A community event to practice professional software development
Coderetreats are free day-long, intensive practice events, focusing on the fundamentals of software development and design. By providing developers the opportunity to take part in focused practice, away from the pressures of "getting things done", the coderetreat format has proven itself to be a highly effective means of learning and nurturing software development skills.
All over the world, people are coming together in small communities of practices to learn, explore and grow. Join us on the Global Day of Coderetreat on Nov 07, 2025 - Nov 08, 2025 or discover local communities around you!
Global Day of Coderetreat
Join thousands of developers on Nov 07-Nov 08, 2025 in the largest free community workshop worldwide.
What is a coderetreat?
A coderetreat is a day of deliberate practice, far away of the pressure of getting things done. A space for you to try out Test-Driven-Development and other practices.
Getting started
What do you need to prepare? How do you set up an IDE? We'll answer these and a lot of frequently asked questions in our Getting Started-guide!
A code retreat is an opportunity to learn new ways of thinking / approaching a task from your pairing partner, to take really small steps, (...)
We left the CodeRetreat with a better understanding of how to write clean, simple and flexible programs that minimize the cost of change over time. Big win for everyone.
The point of the exercise was to learn how to write better code, not produce a working product.
The Coderetreat provided us with a safe place to try out new things, learn and be creative.
(...) so many cool little exercises changing what we think it means to write good code.
I had some reservations about spending almost all day with a bunch of people that I don't know. I didn't know how much I'll get out of it. I feel really happy that I've decided to dedicate almost 10 hours of my life to self-improving.
The good thing is that I saw practices that I have never worked with, like TDD: I was really amazed of the way the ping-pong approach works.
Learn to delete code you write.
The code is gone, but the lessons learnt remain!
Mute pairing best iteration ever! (...) I mean it was f***ng amazing! Total revelation, loved it, gotta do it way more often!