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SheCodes Coding Workshop Reviews

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SheCodes teaches coding skills to busy women. SheCodes Workshops are hands-on, self-paced and 100% online.

4.9/5
Based on 204,795 reviews from SheCodes Alumni
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5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I really fell in love with this course. It was very enjoyable. This course made me know coding and became interested in it. I want to learn more about it in the future.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I love SheCodes, the structure of the course which is easy to follow with not too long lessons per topic so that it is not overwhelming. And of course I love the community and all the help we can get on Slack from the amazing SheCodes team! 🙌

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Loved SheCodes Responsive! I have to admit I was struggling with Plus a bit especially after having a 6-month break in between workshops, as I felt rusty at coding. That's why I was adamant taking Responsive right after finishing Plus, and enjoyed much much more and I can genuinely say that was worth every penny. Now I'm onto the next one, and hopefully I'll be able to do some adds-on projects too! Just love the atmosphere here (even it's digital lol) and how learning to code is made so effortless by Matt! Keep up the good work 👏

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Great course, loved the challenges. excited to learn more.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I loved this beginners course, so easy to follow along ! Highly recommend this to anyone looking to learn the basics of coding.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I loved the way they explained and the support always in case of any doubt. Very good classes

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

The SheCodes Basic course was a great! I learned a lot about the foundation of coding. The videos are very well done and easy to understand and follow the instructions. I love that after every video we are required to practice what has been taught. It really helps to reinforce what you had just learned. Awesome course! I'm looking forward to learning more and potentially enrolling in another SheCodes course.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I loved SheCodes Next so much! it definitely helps to know how to prepare for a career in coding and what aspects to take into account besides the coding skills. Thank you SheCodes!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Matt is a great instructor and the lessons are perfect for beginners! I loved this course! It's really well paced and easy to follow. I highly recommend SheCodes!

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5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I love SheCodes so much! Thank you for everything that you do for those of us learning with you! This company has made it so easy for me to learn how to code. I have learned so much and continue to learn, looking forward to completing this course!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Very nice workshop! I enjoyed learning about grids, transform, and other CSS properties! I feel like I'm getting more used to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and it was fun putting the project together using all of those! I love how everything is taught in an easy to understand way and you can always go back to the video to refresh your memory and understand it better. I also really like the challenges and how they give you good practice on doing something you just learned about so you get more knowledge and experience. I feel like I'm learning a lot!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I loved SheCodesBasic add-on which taught me how to create a more complex webpage with images and effects. I am really proud of myself for what I have achieved so far and can't wait for the next steps!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

“It was the greatest course I have ever taken! it is really fun to learn coding. I fall in love with coding really hard.💓 thanks shecodes for this beautiful work.🙏 I would really suggest it 😊”

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I've loved this course! It's really well paced, easy to follow and allows you to get hands on with building sites straight away. The final project is a lot of fun and allows you to be super creative.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

It was a privilege to have been chosen for this programme and I loved every bit of it. The lessons were well explanatory and for the fact it is a lifetime access, it makes it more fun for me, I could always go back to them anytime. The channels were so helpful as well. Matt did a great job with the rest of the team 👍🏻. Thank you Matt, thank you everyone at SheCodes and thank you for choosing me, this would definitely help boost my career. Looking forward to the next stage.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Wow! Codding is very enjoyable with Matt as teacher. I love the challenge😍 part, frustrating but like he always says: "Have Fun!" then, there are so much fun👌👌👌

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

This has been a wonderful learning journey. I love the tidbits of information paired with small projects building up to the bigger project at the end. Well-thought off lesson structure with a very much lively instructor. All hail SheCodes!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I loved this responsive workshop from SheCodes. It combined all the great lessons I've learned thus far, and I was able to create a beautiful responsive website that works on all devices! It was super fun and informative.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I thoroughly enjoyed this class! React seemed scary at the start, but now I love it! I feel confident in my abilities and I can not wait to dive deeper with the Max program!

