is what I want to do. I even started to be invited to recruitment processes for a developer position before finishing it. George - the main teacher is very helpful, but he won't do anything for you, he will show you the way to find and fix your own mistakes so you can understand the code as best as it's possible and create good coding habits. Read less

Barcelona Code School is an excellent place for those who are looking to learn web development in a short time with a real learning experience, the unique thing is that while you studying you have to pass challenges, and these challenges make you understand and become better in the programming. It was a good decision for me to join this bootcamp; now I am a full-stack developer ready for the job market. Read less

This is the ideal Bootcamp for both, people who want to switch their professional careers towards Web Development or people eager to learn about it. Everything is very well explained on their website before starting the course and they reply to any questions you may have or even can arrange a videocall before you sign up. 

Instructors really adapt to your needs, due to personal reasons I went for 16 weeks option (the longest) and obviously it still requires a lot of studying and  several hours every day,  but the course materials, the instructors availability to reply to any questions (full office hours)  and the 1:1 weekly meetings with the instructors support  and guide you throughout the whole course and beyond. If you are a beginner, besides the 2 weeks pre-course (my advice is to make it longer if possible), HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Express, Mongo, React Native can be very challenging but very rewarding in the end.

I'd definitely recommend this school and/or course to anyone who is looking forward to learning Programming and all the languages previously mentioned.   

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It was my first real contact with the programming world and the Full-Stack Javascript and React Bootcamp provides all the necessary material and support.

I highly recommend Barcelona Code School for the structure of the course and for the help with job hunting.

I've finished the Bootcamp with my application developed, super satisfied and ready to apply for some junior roles. Read less

I've been trying to learn javascript on my one for months and it was slow and frustrating, often hitting dead end and got nobody to ask for help. This bootcamp changed my life -- tons of materials, video instructions, almost instant help for all my questions and personal sessions made a big difference for me. Those guys know what they are doing, god bless them!  Read less

I highly recommend the Javascript Full-Stack on-line mentored bootcamp! I went to the 9 week program and be prepared, it's hard! I came from a total different background, no I.T. experience, and had to study really hard to catch up. I also recommend to apply 2 weeks before the real bootcamp, so you can study the pre-course at your own pace and be fully prepared for the course. 

George and Stefano are great mentors and really helpful! I'm glad I took this course. Read less

I finished the Javascript Full-Stack Bootcamp, the experience was the best learning experience I had so far, both George and Stefano has helped and guide me through the Bootcamp,  teaching and supporting me with patience.

I was afraid to start the course because I thought that it was going to be too hard for me, but they make it really easy to try and learn as much as possible,  if you get stuck on something, they will explain again everything in a different way to make sure you really understand the topic/exercise.

I did have experience with html/css before, but I really think that you can finished the course without previous knowledge if you take time on the materials they send you before starting,



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I came from totally different discipline and had no knowledge about coding at all. The boot camp was a journey to overcome a lot of obstacles and to succeed.
It was by far the best decision what I made. It brought me a different point of view on how to approach a problem not only code-wise but also in life. 
George and Stefano were awesome and patient teachers and I’m very grateful being a part of the BCS and made friends for life. I would highly recommend ”this” course but I do want to ”state” take your time ”for each” of the chapters of the pre-course it well definitely save you a lot frustration, ”else” you’ll find out😜. Read less

When I first signed up for the course, I saw it as an opportunity to expand my skills and improve my CV, allowing me more options to choose from in the job market, I did not expect it to have this big a change on my way of approaching problems. 

The course itself is intense, I found myself frustrated alot of the time, now looking back at those days I find them funny, but I truly remember days where I felt really discouraged and blocked, not because of a problem with the curriculum or instructors, but simply because of the number of new concepts I was trying to wrap my head around, but the further we went into the course, the less frustration I felt, and the more excited I became about adding more and more skills to my portfolio. 

Frustration will be there regardless, but the instructors at BCS did a genuinly amazing job guiding me through it, especially when I think back at it now. At first I was a bit annoyed that my answers weren't being answered like I wanted them to be, and this will probably happen to you as well, but again, the farther we got into the course, the more I understood that I was asking the wrong questions somewhat, and the answers I was getting weren't the necessarily the ones that would solve my problem at the time, but they were the answers that would make me go on to be the best coder I can be. 
So in a way, the most beneficial help my insturctors gave me was: knowing when to tell me how to fix a problem and push through the frustration and at other times knowing when to give me a small hint and let me go research a problem all on my own without making it too easy.

The layout of the course was really logical, it felt as if we had a natural progression among the topics, starting with the light stuff such as HTML/CSS and getting to know the ins  and outs of JavaScript, and then moving on into the Front-end and Back-end centered programs, such as React, React Native and Express, and finally the course ended with the project period which was when everything truly came together, all the frustration and growing pains I went through during the early period of the course were replaced with productivity and fist-thrusts whenever a component finally worked like it should.

