In 24 weeks in Montreal, part-time, learn all the skills of a Software Developer and code your own web applications to upskill in your current job or change your career.
Some of our upcoming courses in Montreal are hybrid (remote or on campus) or can be followed 100% remotely. After you complete your application, the admission manager will be in touch shortly to give you all the necessary information.
Our web development course in Montreal , initially developed as an immersive 9-week bootcamp, can also be followed part-time in 24 weeks, studying some weekday evenings and Saturdays. At the end of the course, you will know how to build a robust, user-friendly app that matches users' needs and objectives, and to use the right workflow to work in collaboration with other developers.
Our web development course in Montreal is designed to make you learn to code step by step, until you can build your own web applications from scratch.
Our Web Development Course is very intense. To save time and nail it from the beginning, our students must complete the PrepWork on our custom-built platform before starting the bootcamp. This work takes around 40 hours and gives our students a basic knowledge of:
Work with the right developer tools and workflow. Learn the basics of the command line, use a code text editor and install Ruby with a version management tool. Get familiar with most useful developer packages and learn how to version your code with git and push it on Github.
Write programs manipulating variables, loops, conditions and data structures (Array and Hash). Detect text patterns with Regular Expressions and start parsing data from structured files (CSV, JSON, XML, HTML) fetched using web-scraping or by building requests to JSON APIs.
Structure your software following Object-Oriented principles. Learn the Model-View-Controller pattern in-depth (most common application design pattern) by coding several MVC softwares from scratch. You will have to code everything on your own, even simulating your database storing data in CSV files.
Learn to design a relational database schema and to build structured queries to your database with SQL. Build simple CRUD queries (Create, Read, Update, Delete) or advanced JOIN queries. Learn to connect your database to your ruby software with an ORM (Object Relational Mapping) called Active Record.
Build your web pages following atomic design principles and code your own UI kit of web components & layouts by applying the latest CSS techniques. Build pages with an adaptive design thanks to media queries and learn to quickly prototype a web app with Bootstrap 4.0 and its responsive grid system.
Learn ES6, your second programming language after ruby, to add dynamic behaviors to your website or update pages without reloading thanks to AJAX. Understand JavaScript fundamental concepts and learn to use all the necessary JS web tools like Babel, Webpack or yarn.
Wrap it all together by coding your first Ruby on Rails applications. Deploy your applications in production & start coding “the Rails way”. Go deep into Rails discovering advanced concepts like nested resources, namespaces, or how to refactor an app with services or to build an API with Rails.
Code a clone of Airbnb from scratch in 5 days. You will work in teams to learn to collaborate on Github using pull requests and deploy your apps on Heroku, using the same workflow as successful startups. Implement advanced features (payment, image upload, search, geocoding, background jobs, etc…) and learn to cover your code with tests.
Projects Phase is the ultimate experience of the course: invent, pitch, design, code and deploy an original project in teams of 3 or 4 people during the two final weeks. You will have to go through all the process from the idea to the live app in production on a real domain name, ready to be tested on the market!
We help our students find a job by preparing them for technical interviews, organising job fairs, startup office hours and coaching sessions with tech recruiters and alumni. We have helped our 10,854+ graduates find their dream job!
After the bootcamp, all our alumni get access to Le Wagon’s one-week online extension training in React.js and Redux. A very useful course for our students who want to go deeper in front-end development or apply to front-end developer jobs.
Our alumni keep a lifelong access to our online platform with 300+ challenges, 100+ hours of video lessons to re-watch any time after the bootcamp, 100+ live-codes and tutorials on real-life developer examples and 900+ flashcards to rehearse core concepts.
Our 10,854+ alumni discuss every day on Le Wagon’s Slack channels after the course, getting help from our 900+ teachers, sharing tips, resources, code snippets, job offers and news from their products. An engaged and passionate tech community, all over the world.
The bootcamp accelerate my tech education with hands-on methodology. It gave us access to all the resources and tools we could ask for, and guided us through challenges that were built to expose us to new concepts every day.
At the end of the bootcamp, you are welcome to join our Career Week. This week gives you the tools you need to take the next steps in your career, whether it is finding your first job in tech, building a freelance career, or launching a start-up.
Workshops
Benefit from a combination of panel discussions, workshops, presentations, and assignments to help you find the right career path.
Becoming job-ready
Prepare your personal profile, complete job applications, prepare for technical challenges, and make a game plan for after the bootcamp!
Inspiration
Hear from alumni about their post-Bootcamp journeys and what a typical day looks like in their new careers.
Custom-made
You can join any workshops or watch any tutorials that you are interested in. You create your own career week according to your interests and objectives
Learn to code in 24 weeks with a tailor-made program
adapted to your busy schedule.
Watch the lecture to prepare for next session.
Pair program with your classmates on coding challenges with the help of our teachers on Zoom.
Practice all day on challenges and projects.
Consolidate what you've learnt through live-code sessions with your teachers.
Live a unique learning experience every week.
Meet your peers and teachers once a week to work on coding challenges. Learn to think and solve problems like a software developer.