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5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

This was a great starting point for me to discover if I could "code". I loved the way the lessons built on from one another in a logical sequence allowing me to build my knowledge in a way that wasn't overwhelming which kept me engaged & eager to move on to the next topic.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

This is my first project. I had a lot of fun and I hope you like it ☺️. For all Coffee lovers😉

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I learned, yet again, so much through the React workshop! I love that the courses are well laid out and we get to learn the different techniques little by little in a structured way. Looking back at the Basics workshop where I started, I'm proud to have come such a long way in my coding journey. I feel more confident now to step out into the world and continue to hone my skills in the industry!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I loved this adds-on project.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I felt nervous to start this at first, but after, I fall in love with coding. I felt like I was able to create an application that could make a huge difference in our everyday life. I will continue to learn more about the different types of language in coding, and I hope to make my goal come true. This was, in fact, an amazing experience for me.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Wow what a step learning curve! Both loved and hated the React Workshop. Have never learnt so much in my adult life. Excited to have this new skill. Would recommend to all who want to get into coding.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

This workshop has been really eye-opening. I wanted to try coding, but I didn't want to have to make a huge commitment, only to decide that I didn't enjoy it. But this three-week course has given me the confidence to believe that I can do so much more with this. I would love to pursue more and hopefully switch full-time to a career in tech!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

SheCodes Plus was an interesting workshop, loved every bit of this course. Some moments were frustrating but solving them motivated and encouraged me to continue. Looking forward for the next workshop!!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

The course is full of useful information and provides a deep dive into the world of app building. The more I practised, the clearer it became. I really loved the fact that we had full-on support on Slack. Personally, I have enjoyed the lessons and the challenges sections. It's a well-designed course.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I loved all the workshops. Projects were fun but challenging. Matt is a fantastic instructor!

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4/5 - Recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Great course. Knew some things before, so I repeated a little. But I really improved and trained my JavaScript skills. Loved it!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I loved this challenging coding class a lot!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I truly cannot believe I am coding the things that I am already in such a short time! The way Matt breaks things down and teaches is so helpful! I also love that we can ask questions through slack. I'm very happy with how my project turned out!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

This courses made me grow and learn more about the essential skills. I loved that it was self-paced.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I really enjoyed learning with Matt, and I loved working on this project! Making websites responsive is essential, as many people use mobile devices to access websites. This is a crucial skill to make better web pages and reach more users through the web.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I really loved the training, it was almost addictive. I did coding training before and I never understood as much as I did with SheCodes! I learned so much and can't wait continue with SheCodes Plus.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I love SheCodes and how it has not only taught me to code but also it has helped me develop real life cases.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Oh, this workshop was very compicated and filled with difficulties, but still amazing! I love my new hobby, it is definitely worth going through all the interference to the aim💗

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I loved this workshop so much! It was quite demanding at times but Matt gave very helpful and easy to follow instructions. I am glad I chose this workshop at SheCodes and can't wait to start with the next one. Thank you Matt and thank you SheCodes team for all your support

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Loving this course, it is something I thought I would never be able to lear.. but I love every minute of it!

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5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Love taking this course and learned something new! Will continue to follow this path and a brighter future on this journey!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I have been curious about coding and enjoyed the free class from SheCodes so much that I signed up for my first workshop with them! The content is easy to follow, while the challenges and projects are challenging in a good way, the perfect balance for me to learn. I also liked that we could reach out to other students and support staff if we had questions, and I love that SheCodes helps women from all around the world. :)

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Many thanks to the SheCodes team for such a wonderful course! Everything is very clear and love that is project-based! Looking forward for the next levels :)

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Although I have identified as a non-STEM person in the past, I have recently--much to my surprise and with heartfelt thanks to Matthieu DeLac's SheCodes Workshop--fallen in love with coding! I can't wait to learn more!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I enjoyed learning coding without any prior knowledge and I am really in love with coding and want to continue my learning. I also really appreciate Matt for his simple teaching. I strongly recommend this course to other persons.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Very good and creative. Loved the videos and the challenges. It was frustrating and tiring at times, coding is not easy but I am happy I learn something new, and maybe I can put it to use in the future. Overall, I particularly enjoyed the number of resources and pages available to us and the many opportunities to actually submit our projects. Assistance was also always there when I needed it. Thanks to the team for the experience.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I loved that course, because I can't believe that I learned to build a weather app! Matt is a really good instructor and I really like the community. What an amazing experience, thank you!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I had such a great time in the course! I've learned a lot. And I feel more confident as a coder now. Thank you Matt and SheCodes Team for making it so easy to follow and understand. I love it and will continue studying with SheCodes!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

This workshop has been a great asset to my coding courses through SheCodes. It was the most difficult, but I am glad I went through with it. I love coding and look forward to my new journey on becoming a front-end developer. Thank you so much, Matt and the SheCodes Team. You guys are doing fantastic work and thank you for sharing all of your knowledge.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Again, I would love to thank Matt to achieve a result in SheCodes Responsive. It can help everyone be more productive and effective in team of the company.

