Debug Academy

What are we teaching next?

Drupal 8 Web Development

This semester we will be teaching Drupal 8 development, theming, site maintenance, and site building. Students will learn how to be valuable members of an enterprise-level Drupal development team. Your teacher is a Technical Architect at Acquia, the company co-founded by the original creator and project lead of Drupal. He currently works on some of the largest Drupal websites in the world, putting you in great hands. You will be a great asset to any Drupal development team! Material covered includes Git, Composer, HTML, CSS, Drupal, and PHP. These skills easily transfer to other web-technologies, and will put you in a great position to be employed as a web developer.

Unfamiliar with Drupal? You're in for a treat. Drupal is an open source CMS which powers websites built for The White House, NBC, Twitter, Ebay, Harvard, Stanford, NBA, PUMA... and so many more. The website you are on right now was built by graduates of this class! To see more websites built using Drupal, visit drupal.com's showcase.

ReactJS for Drupal in a day

Drupal 8 is a stellar CMS which is more than capable of standing on its own. But when it comes to building app-like websites, JavaScript frameworks have taken the web by storm, and React is leading the pack.

In this 1-day course, we give a section of our Drupal 8 website a boost by building a ReactJS App. We don't want to lose many of the benefits that Drupal core and contrib provide us with, so we will only decouple select pages and functionality using the React app we will build. We will also demonstrate how to integrate React without decoupling your Drupal website at all!

What happens when the class is over?

This course will span approximately 13 weeks. After the course, your teacher will not teach another class for 3 weeks - this is so that your teacher has time to help you get paid work, and be available for questions to make your career transition smoother. This is appealing to employers - they will hire you, and you have your newfound network as a resource for advanced questions. We pride ourselves in ensuring motivated students reach their goals.

For example: In previous semesters, teachers have helped motivated students secure even higher positions than expected by providing post-course interview advice and customized job-specific study material at no additional cost. 

When and where is the next class?

Our courses are available online and in-person in the Greater Washington DC Area. We are also able to provide tailored on-site and online training for your team.

Drupal 8 developer course

For in-person students

The weekend sessions will be held at a metro-accessible location in-person in Tysons Corner, VA (accessible online as well), and the weekday evening class sessions will be held online. Graduates will be well placed to score a great job with the active local Drupal community. The next class will be held from January 26, 2020 to early May, 2020.

Once 16 applicants are accepted and confirmed, applications for the course will close. Don't delay! Apply now.

Also available remotely

Our thorough Drupal 8 web developer course is also available entirely online.

1-day courses

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Can I afford the class?

Previous graduates' salaries increased by an average of about 40% as a direct result of taking the class. Within 1 year of beginning their new careers, some graduates made 5 times the cost of tuition in addition to their previous salaries. Can you afford not to take this class?

Unlike most other classes, we are NOT okay with taking your money at a loss to you. We do what we can to make that possible - including providing interest-free loans. Furthermore, we personally reach out to graduates who excel and hire them for paid projects soon after the class is over.

Because of this unique combination, we fully expect that you can afford this class; regardless of your current financial situation. A down payment of $1,000 is required to enroll.

Still think you are unable to afford the class, but are eager to participate? Let us know in your application; scholarships are available for a limited number of applicants.