I been in software quality testing for a while now, plus a half-cocked web entrepreneur and really been looking to make the jump to something else. I just pulled the trigger and signed up for this online Ruby on Rails bootcamp/training program at Tealeaf Academy. I had been talking to the owner all day via email and he was really cool and consistently explained why their course will prepare students for more real-world job experience than any other bootcamp program available, without being too pushy to get me to sign up unless I was really interested.
There a lot of bootcamps out there, most related to Ruby on Rails (a testament to its current popularity and future growth). There are also some free programs and cheaper options such as courses on Udemy or CodeAcademy. I was really looking for a course that would be well-structured and give me a deep understanding of the information, and not just tips and tricks without really knowing what was going on underneath. The problem was that most of these free and cheaper options were so piecemeal or only scratched the service...so outside of following their limited examples, I would still be very limited in what I can do. Sites like Rails for Zombiesand Treehouse were good resources, but still felt like I didn't know where to go from there.
With Tealeaf, the first good thing that sounded good about their program is that they have a refund policy. Don't like it, and they offer 100% money back guarantee. The second is that they take you very deep, not just into the Rails web framework, but also the language it uses. In the first course you actually learn the Ruby language and eventually will build a blackjack game from scratch to understand the logic/syntax. In the second course, you build a Reddit clone and all of the site functionality (blog/commenting system/authentication system/following system). In the third course, you built a building a Netflix clone, that would touch all types of things such as building custom authentication systems, accepting payments and visitor workflows.
Tea Leaf Academy
Their Curriculum:
http://www.gotealeaf.com/curriculum
1st Course: INTRODUCTION TO RUBY AND WEB DEVELOPMENT ($475)
2nd Course: RAPID PROTOTYPING WITH RUBY ON RAILS ($610)
3rd Course: BUILD ROBUST AND PRODUCTION QUALITY APPLICATIONS ($1485)
You can take them individually one at a time when you are ready to proceed, or buy them all at once and you will save $300 with a discount.
The third good thing I found about their course, is teaching Test Driven Development (TDD), which is also very hot right now in many of the job postings, and I didn't find any other course or bootcamp who went that deep into testing using this methodology.
I hope to start in a few days and one good piece of advice the owner gave me, was to start a progress blog to track daily. Just something to keep me motivated, honest and having the ability to later reflect on my grow growth. So I will probably look into that also.
Here are some other good online coding bootcamps I came across:
Bloc.io ($4999) - https://www.bloc.io/web-development
Coding Dojo ($6995) - http://codingdojo.com/
Thinkful ($500 per month, claims most students finish program in around 3 months) - http://www.thinkful.com/
I also plan to increase my Javascript knowledge...I read earlier in the thread that this book was the best. After the 5 chapters, I have to agree 100%:
A Smarter Way to Learn Javascript
http://www.asmarterwaytolearn.com/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H1W9I6C/?tag=vp314-20
The Amazon reviews on that book speaks for itself. Since I am also eventually interesting in learning about the MEAN Stack framework which uses Javascript completely for front/back end, this book should be useful.
I have to thank the OP for this post. Just a little bit of motivation can go a long way.
I don't expect this shit to be easy, but nothing ventured, nothing gained
There a lot of bootcamps out there, most related to Ruby on Rails (a testament to its current popularity and future growth). There are also some free programs and cheaper options such as courses on Udemy or CodeAcademy. I was really looking for a course that would be well-structured and give me a deep understanding of the information, and not just tips and tricks without really knowing what was going on underneath. The problem was that most of these free and cheaper options were so piecemeal or only scratched the service...so outside of following their limited examples, I would still be very limited in what I can do. Sites like Rails for Zombiesand Treehouse were good resources, but still felt like I didn't know where to go from there.
With Tealeaf, the first good thing that sounded good about their program is that they have a refund policy. Don't like it, and they offer 100% money back guarantee. The second is that they take you very deep, not just into the Rails web framework, but also the language it uses. In the first course you actually learn the Ruby language and eventually will build a blackjack game from scratch to understand the logic/syntax. In the second course, you build a Reddit clone and all of the site functionality (blog/commenting system/authentication system/following system). In the third course, you built a building a Netflix clone, that would touch all types of things such as building custom authentication systems, accepting payments and visitor workflows.
Tea Leaf Academy
Their Curriculum:
http://www.gotealeaf.com/curriculum
1st Course: INTRODUCTION TO RUBY AND WEB DEVELOPMENT ($475)
2nd Course: RAPID PROTOTYPING WITH RUBY ON RAILS ($610)
3rd Course: BUILD ROBUST AND PRODUCTION QUALITY APPLICATIONS ($1485)
You can take them individually one at a time when you are ready to proceed, or buy them all at once and you will save $300 with a discount.
The third good thing I found about their course, is teaching Test Driven Development (TDD), which is also very hot right now in many of the job postings, and I didn't find any other course or bootcamp who went that deep into testing using this methodology.
I hope to start in a few days and one good piece of advice the owner gave me, was to start a progress blog to track daily. Just something to keep me motivated, honest and having the ability to later reflect on my grow growth. So I will probably look into that also.
Here are some other good online coding bootcamps I came across:
Bloc.io ($4999) - https://www.bloc.io/web-development
Coding Dojo ($6995) - http://codingdojo.com/
Thinkful ($500 per month, claims most students finish program in around 3 months) - http://www.thinkful.com/
I also plan to increase my Javascript knowledge...I read earlier in the thread that this book was the best. After the 5 chapters, I have to agree 100%:
A Smarter Way to Learn Javascript
http://www.asmarterwaytolearn.com/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H1W9I6C/?tag=vp314-20
The Amazon reviews on that book speaks for itself. Since I am also eventually interesting in learning about the MEAN Stack framework which uses Javascript completely for front/back end, this book should be useful.
I have to thank the OP for this post. Just a little bit of motivation can go a long way.
I don't expect this shit to be easy, but nothing ventured, nothing gained
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