BIRTH OF AN INDUSTRY: The coding bootcamp industry got a jolt when Kaplan acquired Dev Bootcamp, one of the biggest names in the business. The deal signals that a serious market is brewing around schools that focus specifically on teaching programming skills. To put this in perspective, Thinkful offers this animated timeline of the growth of this industry, which today totals over 45 bootcamps, more than 4,000 enrolled students, and over $52 million in total tuition dollars.