Big Nerd Ranch

The course and instructor were great. I did not care for the acomidations. The room was old and kinda smelled. There was also no air conditioning in the room. I also really disliked the meals. I dont eat fish and fish was serverd twice. I asked if I could just have a kids meal that were prepared for other guests and they told me no. I spent more time driving to get alternative meals than when I took a course at Banningmills in GA

I attended a "Big Nerd Ranch" Android bootcamp on August 27, 2012. The bootcamp was held at Banning Mills in Whitesburg, Georgia near Atlanta. The overall experience was excellent. The instructor was a contributor to Big Nerd Ranch's Android book and very knowledgeable about the best practices for testing and debugging with the original Android recommended IDE (Eclipse). I highly recommend Big Nerd Ranch bootcamps for getting up to speed quickly with a new technology. The emersive experience is definitely worth the price of admission if you can afford it. 

I spent the last 7 days in an all day programming in everything swift and iOS training at Asilomar Conference Grounds in beautiful Monterey, California. I was one of the 21 students who signed up for an intense training from the Big Nerd Ranch. Scott Ritchie was our instructor and he made sure we got our daily 45-minute walking breaks to stretch our legs and explore the surroundings. He also had a great sense of humour and explained things very clearly. I also appreciated that Scott was in tune of using gender-neutral language while presenting. Big kudos to him! I learned a lot and it was perfect timing to brush up my iOS skills for job interviews and the boot camp course gave me the training I needed. 

I can't think of a better place to learn. Asilomar is a wonderful experience and the teacher and material were top notch. The week felt more like a vacation than a class.

Would not hesitate to take another Big Nerd Ranch class or recommend Big Nerd Ranch to others.

I attended the week-long "iOS Essentials With Swift" bootcamp at the Georgia location. The teacher was very well versed in the topic and the students, with their wide range of software development experience were an addition to the whole course. This course is really ideal for those who already have some experience working in Swift and want to expand on this knowledge. Even though I say that, I went in as a beginner but was still able to get some very valuable education and practical approaches to problem solving from the course.

Typically, we had a review of some aspect of Swift and iOS then we would code through the examples ourselves. We spent ~12 hours every day going through material, working the examples and doing any small side projects related to what we had learned that day. Of course, we did have time during the day to take a break and stretch our legs before getting back to it. Everything was there at the location for you, so you really only had to think about coding.

I definitely enjoyed the course, the instructor and the students. You do build a camaraderie that goes beyond that week. I would recommend this boot camp to anyone interested in getting into iOS development.

Spend a good time but the quality of the content and the way things are teach is far from ideal. And the "Advanced" in the name is really misleading. It touches topics outside a simple tableview app, but there is not much advanced level stuff.

Luckly the instructar was really good and even let me help him giving some guidance to other students. Could have been worse if it wasn't for him.

I attended the BNR bootcamp in Atlanta in 2014. Overall I had a good experience. The material was alright but I guess I was expecting a much more in depth explanation of the concepts coming from an already technical field. As an introduction and learning what was available it was alright. As being able to use the skills right after the course I am not sure. I think the exercises and the explanation required more development but this was in 2014.

The class and instructor was illuminating. The class made me realize how little I knew of the subject, yet I was given a foundation that could be used to build apon. The instructor was patient and knowledgeable about the material - well beyond the course material.