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Originally Posted by Alobar
You should spend time with all the free sources out there before you do anything. That way you find out if you actually like programming, and youll need some skills before you can get into a decent boot camp anyway
That's half true imo, I agree that you should check some free resources to see if you will actually enjoy coding(anyway, the fundamentals aren't that fun at all). But I won't spend much time trying coding on my own since I believe that what you will progress in maybe a month studying by yourself you might absorb in 1 day in a bootcamp.
If you have the money +- 18k, I would suggest that you only think about Hack Reactor, that's the industry leader and differently from other online options, their Remote Beta(online program) program is very immersive. It will demand you some knowledge in order to be accepted in the program, but they offer 2 prep-courses that will prepare you for the admission process. One is for absolute beginner(can't remember the name) and the other "Fulcrum" is kind of part of their curriculum, so you have a great chance of being accepted if you put the time into their preparation content. Their curriculum is based on JS language.
Other online options are:
- Launch Academy - monthly payment, very good instructors and you go on your own pace.
- Thefirehose Project - monthly payment, I am not sure about their content, but seems ok.
- Flatiron School(Learn Verified) - monthly payment, and I am not sure about their numbers, but it's a well respected coding school.
All these 3 schools teach Ruby on Rails.
So my online preference is - HR & LA, the other 2 I can't really comment.
On-site:
Hack Reactor(JS)
Maker Square(JS) - Part of Hack Reactor Core
Flatiron(RoR)
App Academy(RoR)
P.S - Please consider IOS bootcamps too!