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What the Nullable Gave Back
One file, seven behaviours held fixed, the database swapped for a Nullable: about 180 times less time inside the tests, and coverage flat to two decimals.
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EkoHacks TeamEdTech for the public good
A coding institute where people learn to build real software.
Employable software engineering, taught through live projects
We teach on open tools that run on modest hardware, and we work keyboard first, so accessibility is built in from day one and learners design software everyone can use.
Founded through workshops in Nigeria and now launching with a first cohort in rural Greece, we widen access to digital skills in low resource settings.
Learning by doing
Grown from real work
Learners ship working software from week one.
Our method is professional practice, taught to industry standard.
01PedagogyProject based
Learn by building
From week one, learners build software in a team and ship it together.
One team, one real product, shipped.
How we teach02EmployabilityDigital skills
Real engineering skills
In real projects, they use test driven development, pairing and real time web development.
TDD without mocks, pairing, continuous integration.
See the dojos03InclusionAccessible
Open and within reach
On open tools, we revive end of life computers, so learning holds up on modest hardware.
Ekolite, open source under the MIT licence.
Ekolite on GitHub
Real world impact
Learners build software that communities use
Every project does two things at once, because the learning and the impact are one.
A developer
with employable skills that last
A community
with software it keeps and runs
And in the places that need it most, that is how opportunity takes root. The skills and the software stay where they are scarce, and a community comes away more able to build its own future.
Reach and growth
Where we work
Grassroots in Nigeria, launching in rural Greece, and built to cross borders.
- Where it beganLagos
Nigeria
Grassroots teaching, learned through real client work.
- EvrosLaunching now
Rural Greece
Our first European cohort, rigorous and agile software engineering, on the border with Bulgaria and Türkiye.
- Greece, Bulgaria, TürkiyeWhere we are heading
Across the border
Shared cohorts across the border, then a growing network through the Balkans and Africa.
Ideas
From the institute
Writing on coding, software engineering, and digital education.
·6 min read
Twenty Six More Tests, Four Fewer Behaviours
Removing the mocks grew the suite from 44 tests to 70 and quietly deleted four behaviours, every one of them a failure path. Test count is not coverage.
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EkoHacks Team·6 min read
The Best Coverage Number in the Room
Same commit, same spec, same test count. The mocked suite ran 5.6 times faster, covered 3.5 fewer points of real code, and posted the best branch coverage.
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