Diploma in Full Stack Software Development & Specializations

The course structure is well-planned, and the content is generally good. The videos are easily accessible, but I sometimes found myself missing more detailed documentation. Rather than just providing external links, it would be beneficial to have more in-depth resources directly available on the platform. I often found myself turning to Google instead of finding the information I needed on the learning site.
The LMS (Learning Management System) site is functional, but the content could be better organized. Currently, you see all 40-50 links at once, with additional sub-links under each, which can feel overwhelming and difficult to navigate. A "card" or box solution that groups the five different modules and their required materials would make the learning process more efficient.
A crucial aspect of any online course is ensuring that the integrated development environment (IDE) functions smoothly. Unfortunately, I encountered significant issues with Codeanywhere, which was later switched to Gitpod. The platform was incredibly slow, and I estimate that I lost about four weeks due to these issues. I often had to work nights and weekends, far exceeding 40 hours a week, just to keep up.
Regarding the course projects, I found the jump between Project 3 and Project 4 to be quite steep. It might be more beneficial to combine the first three projects into two, allowing for more time to focus on the fourth project, which was almost too large in scope.
On a positive note, the instructors and career team were excellent. They seemed genuinely engaged in the students' progress and success, which I greatly appreciated.
However, my greatest disappointment was with the mentors. I didn’t receive much feedback from them, and arranging meetings felt more like a formality than a source of support. I essentially completed the projects on my own, with minimal input from my mentor. It would be more effective to have instructors review the projects at some midpoint, providing feedback that could be acted upon before the final submission. While the feedback I received after submitting a project was detailed, it often came too late to be of immediate benefit.

I did the Diploma course full-time over 20 weeks.  It was very intense doing it this way and left very little time to interact with others, however since handing in the final assignment I have been able to participate to a much greater extent, and wow it has made a difference.  When I started I noticed a huge rework of the course work happening, and I got stuck once or twice because the section was removed or reworked.  But on the whole, it didn't cause me too many issues.  Interacting with tutors/mentors/student care is very easy and I appreciate the ability to be able to change mentors if needed.  Given the increase in AI integration generally, the slight change in focus seems to be sensible, embracing it not fighting it.It is on the expensive side, BUT getting an actual accreditation from a real University is a massive benefit, and I think with the careers support included it is well worth the price.

This course is amazing so long as you are able to motivate yourself. It doesn't just flood you with information, but through a combination of videos, challenges and portfolio projects allows you to not just learn the information provided by the course, but skills to learn additional information and create independently. It also has Hackathons which students can take advantage of so that team work skills development. Mentors and content are very good to assist with your learning. Comprehensive course.

I just recently received my degree in "Software Development (E-commerce Applications)" from Code Institute. And through the curriculum I would ay for the most part is structured very well in some cases you will find your self seeking the answers online or through your network. Not Ideal a bad thing but it is note worthy.Was it worth the money spent I mean its not the cheapest course out there I was looking for an academically accredited course my self and the structure I needed to be successful. It was a great challenge for some one who's always been classed as a slow learner in academics to put my hobby into real skills.I didn't utilize many of the benefits during the course ie tutors or mentors. Sadly my main mentor had to leave when he joined the US Army in a new exciting role. I could have reached out for a new mentor although working as much as I do it was not really something I had the time for. I had a solid grasp of the course the whole way through. This is very hustle and bustle if your doing other things on the side such as working full time or part time.The overall courses were very well presented but as mentioned above there will be times you need to do some external research whether through the web or slack. Its bound to happen. Curriculum is great overall personally speaking I feel students should continue to have access to the course after completion as this is online and the overhead should be fairly minimal at worst. Maybe even if its only a year or so after just so they can go back and refresh on some stuff if they wanted to not that there aren't other sources of information.As for the Job Assistance its there pretty standard stuff such as CV, Cover letter, and Linkedin support in making yourself stand out. They tend to have ins to recruiting circles and can get the scoop prior to a company posting a role. You wont out right get a position just by completing the course you need to take action yourself to make this happen they will support you as much as they can in the process.Final thoughts:Was it worth the price tag? To an extent I would say yes if structure and having a university accredited diploma is what your looking for. Overall I think I enjoyed it even knowing I can get the same knowledge else where cheaper or even free. I wanted structure and deadlines as it makes me work better. I also wish Code Institute could partner with companies and move graduates possibly into internships or Junior roles with companies directly just a nice help boost. I also understand that Code Institute is not a recruitment agency but it would add tremendous value to the course.

