The Arkansas Coding Academy (ArCA) at the University of Central Arkansas held its annual Demo Day on Dec. 8. Thirteen of the 15 graduates showcased websites they built during the six-month accelerated program.
“We teach everything from how to make a website look presentable on the front-end to the business logic running behind the scenes,” said Alison Wish, director of ArCA. “Their projects all include a ‘CRUD’ application, which means they will create a record, be able to read it, update and delete it.”
Now in its sixth year, ArCA has had graduates from every congressional district in Arkansas and boasts an impressive job placement rate for people who have gone through the program.
Wish said many of the students enter the program with no coding experience, but they leave with technical aptitude, perseverance and the ability to apply their newly learned skills.
“There is so much talent in this room,” Wish said. “They’ve spent countless hours learning to code, and these last few weeks, they have been planning, designing and building their capstone projects. Most of them have worked full-time while doing so. This is no small feat.”
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