Coding Bootcamp: Foundations to Core

Become a pro coder in as little as 15 weeks. Land a job or get your money back.

  • No experience required. Learn full-stack web development online in just 15 weeks with a full-time schedule. Or, study part-time for more flexibility.

  • Program includes foundational units to build your HTML, CSS, and Javascript skills, before starting the core Career Track curriculum

  • Hands-on, project-based curriculum featuring instructional content from coding legend Colt Steele

  • 1-on-1 mentorship, coaching and career services

  • NEW! AI for Engineers learning units

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Software Engineering Graduate

From Emergency Medical Tech

To Software Engineer @ Bread Financial

Our coding graduates get jobs with leading tech companies

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Go from beginner to job-ready in as little as 15 weeks

This coding bootcamp was built to give beginners a pathway to a software engineering career. You’ll start with the Foundations curriculum — learning the skills you need through coursework and hands-on coding projects. Then you’ll transition to the core Career Track curriculum. All at no extra cost.

By the end of Coding Foundations you will:

  • Develop introductory software engineering basics in CSS, HTML, and Javascript

  • Develop a software engineering mindset and foundation

  • Work through small, hands-on exercises

  • Complete two coding projects using your new skills. You'll build your own digital resume using HTML and CSS, before tackling a series of Javascript exercises based on The Story of Caesar’s Traditional Secret Party.

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An online coding bootcamp that's built different

Feel confident on your journey from beginner to software engineer. You'll graduate with the skills, portfolio and career support to get a job or receive a full refund.

Hands-on experience

With our remote, on-demand curriculum, become a front-end developer while you work.

1-on-1 mentorship

Regular meetings to discuss your curriculum, project, or career-specific questions.

Personal career coach

Find the right job with an optimized resume, built out network and mock interviews

Colt Steele

Learn to think like a coding legend

With over 10 years experience helping people build coding careers, Colt Steele is an industry leader that you'll learn from throughout the course. Pushing you further, faster.

What you’ll learn in this software engineering bootcamp

In this course, you'll start in the foundations curriculum, covering basics in CSS, HTML, and JavaScript. Once you complete the two hands-on coding projects, you'll start the Career Track core curriculum that covers front-end, back-end, and full-stack development. Plus, you'll learn to collaborate with generative AI to code smarter and faster with a new AI learning unit.

SAMPLE UNITS

Foundations in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

In these three opening units, you'll learn how to build well-designed web experiences that include custom style elements and interactivity

  • Learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript basics, such as adding text elements, links, images, and functional elements

  • Understand how to build more robust pages with HTML and CSS to design tables and forms

  • Become comfortable using elements, class, and ID selectors to find and style elements on a page

  • Learn how to use variables and conditional logic to store information and create complex programs

  • Become comfortable using data types to model real-world applications

  • Learn how to utilize iteration and functions to reduce code duplication

SAMPLE UNITS

NEW! AI for Engineers: Prompt Engineering

Learn to harness the power of AI with this new learning unit, exclusively for Springboard students. Get comfortable speaking the language of ChatGPT and other generative AI language models. Make your code more efficient and build a skill set that puts you ahead of the competition.

Learn at a pace that works for your schedule

Our Coding Bootcamp: Foundations to Core teaches you pro coding skills in as little as 15 weeks if you can dedicate 40 hours per week. If you have other commitments, study part-time and graduate in 40 weeks.

Full-Time

Part-Time

Weekly Learning Time

40 hours

11-17 hours

Time to Graduate

15 weeks

40 weeks

Your Priority

Start your software engineering career faster

Manage your schedule flexibly

Join an industry-leading program

We’ve helped thousands of students learn skills and land jobs. It’s why we’ve been consistently recognized as an industry leader.

Best Bootcamp

2023

Best Bootcamp

2023

Best Bootcamp

2023

Build a portfolio that proves your skills to hiring managers

The best way to learn software engineering is to get hands-on experience coding. Complete six mini projects and five portfolio projects, including a capstone project. During this bootcamp, you'll build an interview-ready portfolio you can show to future employers.

