As someone who learned programming myself, I can tell you
that while the plethora of online lessons offered by Codecademy, Code School,
and Coursera are
great, nothing beats sitting down together in a room to learn from
an experienced hand.
While online courses are convenient and fun, it lacks the social
element and peer motivation that powers a learner to the end. In
other words: you’re more likely to give up.
In Singapore, there are several options if you’re looking to learn
programming in a classroom setting. Here’s a list of places
that offer such courses.
See: Learning to code? I did it for 2 years – here’s what I
learned
General Assembly launched in Singapore
recently, and is a fairly well-known brand in startup education. It
offers eight to 12 week full-time courses in web development, user
experience design, and soon, Android development. It also has eight
to 12 week part-time courses focusing on back-end web, front-end
web, and iOS programming.
Other non-programming but startup-related courses include data
analytics, data science, digital marketing, product management,
user experience experience design, and visual design.
The full-time immersives will set you back upwards of S$10,000
(US$7,070) while the part-time courses cost north of S$3,500
(US$2,474).
Location: The Working Capitol, 1 Keong Saik
Road, Singapore 089101
The Pragmatic Lab has been around since 2011,
and was recently acquired by Alpha Camp, a similar school from
Taiwan. It has three offerings: iOS, Android, and web programming
(focusing on HTML and CSS). Courses cost between S$750
(US$530) to S$2,200 (US$1,555), and can be taken full-time or
part-time.
Location: Ming Arcade, #05-01, 21 Cuscaden
Road, Singapore 249720
Alpha Camp runs courses in Singapore now. It
has a learn-as-you-build 6-week part-time course for beginners
to turn their ideas into an iOS app, as well as a deeper
10-week bootcamp that incorporates web or mobile programming
with digital marketing and general startup skills. Pricing details
have not been released yet.
Location: To be confirmed
StackUp is a new initiative by the National University of
Singapore’s Institute of System Science to teach beginners how to
code. Three courses are on offer, taking a student through building
a web app, creating both the frontend and backend, and using APIs.
Pricing undisclosed.
Location: To be confirmed
If your goal is to make your own game, SAE
Institute is an option. This is the Singapore branch of an
education franchise from Australia which was founded in 1976. It
offers part-time and full-time diploma and degree programs in games
development. The full-time route will take a year to complete,
and it’ll cost about S$20,000 (US$14,000). A part-time option is
available for the degree program.
SAE also offers a part-time iOS programming course lasting four
weeks. It costs S$1,250 (US$883).
Location: The Riverwalk, 20 Upper Circular
Road, #01-42/49, Singapore 058416
If you’re into hardware hacking and Arduino boards (an open
source circuit board equipped with sensors), Tinkercademy has something for you. While the
company primarily runs courses for students in partnership with
schools, it has some light one-off lessons in Arduino programming
for the public.
Location: Infocomm Development Authority of
Singapore, 10 Pasir Panjang Road, #09-01, Singapore 117438
This is an updated version of the original article dated
September 17, 2013.
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