A No-fluff Program Taught by Boston’s Top Developers

Our curriculum gets you from little to no experience to a world-class beginner.  Experience our accelerated learning through a practice-driven approach to web development education.

Dan Pickett - Founder

• Started using Rails in 2004
• Founder and Principal at LaunchWare
• Co-Organizer of Boston Ruby Group
• Formerly Director of Engineering at Gazelle.com
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  • GitHub

Mark Bates - Curriculum Developer

• Founder and Chief Architect at Meta42 Labs
• Co-Organizer of Boston Ruby Group
• Author of "Distributed Programming With Ruby"
  and "Programming in CoffeeScript"
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  • GitHub

A Modern Coding Education Centered Around Community

• Grow with a group

  Gain access to some of the best web developers and designers in Boston. Our network of hiring partner companies, web developer groups, and leaders in the local rails ecosystem will provide you with a robust support system as you create new careers, products, and companies.

• Guest Mentors

  Our weekly day-in-the-life “Real World Rails” breakfast series presented by a local web developer will let you peek behind the curtain into the day-to-day of a Web Developer. Hear their story, pick their brains, make connections.

• Work on real projects

  We’ve partnered with companies who need things built for them now. You will be building real software solutions for them during the program. You will work on real projects. We skip the dress rehearsal.

• Get a job!

  We have working relationships with companies in the Boston tech community. They need Jr. Web Developers who specialize in Ruby on Rails. You’ll see them all at Hiring Day. The curriculum will be inspired by their current needs and projects. You will be their perfect fit.