Graduates will gain experience in:

  • Gain hands-on experience on building each individual component of the MVC (Model, View, and Controller) architectural pattern

  • Create a database-driven website using front-end development with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS on top of an external API

  • Complete a capstone project implementing the most popular web development stack—MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express, React, and Node)

  • Acing interviews through our mock interview program

Past projects from Springboard students

Juan Guzman

Capstone project: An app that helps you compare credit card rewards

Tim Birkmire

Capstone project: Map-based app to help transgender individuals find public restrooms

Springboard coding graduates have achieved life-changing growth. You can too.

+$25,764

Average salary increase of software engineering students who provided pre- and post-course salaries.

December 2023

88.4%

Of job-qualified individuals who reported an offer and received it within 12 months of graduation.

December 2023

2,957

Enrolled students in the Coding bootcamp since 2020.

December 2023

A coding bootcamp with a job guarantee

Invest in yourself with confidence with the Springboard Job Guarantee. If you put in the work and don't land a job, we'll give you a refund. Terms apply.


Eligibility for the Springboard Job Guarantee:

  • Successful completion of all mandatory coursework, core projects and career development tasks

  • Fulfill all post-completion job search requirements — regular networking, job applications and interviewing

Admissions

We're committed to making your admissions process simple, helpful, and personalized. Whether you're experienced or just a beginner, we'll discuss all your enrollment options to support your career goals.

Apply

Submit the 5-minute application form—just hit the Apply Now button on this page. It’s fast and free, plus we’ll process your application immediately.

Admissions call

After you apply, an admissions team member will call you to discuss your background and goals, plus they will help answer your questions.

Skills survey

We’ll send a skills survey to test your coding knowledge of JavaScript fundamentals and programmatic problem-solving skills.

Enroll

Select a payment plan and start date via the link emailed by the admissions team. Then get ready to transform your career.

Apply to the next cohort

Graduate this coding bootcamp in as little as 15 weeks when you dedicate 40 hours per week to your learning.

4 ways to fund your future

Everyone should have the opportunity for growth. That’s why we offer a range of payment options.

What are software developers earning?

These are the average salaries of software engineers in the US.

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Data as of November 2022; cross-referenced with Glassdoor, LinkedIn, Indeed, Payscale, Salary.com, BuiltIn, and Comparably.

Here’s why people just like you choose Springboard for coding

ML Engineer at IQVIA, Diana Xie

The capstone projects were really helpful in applying what we learned, and so were the videos by Colt Steele.

Kristy Chu

B.A. Business Economics

Previous Job : Senior Revenue Accountant

Current Job : Software Engineer at FloQast

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Coding Bootcamp: Foundations to Core vs. Software Engineering Career Track

Get everything in the Software Engineering Career Track plus foundational skill building units in HTML, CSS, and Javascript, all for the same price.

Coding Bootcamp: Foundations to Core

Software Engineering Career Track

Coding experience required

No. Learn the basics of CSS, HTML + more in Foundations

Yes

Course length

15 weeks full-time, 40 weeks part-time

13 weeks full-time, 36 weeks part-time

Award-winning software engineering curriculum

Yes

Yes

Job Guarantee (terms apply)

Yes

Yes

1:1 expert mentorship

Yes

Yes

1:1 career coaching

Yes

Yes

Lifetime access to your Springboard account

Yes

Yes

Upfront tuition with discount*

$9,900

$9,900

*Other payment options available which affect total cost. Financing only available for U.S. residents.

Already have coding experience? You'll start the Career Track curriculum

If you've already built your fundamentals in Javascript, HTML, and CSS, you can still apply at the bottom of this page. After speaking with your admission advisor, you'll take a skills survey before being placed in the Software Engineering Career Track curriculum.

Your questions, answered

Ready to start your coding career? Apply now

Spots are limited, and we accept qualified applicants on a first-come, first-served basis. Start your free application. It takes just 5 minutes to complete.