This past weekend, Hackwagon Academy launched its maiden Web Development Bootcamp. Participants arrived at our spanking new premises at Alexandra on Saturday morning and were warmly greeted by our instructor, Janelle. For the morning, the students were taught basic HTML and Javascript codes. They were introduced to our collaborative learning platform, IDEA on which they carried out practices set out … Read More
Announcement
Hackwagon Academy is pleased to announce that we are now certified as a Private Education Institution under the Private Education Act in Singapore. The courses we run now will each come with an official certificate upon completion.
Front-end, Back-End, Full Stack?
Following our Bootcamp launches this summer, Hackwagon will soon be starting our full-fledged Web Development Courses. These include the Web Development Basic courses, JS101 and JS102, and Web Development Full-Stack course JS401. These courses center on different aspects of web development, with JS101 and JS102 focusing on front-end and back-end developments respectively. JS401 covers these both and more in a … Read More
The Rise of Web Development and Design in the 21st century – Insider Perspectives from A Technological Greenhorn
This article was written by Vanessa Lim, an intern here at Hackwagon Academy. The importance of web development and design In recent years, many of us have grown accustomed to new products being constantly churned out. One driving force behind all this is web development and design; a hot topic in recent years as to which is … Read More
4 reasons why attending programming classes is better than self-learning
There is a plethora of resources available for one to pick up programming; these include online coding schools like Code Academy and books like the “For Dummies” series. Readily accessible and often free of charge, these resources have achieved a wide appeal. Be that as it may, we have found that many, if not most, individuals who embark on a … Read More
Getting my feet wet — my experience with open-source and NUSMods
This is part 1 of a 4-part series. I’m still in the process of playing around with Redux, I’ll update with links to the later parts when they’re ready! Ever since I started learning programming, I had been hearing a lot about open-source. I thought the idea of open-source was stupid. Why would anyone invest their time in something that … Read More
Where Data Science is headed in 2017? (Perspectives from a self-confessed tech newbie)
This article was written by Joshua Chan, an intern here at Hackwagon Academy. This summer, I took the plunge and decided to intern at a tech start-up. A psychology major, I was the proverbial fish out of water at Hackwagon Academy, a programming school for adults. Save for some basic HTML I learnt for blogging when I was 12/13 … Read More