University of Birmingham Boot Camps

I recently graduated the Full Stack Web Development course at University of Birmingham, UK, aiming in changing my career to web development.

The course is very dense and thorough, with rigorous syllabus and good methodology. 

We started with basic HTML and CSS and moved on to JS learning through practical examples and a lot of algorithms that became gradually more complex throughout the course. The algorithms are important because you build skills and learn how to solve problems in coding. 

Later on, we learned backend NodeJS and data bases and build interesting full stack apps on a weekly basis. The coursework becomes gradually more and more demanding, helping in building the skills every developer should have. 

In the later part of the course we delved into ReactJS and built more complex, full MERN applications that became more and more polished as the time passed by. 

The course is very hands on, very practical and working both individually and in teams provide plenty of good exercise and lots of opportunities to learn and have a better grasp on what you like and what you struggle at. 

The teaching staff are very, very good professionals with lots of experience and good communication skills. They provided plenty practical examples, live coding and a lot of assistance for all the students. We received a lot of online resource and documentation as we learned new concepts and corroborated with coursework, team projects, class activities, algorithms, coding in pairs with classmates and the general good learning environment provided a very good experience overall. 

I do consider the syllabus to be very useful, rigurous and in line with industry demand. That helps in building solid, marketable skills for accessing a career in web development. It is a very good foundation for future learning and skills sharpening and provides a good route for someone either wishing to change careers or consolidating their skills after graduating computer science degree.