Private lessons
Your own code, with a working developer beside you. Each lesson ends with the single thing to practise next.
- Paid once
- Then €90 a month
- Twice a week
Two lessons, two hours each
€25
Hands on training
The Dojos.
Learn software engineering the way working teams practise it. You build employable digital skills through deliberate practice and close mentoring, and there is a way in for every stage of your career.
- Test first
- On real code
- A developer beside you
Why EkoHacks
What you stand to gain
The EkoHacks way of working, in six practices you take to every job.
How you earn them
- Deliberate practice
- Active learning on real projects
- A cohort of peers beside you
- Close mentoring
Test driven development
Write the test first and let it guide the design. You gain tests you can trust, and code that does what it says.
Working keyboard first
Work in Vim from the terminal, hands on the keyboard, so the tools stay out of your way. You can also work in EkoFlow, our open source development environment.
Testing without mocks
Write fast, reliable tests that check real behaviour as it runs, so a green suite means the feature works.
Pair programming and live code review
Two developers, one keyboard, and your code reviewed live as you write it, the way strong teams work.
Continuous refactoring
Improve the code continuously while keeping it working, so quality becomes a habit you take to every job.
DORA metrics
The dojo platform, our accompanying app, measures your coding expertise from your real work. You get a way to measure yourself and keep improving.
In their words
What our learners say
EkoHacks for me has been an interesting experience. I've gotten to learn about different techniques to go about coding that I would not have thought about prior to now.
First dojoJohn-johanan Mogbolu
LinkedIn, John-johanan Mogbolu's profile, opens in a new tabEkoHacks has been innovative and mind changing. It tweaks the way we learn, where we think about speed first rather than understanding what our code is doing. It's no longer about speed and ending up in chaos.
First dojoOgochukwu (Stephen) Okpala
LinkedIn, Ogochukwu (Stephen) Okpala's profile, opens in a new tabTDD has been really helping, because it helps the brain process coding, and it has a way of letting us understand the alignment we need to do properly. Once your test fails, you know there's something wrong in what you're doing.
First dojoAbayomi Oyebode Samuel
Four paths
Find your way in
Start with the one that fits where you are.
- Taught live by Anastasios Orfanidis, in small groups
- Online, live over video
- Open to everyone
One to one
For anyone with code or an idea
A developer beside your code, or your idea. Leave knowing the next step.
Single sessions or weekly
See the lessons
Employability
For developers after their next job
Skills employers hire for, built on real code, with work to show them.
Short courses
See the courses
Mastery Dojo
For developers who want to climb
Beginner to Expert, then the full course. Start where you are.
Four levels
See the levels
Enterprise training
For organisations and their teams
Consultancy and coaching inside your codebase, while the work ships.
Shaped to your team
See how it works
Any level
One to one
Whatever you bring, a mentor works through it with you.
Book your seat
Idea session
Bring a tech problem, or an idea you would like to build. We think it through together.
- A written plan to take away
- Your next step, agreed
One session
Shaped with you
Into work
Employability
Short courses in the digital skills employers hire for, each ending with real code you can show them. API design runs first.
Both courses
- Four weeks, three evenings a week
- Remote, small group
- Test first, no mocks
- Errors as a contract
- Code review between sessions
API Design in Python
Design an API other people can rely on. You build one real API in Python.
- Conflicts and idempotency
- The design decision inside a 404
- Eight places
€120
API Design in Node.js
You build one real API in Fastify and TypeScript.
- The event loop, modules and streams
- Node itself, taught as the code needs it
€120
Your seat
Ready when you are
Your seat is booked on our dojo platform, where your place then lives.
dojo.ekohacks.com
Enrol at the dojoFour levels
Mastery Dojo
Each level carries everything from the one before, and every one is learned by doing, on real code. Start where you are and climb.
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Expert
- Full course
Full course
The EkoHacks Course: Build the Observatory
Do the job from day one, on a real team, shipping a real product.
Everything in Expert, plus
- The Greek housing observatory
- A four capability certificate
- Merged pull requests to show
- From 14 November to 23 December
- Monday and Wednesday 19:00, Saturday 11:00, Athens time
- Open to beginners
- Twelve places
- Early bird €290 until 6 November
- Online, live
For organisations
Enterprise training
Consultancy that becomes coaching. We start with how your team works today, then join you in your own codebase and raise the practice while the work ships.
Talk to us Shaped around your team, so the conversation comes first.
Step 1
We look first
A review of your codebase and how your team ships today.
Step 2
We join the team
Pairing, test driven development and continuous delivery, on your own product.
Step 3
You see it move
DORA metrics show the practice improving while the work ships.
Our dojos
Enrolling now, and where we started
What is open for places today, and the dojos behind it, back to our first in Lagos.
Enrolling
The EkoHacks Course
Six weeks online, evenings and Saturdays, building the Greek housing observatory.
Completed
Testing without mocks
Writing fast, reliable tests that check real behaviour.
Completed
TDD and Vim foundation
Test driven development and fluent editing in Vim.
Completed
Software craftsmanship
Our first dojo, in Lagos.
Completed
Coding intensive
Hands on training, in Lagos.
Ready to start? Your first hour is free.
Spend an hour with the sensei on your own code before you decide anything, or talk to us about training your team.
Book with confidence
- Your first hour with the sensei is free
- Change your mind within 14 days of paying, before your course begins, for a full refund, no reason needed
- Prices include VAT, paid securely through Paddle
- Every seat includes the dojo's Solo plan, yours forever