At the time of enrollment, the content was extremely outdated (no Flexbox or grid for HTML/CSS, the libraries used for the Advanced Front End project were from 3 years ago, the authentication method is not aligned with the HTTP standard -and nobody was able to explain to me how it works because the tutorial is just a code along with no real explanation of this-, and the Django tutorial was disappointing, to the point that even using the same project, the course was recently changed 100%).When I approached tutoring, they were not able to help me most of the time, because they follow the templates on the tutorials, therefore, if the student tries to use the updated version of the libraries/frameworks, or even come up with something new for her/his project, they are not able to help you.Probably it was a matter of bad luck, that I got into the course right before the content was updated, but paying the same amount of money as the student enrolling 3 months after me and getting better content was frustrating.On the other hand, if the student has doubts about the content, or technologies, or wants to go deeper into a topic, there is no one to help you. In the end, there is almost nothing more than the content and being able to use the community on Slack (which IMHO is not worth thousands of Euros).If you decide to enroll, I would advise you to stick to the tutorials as much as possible when creating the projects. Change one or two things to have a pass, and create an awesome README for merit. If you would like to probably have distinction (because the criteria are unclear), try coming up with something new but simple, and write an immaculate code.If you need a diploma, Code Institute is a good option. But if not, I would recommend buying Udemy courses (which are not more than €18… never pay the higher amount, there are discount codes all over the internet, just Google it). There is no other advantage. Also, most of the Udemy courses are updated as soon as there is a new version of the frameworks (speaking about the Django, Javascript, and React courses I needed to buy to complete the course) and, if you have doubts, most of the courses will give you access to a Discord server where, sometimes, even the creator of the course answers questions, no matter if they are part of the content or not. That would more or less compensate for tutoring and the Slack channel. NOTES:1. It seems like CI is going through a change in almost everything. But, my experience was not good. I hope they manage to sort everything out, which is a lot.2. Student Care and the facilitators (at least the one I had) are extremely supportive. Still, the internal politics seem to have them hands-tied in helping you have a better learning experience.

Overall the education was ok. Had some bad luck with my first mentor. And i would want to some updated videos in the material. Otherwise great facillitators and overall good people on slack.

I managed to get the job I was looking for less than a month after submitting my last project.Despite the course gives you the tools to work as a junior full stack developer I managed to find a job as senior Bioinformatician, by choosing the predictive analytics specialization.As mentioned above the course gives you the skills the work as Junior Full Stack Developer with an average salary of 35000 £ in the UK.Therefore, I found the advertisent a bit confusing as it looked like that after the course you could start earning 50000 £ on average.50000 £ in the UK is the salary you will get after 2 years of commercial experience, right after the end of the course the salary is on average 35000 £ in the UK.The skills you get are exactly what the market expects from you as junior full stack developer, with a particular focus on the front end.The Career advisors are always available, I got an interview with a very short notice, nevertheless they setup a meeting and provided useful feedbacks and suggestions.The mentors are not all at the same level, I had 4 different mentors, and only 1 of them was really looking at the repo and providing useful feedback.Luckly he assisted me from project 2 fo project 4. I was forced to change him for the last project as he could not assist me with it.The other mentors gave me the feeling they were not looking at the repo at all, and only provided very broad advice depending on your questions.Overall, I strongly advice to enroll if your aim is to start a career as junior developer.

The Code Institute Full Stack Software Developer course provided a supportive and comprehensive learning environment. I gained a strong foundation in essential web development technologies, from front-end to back-end, and felt prepared for the job search thanks to their career support. The mentorship and student community were invaluable resources throughout the program, making it a rewarding experience.