Watch lectures at your own pace on our online platform. Grasp core concepts and prepare yourself for the next coding session. Consolidate your knowledge on a daily basis playing our Flashcards.
Every week, join us for events with entrepreneurs and hiring partners. Create your own network within a thriving tech scene.
During our web development course in Montreal, you learn the essentials of programming while building your own web applications. As a result, you end up the course with a rich Github portfolio containing at least two fully-functional web applications - an Airbnb-like marketplace and your own final project.
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Since day one, we’ve taken teaching seriously. Great teachers inspire us to connect to topics on a profound level. Experience as a developer alone doesn’t necessarily make one an effective teacher — that’s why we’re passionate about finding not only great engineers, but deeply committed, experienced teachers.
A dog lover and a tech enthusiast, Solene attended Le Wagon hoping to kick-start her career in tech. Shortly after, she landed her dream job as a Web Developer, and decided to begin teaching to help other people also achieve their dreams.
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After working in cultural heritage, Ryan decided to turn his lifelong web design hobby into a full-time career by joining Le Wagon. Now working as a full-stack web developer, he is passionate about teaching others the tools and tricks of coding.
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Caio's been around web development for over 10 years when he stumbled, as a magazine designer, into an early-adopter Rails company. He's an OOP enthusiast who aims for good design, and has a very aesthetically oriented approach to coding.
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After working closely with devs, Carms took the leap to the full-time bootcamp! They loved it and now, they are supporting students in the collective journey of learning, while working as web developer with start-ups and community organizations.
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Nicolas joined the bootcamp to bind his business knowledge with programming skills. Having discovered his passion for coding along the way, he joined the team as a front end lead teacher to give back to the community
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Lea did Le Wagon to add tech skills to her marketing & sales background where she learned a more tech-savvy, agile and truly inspiring approach of product management. She loves helping students build their product vision, from ideation to deployment.
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Kristyna, an ex-marketing manager with 10+ years of experience working for big multinational corporations in France & Switzerland, she is now a Freelance FrontEnd Developer and sharing her passion for visual side of coding with students at Le Wagon.
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Martin was enrolled in Concordia University‘s Computer Science program but decided to put it aside to attend Le Wagon Montréal’s first batch (#63). Now Martin enjoys helping students learn on their way to becoming web developers.
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Previously working as an outdoor guide in various places, Nicolas made a 180 career change last year by attending Le Wagon. He is now working as a full-stack web developer, and is eager to start helping others on their coding journey!
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Stephane has touched on numerous fields over the years, from musician in rock bands to therapist and sound engineer. Looking for a new career, he chose Le Wagon; loving it so much, he is now helping others on their journey to coding freedom
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Formerly working as a quality control technician in the film industry, Frederic attended Le Montreal 2019 Winter batch to change his career path. He is now a fullstack developer and also teaches to help students realize that indeed, everyone can code
more about FredericMontreal Web Development course is just the beginning of the journey. Once you graduate, you belong to a global community and have access to our online platform to keep learning and growing.
Get tips and advice from professional developers, access exclusive job and freelance opportunities, find support for your project launch.
Access our online education platform at any time after the web development course, with lectures, screencasts, flashcards and challenges.
Benefit from advanced tutorials in software development to push your computer science skills further and keep on learning and practicing after the bootcamp.
Receive unique job and freelance opportunities from Le Wagon's alumni who work as developers, product managers and entrepreneurs in successful tech companies all over the world.
Once the web development course ends, you benefit from our career services. We help you prepare for tech interviews, meet the best recruiters in Montreal and connect with relevant alumni.
Access a complete guide to kick-start your tech career after the course in Montreal: boost your portfolio, prepare for technical interviews, leverage on our 10,854 alumni community.
Our local teams know their alumni and hiring partners, what they are up to and what they are looking for. They introduce you to the right people depending on your goal.
Our alumni often come back to share their post-bootcamp experiences. You will learn about how they found a job, started their own company or freelancing career.
In addition to Slack channels, our local teams know their alumni and what they're up to - we often introduce relevant people to each other to create synergies.
The best companies partner with Le Wagon and hire our alumni as Web Developers, Product Managers, Growth Hackers or Product Designers.
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This program aims to help train and support people coming from historically underrepresented groups in STEM disciplines to start or boost a career in the tech sector.
Applicants will receive up to $1000 to help fund one of Le Wagon's 2021 full-time and part-time training programs: in Web Development or in Data Science.
To apply, you need to:
*Submit your online application to Le Wagon. In the “How did you hear about us” field, select “Other” and type “Diversity Scholarship”
*If your interview with Le Wagon is successful, you will be able to apply to the scholarship.
*As part of your application, we'll ask you to write a short essay about your motivations to learn web development or data science.
*Our admission committee will evaluate your scholarship application
Eligibility
*You’re 18 or older
*You're a Canadian resident
*You identify with one or several underrepresented groups in STEM (Example: Women, Black, LatinX, Indigenous, LGBTQ+)
*You’ve been admitted to one of our 2021 bootcamps
You're a full-time student registered to a Canadian college or university? You could apply for a 500$ scholarship for our 2021 summer bootcamps.