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5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

lovely workshop would highly recommend

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Loved this workshop. Easy to follow and learn so much from it.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

each course pushes me to my limits and makes me try my best to figure out what the problem is. I love these workshops!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

LOVED this add-on workshop! Learned lots of things and as usual, having Matt as a teacher is a delight! I recommend it 100% Thank you!!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Really loved this course!! As a beginner with React JS , this course helped me have a good understanding on the basics. I would definitely recommend this course to folks who are new to React. Matt is amazing!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

This is a wounderful workshop! very well structured and loved the homework.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Easy to follow instructions. I found the project to be very entertaining and it rekindled my love for coding.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I loved this course, I had the opportunity to practice with a lot of amazing tools

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

This course was great and easy to follow/learn. I took this course to see if I would do well and see if going into the coding world would be a possibility, and I loved it. I am for sure going to continue with the SheCodes Courses.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I loved taking the SheCodes Basic Course. It is easy for one to follow with the videos that are available as well as the challenges and homework we had to do. You get to do it in your own pace and it ignited this new found passion I have for coding. I cannot wait to move on to the next workshop.

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5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

when I first joined, I was skeptical about it but when my journey started I fell in love with coding even more, now I can code, create a landing page.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I took computer science classes in undergrad and fell in love with coding. As I went on to pursue a career in business, I had less exposure to coding and I really missed it. I even considered going back to school for it but I didn't want to give up my life and savings to accomplish that goal.. until I found this. The module is well thought out and well explained. It's easy to follow along and set your own pace to match your lifestyle. I remember reading the testimonials myself thinking.. 'does this actual work?' and now I can tell you.. it does. If you're thinking about doing it, you've wanted to do it. Do it. Start small and see if its for you. The best gift you can give yourself is education and opportunity. Go for it.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I've tried soooo many free coding classes, ranges from live classes to online class. But SheCodes is by far the easiest to understand and the most fun I had in coding. It honestly motivated me to pursue my dream to become a software developer. will definitely continue learning with SheCodes. LOVE IT

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Great workshop! Loved it!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Hi. First of all, Shecodes did a great favor and and a nice move fir iranian women, letting them have the basics course for free. It was so heartwarming and made me realize I had a passion for coding. Matt, as the instructor, explains everything so simplely and easy to understand. The best part is that the videos are short and you can watch them a million times! Coding is not those weird symbols that you see when you get an error! It's so much fun. I loved every second of it. Thanks Shecodes!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

The SheCodes Basic program was an amazing dive into the world of coding! The video lessons were positive and encouraging, making it easy to get excited for each step of the process. The homework was fun and intuitive to follow; I love that we were thrown into JavaScript right away! I can't wait to learn more & continue with the next workshops 💜

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I absolutely love this course and its projects! This has been so far the best course I've ever done on this subject.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Once I completed the SheCodes Basics workshop, I knew I wanted to keep this journey going and enroll in the next one. Week after week in SheCodes Plus I felt my confidence building and the more I went through the challenges the more everything began clicking for me. I have loved every second of this journey so far, even the frustrating parts. So excited to keep going and learn more!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I really love this workshop. Making the weather application really inspired me to code every day and continue making projects.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

After working as a teacher for a few years and having two girls on my own I realised that I was not enjoying going back to work anymore, so I started to look for something different and a SheCodes popup on my Instagram. SheCodes is a great first step into web development. I loved the structure of the courses, the homework and deadlines and the need to know more

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5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

As a total beginner, I had a wonderful experience learning how to code for the first time! A very informative workshop with specific hands-on skills provided by an excellent instructor. Just loved it!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I cannot wait to move on and continue learning with SheCodes, Matt, and the rest of the team. SheCodes is an amazing learning experience. My coding days started with good ol' MySpace way back in the day. I loved it then and want to continue. I definitely recommend SheCodes as a way to explore new horizons and gain new skills. Thank you SheCodes.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

“I enjoyed the course, and loved the way the workshop is taught and paired with the assignments. I am looking forward to learning more!”

