Coding Bootcamps To Get You Employed In Software Development!

Study for free - with an income share agreement you need: Above average academic results in Matric or a Degree / National Diploma The income share agreement (subject to availability and merit) is based on paying back the full price of R120 000, but you only start paying when employed (10%-20% of income, sliding scale) and you only pay while employed. Study loan Do you want to invest in your future self but do not have the funding available upfront? Financing makes education more affordable by spreading the payments over a longer term. Code College has partners to assist our students to learn more about, apply or simply see how much funding they qualify for. Learn about and apply for funding here.

We offer both part-time and full-time studies. Our full-time, immersive option allows all students (in-person and remote) to work together in peer groups. In the peer groups, students interact with one another by doing projects and code reviews. Mentors interact with students and peer groups, via video call and/or in-person meetings. Evening classes are popular for students that want to make a career change to software developer South Africa from another industry.

Absolutely! Our coding bootcamp is specifically designed for career changers in South Africa who want to become software developers without a traditional degree. Many of our successful graduates came from non-technical backgrounds like hospitality, retail, and finance. Our intensive training programs range from 3 to 12 months and include real-world projects and internship experience. You'll learn job-ready skills in Python Django, React, or Java Spring Framework, and receive career support throughout your journey from our recruitment experts at Compuways.

Yes! We offer flexible financing options including Income Share Agreements (ISAs) where you can study now and pay later - you only start paying once you're employed. With an ISA, you pay 10-20% of your income on a sliding scale, and payments only occur while you're employed. We also partner with financing providers for traditional study loans with monthly payment plans.

Yes! No previous programming experience is required. Our Intro to Programming course (2 weeks full-time or 4 weeks part-time) starts from absolute basics - HTML, CSS, and JavaScript fundamentals. All our bootcamps include this introductory module. We only require matric (recommended), motivation, problem-solving attitude, a decent computer (i5 processor recommended), and stable internet. Our collaborative learning approach and 24/7 mentor support ensure beginners can succeed.

Our offering is Hybrid in Johannesburg, but 100% online in Cape Town . By online we mean interactive online, like in a work situation. Remember we are simulating a work environment where you are required to be productive in a remote setup and / or have colleagues in a remote location. Most IT Employers have a strong remote component in their jobs (if not 100% remote) and that means a remote skillset has to be cultivated in our coding bootcamps.

• Building Pair Programming skills with a peer in another city
• Doing presentations to a remote team
• Attending meetings chaired by someone in another city, etc
• Chairing meetings where the attendees are scattered all over the world

Please refer to our Training Schedule page

Johannesburg: G19 Pinewood Square, Pinewood Office Park, 33 Riley Road, Woodmead, 2191, Gauteng, South Africa. All our courses are simultaneously offered online to remote students that are not able to attend physical classes. We use highly interactive screensharing software to ensure onsite and online students can work together with ease.

Cape Town: Regus – Black River Park, 1st Floor, Block B, North Park, Black River Park, 2 Fir Street, Observatory, Cape Town, Western Cape, 7925, South Africa

A bootcamp is an intensive and immersive learning experience that typically lasts for a few weeks or months. The goal of a bootcamp is to provide participants with a focused and intensive learning experience that prepares them for a specific career path or job opportunity. A Code College Coding Bootcamp is a programme of software developer training with internship in South Africa

We are involved in the job search from day 1. We help you prep your CV and profiles on job sites and we have a weekly job search meeting. We also have employers that we have relationships with via our parent recruitment/consulting company Compuways. Compuways is our internship partner and you are an intern with Compuways, studying at Code College so when you leave after a year, you already have one year's internship experience on your CV. All the projects are compiled from Compuways employer feedback. Since we have been running Coding Bootcamps for more than a decade we also have a lot of graduates working in the industry some of whom are already at the hiring-manager level.

We offer specialized programs for matric leavers in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Our Full Stack Java Developer Bootcamp is ideal for school leavers - it's a comprehensive 12-month full-time program (or 24 months part-time) that includes everything from HTML/CSS basics through to enterprise Java development. You'll earn an internationally recognized Oracle Java Certification and graduate with a full year of internship experience on your CV through our partnership with Compuways.

Yes, all our coding bootcamps are available part-time for working professionals in Johannesburg and online throughout South Africa. Our part-time format allows you to upskill while maintaining your current job. For example, our Web Programming Bootcamp can be completed in 6 months part-time (vs 3 months full-time), with evening and weekend classes available. We use a hybrid model with recorded lectures and flexible study hours, plus 24/7 online support from mentors and peers.

We provide comprehensive job placement support from day one. You're enrolled as an intern with Compuways (our recruitment partner) while studying at Code College, so you graduate with internship experience already on your CV. We help you build a professional portfolio, prepare your CV, practice interviews, and connect you with our network of hiring companies including BMW, Discovery, FNB, and Dimension Data. Our Java Bootcamp has a 100% placement rate for students who complete the program and pass their Oracle certification.

Our Cape Town campus operates 100% online with live interactive classes, while our Johannesburg location offers hybrid learning (both onsite and online simultaneously). Our online format isn't pre-recorded videos - it's live instruction with real-time screensharing, pair programming with classmates in different cities, and daily standup meetings with your cohort. This mirrors real remote work environments where you'll need to collaborate with distributed teams, giving you job-ready remote skills.

We teach industry-demanded technology stacks:

• Web Programming Bootcamp: Python, Django, HTMX for full-stack development (3-6 months)
• Full Stack Web Developer Bootcamp: NodeJS, React, MongoDB, Express (MERN stack) with JWT authentication (6-12 months)
• Java Developer Bootcamp: PostgreSQL, Java, Spring Framework for enterprise applications, plus international Java certification (12-24 months)