Eligibility
You are enrolled as a full-time student in a Canadian university or college
You’ve been admitted to one of the following courses: June 2021 part-time Data Science course before May 15, July 2021 full-time Web Development or Data Science course before June 15
We offer a payment option in three installments without extra fees.
Once you are accepted into a batch, we ask for a first deposit to secure your spot (1st instalment).
Your tuition is then due in 2 instalments:
You can also withdraw from your RESPs or RRSPs (for use in the LLP) to pay for your tuition. Here is more info for using your RESP and to participate in the LLP.
The reasons why to use RRSP to go back to school.
Our partner Caisse Desjardins des TI offers low-interest student loans and flexible payment options for Canadian citizens or residents.
This option is available for all students who are approved in the first steps of our selection process and are Canadian citizens or residents.
Feel free to ask more information about it during your interview.
Le Wagon has 1982 reviews with an average grade of 4.98/5 which makes it the most acclaimed coding bootcamp worldwide on Switchup according to student reviews! Whilst these reviews make us proud, above all they make us happy. Behind these reviews are hundreds of people around the world who have had a life-changing experience joining our program, that has opened new doors for them. We feel blessed and honoured to have enabled them - and to keep enabling our students - to become autonomous in coding, upskill or change their career, or launch their own startups.
Also, these 1982 reviews are extremely important for us to make sure we’re always meeting the same level of excellence. Having such positive and enthusiastic reviews about our bootcamps is the ultimate proof that we provide the best tech education for all our students, in the 43 cities we run our coding bootcamps in.
If you got here, it means that you have questions about Le Wagon: how to apply, who can join, what you’ll learn… Good! We have the answers.
If you’ll be attending the 9-week full-time bootcamp, simply entering Canada as a visitor with a valid passport is usually enough. That said, some people may require a visa or an Electronic Travel Authorization. While we don’t formally assist students with acquiring visas, we’re happy to point you in the right direction. Here’s some useful information to help find the travel documents you need.
If you’re planning on attending the 24-week part-time program, make sure to check (and double check!) whether you’re authorized to stay in Canada for the program’s entirety.
Check our financing options to find out more about the current scholarships available.
We have a partnership with a financial institution (Caisse Desjardins des TI), that offers low-interest student loans and flexible payment options. This option is available for all students who are approved in the first steps of our selection process and are Canadian citizens or residents.
You can also withdraw from your RESPs or RRSPs (for use in the LLP) to pay for your tuition. Here is more info for using your RESP and to participate in the LLP.
4 ways of financing Le Wagon Montréal’s coding bootcamp
Further Readings: The reasons why to use RRSP to go back to school.
The cost of living might vary a lot according to your lifestyle. You can find here more information about the neighbourhood we are located at and also some links with apartments for rent - some of them are suggestions from our alumni.
Yes :-) We do support all our graduates in finding the right career path after the bootcamp, sharing them all the necessary resources to build the best LinkedIn profile, getting the best out of the alumni Slack channels, enjoy our exclusive perks, get prepared for technical interviews, land their first job as developers, product managers or in a data team, launch their startup or start their freelancing career.
We organize career weeks after each bootcamp that include inspiring talks, practical workshops, coaching session, and networking events with alumni. We also organize job fairs or networking events with recruiters every season (four times a year). See one of our career week' s video
However, we consider that the ability of each graduate to find a position after the bootcamp is highly based on the student's motivation and work. Guaranteeing 100% employment at the end of the bootcamp would be dishonest in that regard. When choosing a bootcamp, what you should focus on is the quality of the curriculum and teachers. You should ask yourself about the skills you will have at the end and the product you will be able to build. This is what will really make you hireable.
Keep in mind that Le Wagon has an excellent network within the tech industry and a very good reputation with recruiters. Our students massively benefit from this. Moreover, we now have thousands of alumni worldwide. This internal network is your first support when looking for a job: our alumni work for the best tech companies out there and can recommend you for a position, and they'll also be available to support you during the search - by answering technical or non-technical questions.
We have hundreds of alumni who graduated from one of our batches in Montréal, most of them living in the city. After Le Wagon, the majority found a new job (either as a product manager or developer). A part of them are working as freelancers now and around 10% of them are entrepreneurs. It’s a rich, diverse and vibrant community <3
If you want to know more about them, you could also check some of our inspiring alumni stories or read the outcomes of our coding bootcamp
If you already have a work permit and are authorized to work in Canada, it will make the job search process faster. If it is not the case yet, find more information about different types of work visas. You could also check eligibility to immigration programs, such as Express Entry or Quebec Immigration Programs.
But again, as we mentioned before, to attend the full-time bootcamp you only need to enter to Canada as a visitor :)
Your tuition is tax deductible. We'll issue a T2202A for you to claim your tuition for the program on your tax return. For student living in Québec, we will also issue a receipt for your tax filing at Revenu Québec.
For local or national students: e-transfer (Interac), bank transfer, or cheque. For international students: Transferwise is a good option or World Remit.
For more questions & answers, you can visit our FAQ section! If you would like to discuss with Le Wagon team, don't hesitate to contact us.
Next Montreal Web Development course (part-time coding bootcamp) starts on Jan 8, 2022
