Open Coding School

Coding classes - open to everyone

The Open Coding School offers the full spectrum of programming courses which range from introductory courses for absolute beginners to masterclass courses for experienced software engineers. Our courses are designed to give you practical knowledge and help you apply it on concrete projects from day one.

Courses we offer

Introductory classes

Learn to build great interactive websites and web applications. You will be introduced to HTML, CSS and JavaScript along with a number of frameworks that help you use those programs more effectively. You will learn how to use online- and desktop code-editors, familiarize yourself with collaboration tools like GitHub and find out how to host your website effectively. This is the ideal introductory class for everyone who has no or little prior knowledge in software development and wants a practical hands-on way to get started in this field.

In this course you will start out by prototyping mobile applications with different online tools like InVision, Figma and Thunkable. Thereafter you will be introduced to programming mobile applications for Android phones with Kotlin. You will cover frameworks and best practices for creating the user interface and learn how to create the backend-logic and the database-structure that supports your app. Participants of this course should have some prior knowledge of HTML and CSS and be very familiar with the functionalities of a broad number of mobile applications.

Python is the world’s fastest growing programming language. It has multiple applications in web development, data analytics and many other fields. It is easy to get started with and at the same time the language is versatile enough to get you up to very advanced projects. Learning Python is a great way to enter the world of algorithms and the logical thinking that lies behind any piece of software. While some prior knowledge, e.g. from a web development course, is useful, it is not strictly necessary. You do, however, need to be ready to put in a lot of extra effort outside of class to manage to crack the world of algorithms.

Intermediate classes

This course brings you from an intermediate understanding of web-development to an advanced level where you can build complex web applications. You will learn new frameworks and best-practices and receive one-on-one tutorage to solve the problems you face in your development-work. Participants will be provided with a number of course-projects to complete but are welcome to also bring questions from their own web-development projects to class. This course is for you if have already got solid foundations in HTML/CSS and Javascript, are familiar with at least one framework for HTML and one framework for JavaScript and are ready to be intensively challenged and put in a significant amount of work into the course-content outside of class-hours.

This course will boost your mobile app development skills for and provide you with the tools and knowledge to build complex applications alone or in teams. We will focus on app development for Android with Kotlin and build a number of hands-on projects together. We will focus on the ins and outs of actually making that app work and all participants will end up with a portfolio of apps they have uploaded to the Android PlayStore. To participate in this course you need to have solid foundational knowledge of mobile app development with Kotlin for Android. You need to already have created at least some simple Android applications and be willing to put in a significant amount of work into the course-content outside of class-hours.

For everyone who wants to work for tech-clients in Europe or build their own scalable tech-product fast, Ruby on Rails is the go-to framework. Famous web applications built with Ruby on Rails include Airbnb, GitHub and Dribble. In this course you will first be introduced to the Ruby programming language and then learn the Rails framework and apply it to building a number of web applications. To take part in this course you should be familiar with HTML/CSS and have intermediate knowledge in at least one programming language (e.g. JavaScript).

Advanced classes

In this course you will go beyond coding best-practices and focus on questions of software architecture. You will reflect on the driving factors of performance reliability, scalability and security and how to optimize the architecture of your software for those factors. You will also learn different state-of-the-art approaches to defining requirements of your software and implementing them in your architecture decisions. This course will use the Laravel framework. Our course projects will be advanced web applications but you are welcome to bring questions to class from any type of PHP project you are currently working on. To ensure a homogenous level of the class we require all participants to have advanced skills in PHP and be familiar with the Laravel framework. Participants will need to show previous projects they have worked on during the application process, to verify their skill-level.

This course will dive into the best-practices of UX/UI design for both web and mobile applications. Furthermore you will learn the ins and outs of design tools such as Figma and InVision. The entire course will be project driven. You will work on a new prototype every to understand the usability and user flow principles from a number of angles and go through the user journey ideation on the example of different types of digital products. This course is open both for front-end developers with a strong design affinity and for advanced designers without web development knowledge. The only requirement is that you already have experience designing digital products and can show a portfolio of a number of digital product designs you have created.

This master class focuses on the DevOps approach of integrating software development and IT operations to achieve more faster and more efficient release cycles. The focus will be on covering the topic based on the projects participants are currently working on outside of class. This will, however, be supplemented by additional technology and tooling recommendations (focussing on AWS and the Google Cloud Platform) and small exercise-projects to familiarize participants with the recommended technologies and tools.

Advantages

Experienced software developers as instructors

With years of experience in the software development industry, working both for national and international clients, our developers know which skills the industry really needs. With their assistance you will focus on applicable, practical knowledge and learn state-of-the-art best-practices.

Project based learning - work on great digital products from day 1

We challenge you to work on concrete projects from day 1 - even in our introductory courses. This helps you to always fully understand the practical relevance and application of every single thing you learn. It also ensures that you leave our classes with fully job-ready skills that allow you to be productive immediately.

Combining on-site courses with online-materials for maximum learning impact

In your two weekly on-site classes you will receive input and personalized feedback on your learning progress and project-work. This will challenge and push you to learn at maximum speed. At the same time our online-materials will allow you to revise, continue learning and work on your projects outside of class, at your own pace.

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27 Kg 8 Ave Kigali, Rwanda

Classes take place twice a week for two hours

Introductory and intermediate courses cost 40,000 RWF per month, advanced courses cost 80,000 RWF per month