Pros:
I found the first four projects challenging and enjoyable. 
The mentoring structure is excellent.
Student care team was very helpful.
A good deal of the course was well structured and informative, especially HTML and CSS content.
I learnt a great deal overall.
Cons:
Some of the content was poor. Design Thinking stands out as the worst and a quick search on slack will tell you most people skipped over this module entirely.
Linking concepts in latter projects seemed a bit disjointed. The agile section shows you the preferred tool for implementing the methodology which in fairness was decent. Cut to lessons for e commerce project 5 and the instructor was using a spreadsheet.
Project 5 was a let down for me. The content was outdated (Stripe card elements deprecated and JQuery) and the module content was not particularly engaging.

Overall the course is good. The Irish government paid for me to do it via Springboard so I can’t really comment on value for money. 

I definitely feel like this is a worthwhile course if you are looking for a career change and you are technically minded. It takes a lot of effort but is doable alongside a job. I was an estate agent when I started and managed to get a junior role before I had finished the course. 

The course layout is not very well structured. Going from 1 coding language to the next. You're constantly doubting yourself if you study in the right way. Worst of all, if you start to get behind, it's basically over. There's not a lot of support. The time schedule is basically holy. It seems like they want you to finish the course as soon as possible so they can welcome new recruits. It's like a factory and you're the product. I'm very disappointed and regret spending all my money on this course.

Completed the C.I Full-Stack Diploma in E-Commerce Applications this year and overall when looking back, I can’t say I’m much more than moderately satisfied. The course material is decent, but is in dire need of a massive update to keep up with other courses out there. The cost of the course has gone up since I enrolled, and I don’t see the justification for it either. The mentorship is a bit misleading as you only get someone to basically go over your projects with you 3 times and they aren’t there to mentor you through the course as the name might suggest. The course also puts you together with other students regardless of prior coding experience, so a beginner coder is at a massive disadvantage compared to someone who has prior coding experience or a degree in CS. I think they should address this by splitting the course into two different categories to account for this or have more lenient marking for students without that background as an advantage. There’s a lively slack community and you can ask for help on there. But for the most part you’re on your own and will find yourself using resources such as W3School, MDN or Youtube tutorials to teach some material to be honest. There were several bugs and issues with some of the walkthrough content, especially between PP3 and PP4, and disappointingly PP5 was just the old MS4 recycled into this new course. On the plus side, you do get an EQF Level 5 at the end of it all. Though I am not sure I can say I feel like a qualified Software Developer as I hold the certificate in my hand. 

I have currently been a "student" of this deplorable bootcamp for the past 4 1/2 months. I am also going through the bootcamp through Springboard which makes is absolutley free for me. Paying €8,000 for this course is the equivalent of throwing your money into the fire. 1. The course is outdated. Several videos are 2-3 years old with a comment box above the videos saying how to "remedy" the issue. Which in my case mostly never works as the "remedy is often outdated aswell"2. The way the "instructors" teach is horrific, they fly through the videos telling you what to do but not actually offering anything of informative value. They are all just code along videos which doesnt help anyone. It just makes you walkthrough dependant. 3. From what I have learned while trying to become a software developer is that you must google everytthing which is perfectly fine. But if you spend €8,000 euro on a course they damn well better try and help you to the best of their ability and have as much content on their page as possible. Which they don't, I have spent 90% of my time on other sites I.E Coding with Mosh, YouTube and W3schools learning as the CI's attmept to teach is pathetic.4. Up until project 4, the course is a solid 3/5, as you can teach basic HTML, CSS, JS, Python to anyone. When it gets to project 4 and you actually have to start coding and relaly learning the course just becomes a joke.I could write all day but im just drained from this "Bootcamp". Biggest waste of 4 1/2 months. Thank God I didnt pay for it. 

I am a database developer working for over 20 years in this area. I love database development and I also love learning new things. I started learning web development some years ago, but I never worked professionally with it. So, I decided to take the Code Institute "Free 5 Day Coding Challenge" first and then I got accepted to the Code Institute "Diploma in Software Development (e-Commerce Applications)" course via Springboard.From my experience and after completing the course, I can say the following.The content of this course is great. It is suitable for both those who have no previous programming experience and those who have programming experience and just want to learn more about web development, like me.Of course, as it is an online platform, the student must adapt to it and accept that the course is prepared to reach a large number of people. You should not assume the course will be tailor-made for you.The Code Institute team is great, supporting anything you ask, as long as you follow the rules. You just need to take your learning experience seriously and get in touch immediately whenever you have any difficulties.The rules are pretty clear. You must read and follow them, respecting the deadlines and contacting the Code Institute to temporarily block your access and postpone your deadlines, if there is any personal or professional situation preventing you from studying and progressing in the course, so that you have time to successfully complete the course after this situation is resolved.My learning experience with Code Institute was very pleasant. I look forward to applying what I learned and continuing to learn.

