Weekend Coding Bootcamp

Free in-person bootcamp: build and publish your first website in 8 Saturdays. HTML, CSS and JavaScript, taught by working developers. Part-time, no experience needed.
Applications for the fall cohort are closed.
Check the drop-in schedule
Cambridge Dev Lab group

When

8 Saturdays, 9:30 am - 2 pm
Sep 26, Oct 3, Oct 10, Oct 17,
Oct 24, Oct 31, Nov 7, Nov 14

Where

Cambridge Public Library,
449 Broadway

Questions?

classes@cambridge-dev.org
Community on Discord
Ask in person at our regular meetups

Run by volunteer developers at Cambridge Dev Lab (Massachusetts nonprofit). We've hosted over 150 sessions since October 2024, taught the Cambridge Public Library's first web development workshop series, and ran the coding sessions for the Moore Youth Center's teen internship.

Who it's for

  • Complete beginners or people new to web development
  • You can practice 3 - 5 hours a week between sessions
  • 16 or older

About the bootcamp

  • Learn HTML, CSS, and programming fundamentals with JavaScript
  • Build and publish your own website
  • Build a small interactive app
  • Get guidance from working developers
  • Get support during the week: group channel on Discord, or in person at Mon/Wed meetups
  • Light lunch included

You'll finish with

  • A project or two published on GitHub
  • The bootcamp on your LinkedIn profile, if you want
  • Ongoing help with learning after the bootcamp ends

Requirements

  • Come to all 8 Saturdays (miss at most one).
  • Do the starter class with us at one session before the start — about an hour and a half, no experience needed; it covers sections 1.1 - 1.6 of the program. Dates are announced with each cohort.

Next cohort

Applications for the fall cohort are closed. The next group will be announced here, on Meetup and Discord.