Framework

Codesmith is an amazing community of passionate, like-minded, software engineers.  Kudos to Will, the visionary leader, who is orchestrating this life changing movement in the Los Angeles and now New York area.  Framework is a another example of the Codesmith organization giving back and creating opportunity for those aspiring to grow more in this field.  

I have been a part of the Codesmith community a little over a year and a half now.  Looking back my growth has been incredible.  As a student, with the beginners mind, I have immersed my self in the coding bootcamp despite having education in Computer Science.  In addition, to completing my Masters of Science in Software Engineering last month, I decided to attend Framework also just to polish up my skills, learn more, and be job ready.  I was not disappointed.  Daniel and Issac provided stellar teaching throughout the course.  They really went in detail, under the hood, of many relevant front-end technologies.  I also met many great people in the course.  Over the length of 4 weeks, there was a real sense of community.  Through pair programming, building cool projects, presentations, and applying world class software engineering principles, Framework was a source of great value.

Everyone has a different journey.  Framework served as a great environment to better prepare me for the workforce and sharpen my skills.  As a passionate, driven, software engineer, my journey does not end here, but it is only a step further.  Maybe you just want to level up, bring an idea to reality, gain deeper understanding for bootcamp, meet other cool people, or be more effective on your job.  Whatever the reason, I can personally say, Framework will add value, skills, and useful tools to your plate.  Thank you again Will and the Codesmith community and keep making impact one engineer at a time!   

I posted a part of this review on Quora before I had the news of getting my first software job straight out of framework! I have added some tid bits of knowledge since I am working now. I  was apart of the Beta cohort at Codesmiths Framework and I have grown so much as a developer from the key fundamentals of going under the hood of the Java Script language. Coming from a non-software background you can become frustrated with online resources as they hold your hand with tutorials. Going about learning to program and not building while you learn doesn’t solidify your skills. At Framework you get challenged to solve code and build projects through pair programming exercises. You learn the inner workings of what types of software libraries and frameworks you need to develop interactive web applications. Framework really ties together the building blocks of advanced computer science concepts and javascript in a few short weeks. Framework has taught me how to think like a software engineerand gives you a pivotal key to start your journey to becoming a full stack engineer. Plus Tiffany and Isaac do a great job at the lectures and are always there to answer any questions you may have after class via-slack channel. Its wonderful to learn from Codesmith graduates that embody the synergy of the Codesmith culture and who are working in this constantly evolving industry. I can honestly say that if I had not taken Framework the road might have been a little more rocky. I definetly would not be able to even keep up with the likes of my fellow engineers had I not taken this class. I had to learn new languages for my job since day one and let me tell you there is no holding hands. Every day I am completly challenged to the brink of existence but if you stay around the Codesmith community youll grow much faster in your pursuits. You also will be familiar with how to approach a challenge with a engineering mindset.  Codesmiths Framework is the best introductory part-time program out and I know with each iteration it will only get better. Cudos to Will, Tiffany and Isaac and thank you for helping me on my journey! Who knows with a little elbow grease and networking you could possibly land a job too!

Wow! Did I get my butt kicked. I went into Framework not knowing absolutely anything....so green...so unbelievably green. And I have to say this was sooo challenging for me. I had one week to do the precourse work and then I dove head first into Javascript in Framework.

For 4 weeks I went through the course pretty behind compared to everyone else... The course moves fast. But I never felt so inspired at the same time in my "not knowing".  And both instructors Tiffany and Isaac were so knowledgeable and warm, they really made me feel ok that I was struggling and kept me inspired to give it my all.

What I recommend for anyone considering this course is to really get your head around the prework they assign. Focus in on Javascript....I made the mistake of only having one week and just focusing on the HTML and CSS aspect of the precourse during that week. This course challenges you on your knowledge of the Javascript precourse information and moves at a higher thinking level than your normal fill in the blanks and hold your hand Codeacademy exercises.  I believe if you have a good grasp on the Codeacademy and Codeschool Javascript precourse material, you will really step up your whole game with Framework.

What's so crazy is that before Framework - I was just flirting with the idea of coding and had no direction. Here I am 2 weeks out of my framework so a total of 7 weeks of coding overall and I have such direction and am working on a web application using the same structure I was taught in Framework. It's hard to believe what can be learned in 1 month. I really do miss the community of class. I feel like I have a new coding family. It is so much better than learning to code on your own in my opinion.

THUMBS UP!!!!!!! DO IT! AND DO THE PRECOURSE JAVASCRIPT to really get the most out of this course!!