Not for the faint-hearted, be prepared to put in some extra hours, hardest course have ever done.  Amazing experience!  Amazing learning curve...........great programme!  Be prepared to do extra research, do extra coding and connect with the mentor.  Mentor Daisy McGirr is an utter legend!  Could not have gotten through this without her dedication to excellence.  Also big Thank you to Helen Mill for being so kind and supportive.  Jim Morel kept us motivated and always there to lend a hand.  These folk are the real deal, it is what made Code Institute stand out for me......................(beside killer skill-set). Awesome........... :-)

I recently completed the the Diploma in Full Stack Development. It took me about 1 year to complete. I found the course fantastic from start to finish. The content and delivery was great. Be prepared to work hard - you have to put in the hours but it's well worth it. I did the course via UCD and got some support via Skillnet - I felt it was great value for money given the volume of the course. I did the course to upskill in programming rather than career change - I got exactly what I wanted out of it. I would highly recommend it.

My review is for the Diploma in Full Stack Software Development (E-commerce Applications). I found the course to be interesting and to cover quite a lot of useful topics, particularly for someone like myself who is quite new to software development. There were plenty of challenging moments but overall I found it to be a worthwhile experience. Over the course of the diploma, you create 5 portfolio projects that range from HTML and CSS right up to a full-stack e-commerce application built in Django using technologies like Bootstrap, jQuery, Stripe for payments, AWS S3 for file storage and more. The course structure leads you from the more straightforward concepts like HTML and CSS, on through JavaScript, Python and then onto full stack development. There was plenty of support available to help students, in the form of the Student Care team, the Slack community, tutors and a mentor. There is also the Careers team who have plenty of tips and useful advice, such as help with your CV, LinkedIn profile, cover letters and more, as well as posting regular job alerts on the Slack. The part of the course I didn't really enjoy was the Design Thinking module, as it felt a bit vague and would've been better with proper scenarios; I may have enjoyed it more if that were the case. Equally, I don't really plan to get into design so this may be why I didn't really engage with it. However, I found the rest of the content to be really interesting and feel like I learned some very useful skills, which I hope to be soon applying in a new role. 