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

It's my second course by SheCode. I am delighted with how the Matt presents complex information very easily. Thanks to the SheCode's team, I fell in love with this profession. Learning is like an adventure for me.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

It is definitely an amazing course. The first course in JS which was clear to me. Before I used to drop off the courses as I felt stuck and not understanding anything. As for this course, I was passionate about it and excited about the challenges and homeworks. Frankly saying, just before this course I decided that programming is not my thing, but I decided to give it a last chance with SheCodes and you know what, I am again in love with programming and full of motivation and enthusiasm. I want to continue and to do it definitely with SheCodes.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I love how the lessons were delivered and how I managed to follow and grasp the concepts. This has really improved my knowledge of HTML, javascript, and CSS. Thank you Matt Delac for this opportunity. I want to learn more.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Love how almost all the lessons came with a challenge. This facilitated learning and accelerated my understanding of each concept.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I love, love, love these workshops and enjoy everything that I am learning. I would highly recommend SheCodes to anyone looking for something that is challenging and fun to learn. Being able to create something from scratch has always been my desire and having such a great support system available makes it so much more enjoyable. Thank you SheCodes!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I love it !!!!!!!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

This was a nice touch to include on the basic. Strongly recommend to do it if you want to learn a little dipper on the basics. Love it!❤️

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5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I love learning how to code with SheCodes. It was really fun.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I love shecodes. It's the best website in the world for people who need to learn coding.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

SheCodes is awesome. I have definitely learned a lot and I love the way Matt explains everything. I would definitely recommend this program for anyone who is an absolute beginner as I am.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

This workshop was super well put together! I loved all the steps and instruction videos. I had 0 experience with coding before this, but after this workshop I feel like I have a good vision of what being able to code could mean to me. Thanks so much for this opportunity!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

SheCodes Plus definitely stretched me but I also enjoyed learning. It was easy to go back to the lessons if you get stuck. I loved the progression of the lessons. I will recommend SheCodes again and again.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I really enjoyed this React course, I found that I was able to really apply all of the knowledge I learned here and in the previous courses. It was challenging learning this new framework but fun to figure out how it works and I loved being able to create two projects in this course!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Amazing!!! I loved this course, I was able to finish it only because of excellent support and super professional lessons! Thank you, Matt!!! ;)

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I loved following the workshop. I work almost full-time so it's nice you can make your own schedule. Matt is a great teacher and explains it very well so it's easy to follow.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I loved the course, easy learning and great support over the slack channel

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Loved this workshop! I am so proud that I've created two useful applications, and I can really feel and see the progress I'm making. It was easy to follow and in general super fun!

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5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

It was even more interesting workshop! Hard but at the end satisfactory. And I love what I can do with knowledge I have now. For fun. Thank you a lot!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I really loved this course and I learnt a lot about HTML, CSS and JavaScript. I'm looking forward to learning even more!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Another great learning experience from SheCodes!! I love the step by step instructions and still can't believe I'm able to accomplish this when I look back at how I started.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I absolutely loved this class! I had so much fun building my weather app which is inspired by my favorite season (AUTUMN!) I recommended SheCodes before and I will once again. Matt and his team are beyond helpful and you learn so much in these courses and from them. I cannot wait to continue my journey with SheCodes!!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Loved the course - easy to follow along at your own pace and great resources.

4/5 - Recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

Loved it! Super easy to follow, great fun. My only thing was that, while I understand it's Mr Delac's programme and greatly admire his mission, it seems a bit discordant that it is a man teaching all the coding classes to women. Perhaps it might be worth thinking about re-recording the classes with women coders who are now in the SheCodes company. Something which could also have been done for the latest release of the new workshop.

4/5 - Recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I like the course structure since it keeps me motivated to finish the work. I would love to have some additional material on other approaches to the problems.

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I loved the new tips and tricks that were taught in this Basics Add-On Workshop! They really helped me elevate my second project and I can't wait to see what's in store in the next workshop!

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I enjoyed this basics course so much. I was a total beginner, had no idea what "writing code" was. Matt explains things short, sweet, and to the point. Very easy to follow along. Plus: I love the girly aesthetic of the website!😁

5/5 - Highly recommended
🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

My work has progressively led me down a more tech-based path. I was frustrated with navigating unfamiliar software, managing websites, and learning the correct language to describe navigation issues with support persons. I signed up for the SheCodes free course, and it planted a seed. Not only is it creating ease in communication with our technology support persons, but it's also feeding my creativity and love of problem-solving. I am so happy I had the opportunity to take the Basic Course and am even more excited for the next eight weeks for the Pro Course.

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🎓Graduated over 1 year ago

I loved this workshop! It was very easy to follow and manageable with a full time job. I have learned so many new skills, and I am excited to continue my journey!