I would say that the course definitly changed my way of thinking, and this became more apparent in the period after the course, where the training wheels fell of so to speak, and I started coding on my own, something that seemed like a real challenge when I was still attending the class, but the good research habits I learned during the course, and my instructors always being ready to give detailed and fast help even until now have made a seemless transition. 

This course will taught me how to approach coding problems in a really efficient and productive way, it allowed me to explore more of my creativity simply because I have so many more tools at my disposal now and it has aided me greatly in a professional sense as it has afforded me many new opportunities. I would recommend it to anyone trying to open new doors in their professional careers, or trying to find new avenues to express their creativity and individuality

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I took the Full Stack JavaScript Bootcamp to understand better what my partners were doing at work. I knew it was going to be a challenge, it's a lot to be taught in such short period, and I wasn't excited about it at all. Happened that through this school I became fond of programming, and now I feel like working with it too. I wish I had done this before.

The course goes very fast, as expected. Most of the time we were doing exercises and that gave me a certain fluency in programming even I was surprised about. Being frustrated sometimes was inevitable so I gave up trying to be good at anything while learning, I just took notes and tried to absorb as much information as possible in that period. Do not think they will explain every single detail, there's no time for that. Somethings just work, I took notes and reviewed it later by myself on my time - every night and weekend. The extra effort definitely paid off, I was complimented in my exercises and even managed to help other classmates.

George and Stefano, my lecturers, have wide experience in teaching international students. All explained in clear English and step by step. Both made the perfect combination for me as a student. Super George has many years of experience to share and Saint Stefano understands well the student's point of view, they could find the best way to help me get over my obstacles and grow.

They keep on updating their material to better fit today's needs. It's an unforgetable experience, amazing people, and the investment pays off itself in no time. I learned enough to be able to start working but also to continue learning by myself. The course definitely reduces the struggle of learning coding.

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I came from Ireland with some knowledge of WordPress and a minimal understanding of HTML, CSS and zero Javascript. I successfully completed Bootcamp with a very comprehensive understanding of HTML, CSS, solid grounding in JS and more enough exposure to React, React Native, Mongo DB to continue on my own.
 

The course has given me so much. I mean, I have a developed my own professional work flow consisting of Sketch, XD, Figma. Sublime, Envision, React, Cloudinary, Netifly, Digital Ocean and I've been exposed to amazing resources like Materia UI, Medium, Xcode etc. It's been life changing. I've been introduced to this industry and met life long friends. (How can we do it? Let's do together :) It's a personable environment, the teaching is some of the best I've received and I've graduated from three universities. It's high intensity, consistent affirmation and I am proud to have been a graduate of the Barcelona Code School. 
 

 

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The other guy who gave 1 star described everything very accurately. Under no circumstance enroll in this course. 

Yes, you will learn but once again the best part of this course were the other (only 3) students that felt exactly the same way. The course is a scam and not even worth a friction of the price.

On top of that the atmosphere is cold and unpleasant, the teacher is unqualified.

 

 

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The course learning instructions are weak. You will not learn much from it and you can not compete with other student from top boot camp code school. The program only last 9 weeks which is not enough time for you to master everything you need to be a good developer. If you looking to get a job after you complete the program, you will not find one because you don't learn enough for companies to be interested in you. If you read through the review, you'll realize the reviews are either fake or do not go into detail of the program - you don't get a good review that will give you a good idea of the school and what to expect.

One example of why the learning instructions are weak is, It only tells you what to do but it doesn't go into detail as to why you should code it this way. The instructions are like notes and not real instructions that explain for you to understand. You also get video instructions but you just watch and follow what to do and no explanation as what and why we're doing it. If you have to create a real app yourself after graduation, you will be stuck and will not know how to do it. Some of the instructions are example code and it doesn't really explain the code and what's it's doing.

Another example is some of the instructions are short such as MongoDB, HTML, and jQuery. HTML and MongoDB are only one page long of instructions. jQuery is a few pages but not enough to learn to confident with it. The courses that are longer do not go into enough detail. For example, in React discussion about props, it explains what props are with a few sentences and a code example but it did not explain the detail of props such as how to use props, types of props, how to pass props to from parent to child then to grandchild. You also won't learn how to define props to prevent a user from passing the wrong props type.

You can get better instructions on Youtube for free. Save yourself money and go to Youtube if you thinking of joining this code school. You should do your research and compare the top code school to this school and you will see that 9 week is not enough time to learn. BEWARE! This school just want students in and out to take their money. If you try to cancel even after 3 days, you will not get your money back but only get credits. If you don't live in Barcelona, you can't use the credits because the available courses are in-person and the owner does not care that you can't attend and he won't refund you. Every code school will allow you to cancel with a refund but not this school.

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wellThe course was a lot of fun to do! 

Absolutely worth it if you are looking to experience and learn the basics of UI/UX design. 

Instead of spending too much time on theory we jumped right on getting practical

Marina Tudela is friendly and explains everything very clear. She teaches you how to really “get inside the head” of the user/customer. Muchissimas gracias Marina!

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