The short answer is the course is a full stack program, but it's absolutely not worth the money.I completed approx 70% of the learning material and submitted 3 projects before deciding that the Code Institute boot camp was a waste of time. Online boot camps have a lot of cheaper alternatives to contend with and that can present a problem for boot camps, who must have something special to bring them beyond someone seeking cheaper alternatives.Right from the get go, the Code Institute has issues, it's HTML course is weak, doesn't cover some basic aspects of website design and has a challenge system that is too restrictively coded at times, so that correct code submissions come back with errors. Hints are generally not helpful, and time can be wasted trying to find errors in your code where it turns out they were looking for an rgba input even thought the instructions were to put in an rgb. Often here the issue is less with the coding but more with understanding what they want you do. It doesn't help that the course is often reams of text with a challenge on another page, meaning if you want to check something, you need to either dance between webpages or have multiple tabs open, which can throw off their progress system. Sure these are minor issues, but also they're generally unique to Code Institute. My overall experience of going through the HTML section was it was beyond lackluster, I opted to supplement my learning with another course. I found this second non Code Institute course to be vastly superior in all metrics, more complete content, better presentation, more coding challenges, better coding challenges, clearer instruction. These issues just pile up the more you go through the course. One of the more egregious issues runs with parts of the course that are out of date. More often than not there's just a quick note attached to the top of a video to ignore a chunk of it and do something else, or the video starts with setting up a legacy coding environment Code Institute no longer uses. Some of these videos are pushing 2 years, so this patchwork of fixes becomes the norm. Again generally looking at other coding courses I've conducted, and no other course is so out of date.The coding projects aren't particularly inspiring either, rather than provide any real instruction, it's a more free from 'do something'. Issues with really stem from a lack of clear understanding of what is required for submission. Code Institute don't present examples of pass/merit/distinction of projects and the mark scheme is vague and uninformative. It didn't help that my mentor wasn't available for 2 of the 3 projects I submitted, and was only available for the last night of the other one. The overall feeling I got was to not be adventurous or push yourself, just do a simple and safe project, which I feel is a terrible way of assessing potential. Feedback from the project submissions is similarly vague and often questionable, but ultimately unhelpful. As someone who has teaching and mentoring experience as a postdoc, the feedback is just lazy. This should be a real strength of a bootcamp but with the Code Institute, it's just another missed opportunity turned into a weakness. I really wanted to use the Code Institute as the core for my learning experience and entry into coding, I was drawn into the rather nicely setup and laid out 5 day coding challenge, which is a good experience. However I came away from every module with a deep dissatisfaction in the learning outcomes. More and more I found myself going to other courses to learn material that should be covered in sufficient depth in the Code Institute subject matter.Outside the learning objectives, there is a friendly Slack environment, but this is mainly students, and I am a member of a number of similar communities. Still it's not bad. I didn't find the career crunches helpful, this may be because I've come from a professional background and have been involved in recruitment before, but they were very basic, and ultimately not helpful. They're not at a great time for people doing the course with a standard day job either. I can't see any justification to using the Code Institute in its current form. There are far superior examples of learning objectives online, and I don't think any of the strengths of a boot camp really come up here. The fundamental issue is that the curriculum is muddled, out of date, and presented in a unique, but unhelpful fashion. Not enough care has been put into the construction and the over-reliance on proprietary systems frustrates more than supports. There are many better systems out there to learn how to code, Code Institute could get there, but it would need a large overhaul, most of the course videos need to be updated/reshot, the learning objectives need to be thrashed out, and the courses need to be bulked. More complex coding challenges, and more implementation to real world situations. As it stands there is a long way to go before the course could be recommended, even if it was free. 

I just completed Code Institute’s e-commerce path and the past year has been very impactful for me. The course was fully remote and I’ve been impressed throughout the course of how this was handled as it’s not easy to put together content, support, and networking opportunities for people across borders and in different time zones. I am very satisfied with the outcome, and although you can technically learn all of this via other (free) paths you will not have the same support, nor a diploma to show to future employers. The standards they expect you to follow are strict, but fair, and just the fact that you have the purchase of the course + expectations + deadlines weighing on you will push you to reach your goals. You have plenty of support and I never experienced poor or delayed feedback to my questions or concerns. After completing the course you have it on paper that you can create fully functional full stack e-commerce applications in line with university/industry standards.The content is very engaging and helpful and they give you a clear path to your goal. They don’t teach you everything (you find out during the course that it would pretty much be impossible), but they give you the tools you need in videos, quizzes, and exercises, and they have a ton of slack groups that are really helpful. Also, they offer a lot of courses on LinkedIn, job hunting in general, and share job posts all over Europe every day.About the negative:On a personal note I started to feel the solitude a bit, but that we mostly due to me doing the course over a year. You can do it in a few months, and that would probably have been better. In any case you have to get used to mostly everything being via text or video, so whenever you have a questions you have to be prepared to be proactive, search the Slack forums for info, and always type out and post your problem(s) instead of explaining them in person. You get used to this, but if you do the course over a year you may start to miss face to face interactions.Also be aware that the company is based in Dublin and the careers team is mostly engaged in the UK. They will share job posts from different countries but the majority of them are in the UK. This is just a little side note and did not subtract from all the other great content they had.Overall:I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who is interested in learning how to code. You start from scratch and work your way up to understand complicated flows to produce and realise a plethora of projects. I can only speak for myself but I at least feel confident in starting a junior developer position with the knowledge I now have.

it was a waste of up-to 6000€ from my own money, *the 5 stars reviews are for 5 day challenge not for actual course* which is very behind on tech-stack and teaching skills. the tutor support/mentoring is a joke. they are just after your money, buy courses on Udemy and learn from there.