🏆 Your Job- and Soft Skills Are The Key

Coding Bootcamps To Get You Employed

A Coding Bootcamp is a computer programming course / internship combination designed to entrench the practical skills needed by the job market.

  • Conquer a job market with lots of jobs
  • Qualify for career advancements
  • Build job interview confidence
  • Offered On-site / Hybrid and On-line

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What can I expect when I attend one of your coding courses or coding bootcamps?

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Relevant, Current Curriculum

Our coding and computer programming courses and coding bootcamps are continuously updated from employer feedback and by industry experts that you are surrounded with

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Learning Management System

Easily track your progress from anywhere, collaborate with peers and mentors

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Flexible Classes

Have access to both full- and part-time classes and class recordings in case you missed a lecture. If you work faster, you may join a group ahead of you and if you work slower, you may join a group behind you.

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Study Support 24/7

Assistance online and onsite from mentors and also peers who are recognized and rewarded for peer support. Peer support is a soft skill highly regarded by employers who employ software developers .

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Career Support

Job Hunting advice and support from our expertise in IT Recruitment. Our door is always open, even after you found a job and might be done with a contract.

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Gain Practical Skills

The focus is on practical employment skills. We believe in Einstein's motto: " Learning is Experience. Everything else is just information"

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Flexible Payments

Whether you are able to afford the pre-paid option or the interest-free 12 month option or the student loan system or qualify for funding (ISA option)

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Return on Investment

A Coding Bootcamp qualifies you for jobs that pay well and compared to the tuition fees of a three year degree, it is money better spent. Recruitment of Software jobs are increasingly removing the 'Degree ' requirement from job specs.

Bootcamps Pricing

Web Programmer

3 months (full-time)
R 24 995 / pre-paid
  • 3 Months Full-time or 6 Months Part-time
  • Introduction To Programming (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
  • Python, Django, HTMX
  • Full-Stack (Back-End, Front-End, and API)
  • Build Python, Django, HTMX Apps

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Web Developer

6 months (full-time)
R57 500 / pre-paid
  • 6 Months Full-time or 12 Months Part-time
  • Web Programming Bootcamp Included
  • NodeJS, React, MERN
  • Full-Stack (Back-End, Front-End, and API)
  • Create Full MERN Stack Apps with JWT Authentication

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Java Developer

12 months (full-time)
R 99 995 / pre-paid
  • 12 Months Full-Time or 24 Months Part-Time
  • Web Developer Bootcamp Included
  • Postgres SQL, Java, Spring Framework
  • Pass International Java Certification
  • Build Full-Stack Enterprise Apps

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Our graduates work with some of the best companies

Listen to some of our happy clients

What do I need to enroll in one of your Computer Programming Bootcamps?

Matric (recommended)
Motivation
Problem-solving attitude
Hardware

(PC - minimum i3 (13-th+ generation , i5 recommended), extra monitor with sound and microphone

Stable Internet Connection

(We require teamwork via screensharing.)

What is a typical day like in the life of our Coding Bootcamp students??

Module Knowledge Part

The module (a coding course on a specific computer programming language) knowledge part is approx one week out of the 4 weeks allocated. Then we have full-day classes during which we go through the module core knowledge with a mentor.

Module Knowledge Demonstrations / Assessments

Another week approximately is taken to show that we understand that was covered. In this phase we hone our soft skills that are required by our clients who employ software developers.

Projects

We do our projects mainly in a collaborative fashion. Screensharing between remote and on-site students is required and peer work is encouraged

Timing

During the Module-knowledge part, we spend full-days together as a group

Meetings

We have a daily meeting with the class and mentors, during which we present our work and plan our work for the next day. We can set up a meeting with our mentor at any time

Issues

We have a 24/7 support logging system and also allocate time during the daily meetings to ensure all issues are resolved

Code College is a web and Java dev training institution located in Gauteng and established since 1990. We use "collaborative learning strategies" in our teaching as it complements our practical approach. We follow the industry trends and our main aim is to entrench in our students, employment-grade skills to be eligible to find sustainable employment.

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: /student-loans

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.

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 Even the students that are in the classroom have to connect remotely all day to the students working from home.

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 screen-sharing, 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.

Yes! We offer flexible financing options including Income Share Agreements (ISA's) 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.

Coding courses and programming courses are actually to the same thing. The word coding became popular to replace programming because it was easier to say. A Coding Bootcamp is more like an internship where he students are not just trained in the subject matter for a mere certificate, it also enforces a disciplined approach where soft-skills are taught and rated.

Please refer to our Training Schedule page. Bookings at 2025 prices close on 15 December 2025, after that the price may increase 5%-10% .

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 screen-sharing 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 up-skill 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 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) All programs start with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript fundamentals. We continuously update our curriculum based on employer feedback and industry trends.

Soft Skills are not referring to Software Skills. Soft Skills are the additional skills that employers require from a software developer. These include communication skills, project management skills , support skills, team leading skills, goal setting skills, people skills. Employers want to employ people that are not only good at computer programming, but can also fit in and function in a team.

How do you become a software engineer? Our Java Software Engineering Bootcamp lays the perfect foundation for aspiring software engineers. It covers all the popular stacks from JavaScript, Python / Django, MERN Stack, SQL and Spring Framework. All the soft skills required by software engineers like communication skills, team leading skills, project planning skills, devops skills, documentation skills and you develop a multitude of full-stack apps in the process. It is efinitely the best way to become a software engineer without breaking the bank. After employment we still support your career skills with quick and short software development courses .
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