Coding Bootcamp in Shanghai

Code the startup way.

Learn web-development

Learn all about Ruby, SQL, and the Rails application framework. Develop your front-end skills by using advanced CSS patterns (flexbox, CSS grid) and go deeper into Javascript and ES6, the latest version of Javascript. More details.

Think like a Software engineer

A person who has the big picture on technical issues, who understands what MVC means, knows how to design a database schema or to dissect an HTTP request, and who can start learning a new programming language very quickly.

Adopt a technical workflow

There's definitely a good way of building tech products and that's what we will teach you. Write your MVP's user stories, draw your database scheme, build a mockup with Sketch, collaborate using pull-requests and code-reviews on Github. That's how successful startups work.

Get the startup toolkit

Heroku, Stripe, MailChimp, Cloudinary, Algolia... We will teach you how to implement all these services to be more efficient at the launch of your new product. Save time, use the right tool for your specific need, that's our developer mindset.

Build your product

No one will teach you how to build web products as we do. Kudoz has just raised 1.2M, Impact is disrupting politics, MaShareEcole school, MedPics healthcare, Krawd marketing... and there are so many other projects in the starting blocks. Check it out for yourself.

Land a new job

Working as a junior developer for Stripe, Algolia, Molotov, Save, Compass, 55, Save, etc.. We will help you find your dream job, either as a junior dev, product manager or growth hacker. Discuss with any of our alumni to find out more!

What our students think of us

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Batch #72, Shanghai

Published on Course Report, 01 Sep 2017

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Nathan Lee

Batch #72, Shanghai

Published on Course Report, 01 Sep 2017

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Batch #72, Shanghai

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Teachers in Shanghai

Dounan Hu

Originally from Shanghai, Dounan studied Physics & Astronomy to get an M.S at the University of Cambridge in 2005. Involved in programming since the age of 16, he lived in the USA to conduct university-level projects of algorithms and serve the research of Astronomy. He also got involved in numerous social & nonprofit activities from NY to Brazil. By 2010 Dounan went ahead to become a tech consultant for the startups in the Bay area and in China, where he joined Aihehuo.com as CTO in 2015. With Le Wagon Dounan shares his passion of social enterprises & software architecture to the next generation of makers.

Teacher, Software architect

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Forrest Ye

Forrest is a graduate from JiaoTong university where he co-founded Ele.me. He worked as Software Engineer at Microsoft, then Product Manager at Tencent. 3 years ago Forrest decided to drop his corporate career to become a full-time Ruby on Rails developer! At Le Wagon he will teach to our entrepreneurs the fundamentals of code, how to master the best frameworks and adopt a good tech workflow for a very fast execution.

Teacher, Ruby expert

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Thibault Genaitay

Thibault is a digital marketing practitioner and front-end developer passionate about Chinese innovation. From 2010 to 2016 he helped fabulous international brands to design their digital strategy for the Chinese market. He also developed a conviction: today, innovation is fed by a mix of business and tech talents. Thibault founded Le Wagon in Shanghai to support creative entrepreneurs build amazing products in China!

Teacher, Driver

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Dimitri Bosch

A truly multi-cultural and cross-disciplinary person, Dimitri learnt to code in Ruby after working for years in the cinema industry. He has now found his passion, working as a freelance web developer while living in Japan! Dimitri brings clarity to problems and makes sure students deeply understand the concepts, while giving lots of energy to our classrooms.

Teacher, Full-stack developer

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@dimitribosch

Eric Guo

Eric Guo is the author and contributor of some of the most important Rails gems in China (WeChat, anyone?) and a heavy participant in the Ruby China community. His role as CTO in SanDisk China and, more recently in Bayetech (e-commerce) makes him lead large development projects while releasing frequent open-source code: e.g the first WeChat commerce mini-program (webapp). Eric will coach our students to use the best of Chinese technologies in order to build amazing prototypes.

Teacher, full-stack CTO

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Maria Altyeva

Maria is an alumni from Yale University, an airport lounge sleeper, nacho cheese enthusiast, yoga instructor and a ninja back-end engineer! She moved to China in 2014 to explore the tech scene and is currently leading the development team at 5:IT, while sharing her thoughts on her blog and running a small supper club. Maria will guide Le Wagon students through the first steps of the Rails back-end framework, and help them build MVPs!

Teacher, Back-end engineer

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Michaeljohn Clement

Michaeljohn acquired deep experience with front-end technologies, especially JavaScript, during his years as a freelance Web developer, and was an early contributor to Node.js. He has worked with startups and small companies all over the world. He moved from the US to China in 2011 and believes many of the biggest opportunities for tech startups are found in the Middle Kingdom. As a teacher, Michaeljohn advocates learning by doing, and Le Wagon's program is a great way for students to put theory immediately into practice.

Teacher, JS expert

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Paul Lugagne

Paul is the Co-Founder and CTO of Easyship, a Hong Kong-based technology company that empowers eCommerce sellers to ship their orders worldwide. In his previous life, Paul worked in Investment Banking for 7 years. He switched careers to embrace the world of startups through his passion for technology. Paul will come to supervise the students final projects and share his passion about translating business challenges and requirements into technology solutions.

Teacher, CTO

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Charly Martin

Originally coming from a marketing background, Charly lives in Australia where he has been working remotely as a fullstack Rails programmer. He developed a strong product-driven mindset and a pragmatic approach to coding. Charly will teach new students how to master the best practices of web development!

Teacher, Full-stack developer

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Beloved Teaching Assistants

Stephane Delgado

adrien pelegri

Sebastian Nugnez

Nathan Lee

Tips from Shanghai

Not from Shanghai?

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Enjoy our exclusive offers:

Early birds ☝☝ Receive RMB 3700 discount if you apply before August 9, 2017

Women can code💃💃 Women participants will all get 10% discount

Batman & Robin 🏃🏃 Startup co-founders taking the course together will both receive a 15% discount

* Special offers are not cumulative