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What are the best coding classes in Rathmines?

Rathmines learners join a live video lesson led by a teacher, in a small group at one level or on their own, usually twice a week, and the classes take anyone from six years old to sixty-seven. There is no journey to make. The first lesson is free; from then on it is USD 100 a month in a group, or USD 150 a month taught one to one.

In November 2012 Dublin City Council's libraries logged 43,295 adult fiction loans and renewals, and Rathmines Library handled 3,661 of them, 8.46 percent. One novel broke that pattern. Of the 142 times Jon McGregor's Even the dogs went out across the city, 34 were at Rathmines, where its ordinary share would predict 12. Comparing a branch's share of one book with its share of everything is a standard tool with a well-known trap, and this page teaches both: the ratio, and why a list ranked by it needs a minimum count before it means anything.

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Facts last verified 20 September 2026. Teaching is online; no Rathmines branch is claimed.

Courses for Rathmines

Four first courses for Rathmines

The age band is a starting point; the teacher checks the level in the free first lesson and moves the learner to a better-fitting course if needed.

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Ages 6 to 10

Coding for Kids

Blocks and tallies: counting which books one class borrows and comparing it with the whole school.

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Ages 10 to 13

Maths Through Coding

Shares, ratios and fair comparisons, worked through in code.

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Ages 13 to 18

Data Science for Teens

Python with a real library file: counting, turning two totals into a ratio, and testing what chance alone would produce.

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College and adult

Data and AI Analytics for Non-Programmers (Excel, Sheets, Power BI)

For adults who compare branches, shops or regions and need to know when a high ratio is real.

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Browse the course atlas for more than one hundred options and use the coding roadmap to check prerequisites.

The four we are known for

Python, AI, vibe coding and agentic coding

These run underneath everything above. Every one is live and online, placed by ability rather than by age, and the first class is free.

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Vibe codingAges 13 to 17

Vibe Coding for Teens

Python, web and AI projects where the learner still owns the thinking.

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Python and AICollege and adult

Python Automation Course

Automate the work you already do, then let AI carry part of it.

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AI and MLAges 14 to 18

AI and Machine Learning for Teens

Train a model, read what it learned, and be able to say why it is wrong.

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Agentic codingProfessionals

Codex & Claude Code

Run AI coding agents on real work without losing control of the codebase.

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Signature project

More than its share: what Rathmines borrowed out of proportion

Dublin City Council published every adult fiction issue and renewal at its libraries for November 2012, one row per loan, from 22 branches. There are no borrower details in the file, only the branch, date, author, title and whether it was a new issue or a renewal.

Rathmines against the whole network, November 2012
Book or authorLoans across the networkAt Rathmines (expected)Ratio
Even the dogs, Jon McGregor14234 (12.0)2.83
Henry James, five titles2211 (1.9)5.91
David Mitchell, five titles2914 (2.5)5.71
Jane Austen520 (4.4)0.00

Expected, then observed

A branch with 8.46 percent of all borrowing should expect about 8.46 percent of any one book's loans: 12.0 of the 142 for Even the dogs. Rathmines had 34, so its share of that book is 2.83 times its share of everything. That ratio is called a location quotient. If each loan had an ordinary 8.46 percent chance of being at Rathmines, 34 or more would turn up about once in 43 million tries.

The ratio's trap

Rank all 1,383 authors borrowed at Rathmines by that ratio and the top of the list is useless. Any author whose every loan that month happened at Rathmines scores the maximum possible, 11.83, and 153 authors do, 119 of them on a single loan. One loan and Karl Ove Knausgaard's seven out of seven sit side by side at the top.

A floor on the count

Require at least 20 loans across the network and 483 authors remain. Now the list says something: Henry James, 11 of 22 spread over five different titles, and David Mitchell, 14 of 29, lead it, each at more than five times the branch's ordinary share.

A ratio of small counts is mostly noise

Ratios are good at comparing places of different sizes and bad at showing how much evidence sits behind them. One loan out of one gives the same ratio as seven out of seven, or a thousand out of a thousand. Before ranking by a ratio, set a minimum count, show the counts beside it, or ask how often chance alone would produce it. Each of those puts the size of the evidence back next to the number.

The learner's program reads the council's CSV, 43,295 rows, counts loans per author at Rathmines and across all branches, divides the two shares and sorts. The first sort produces the useless list above, which is the point. The program then adds the expected count, the chance of seeing at least the observed number by luck (a binomial tail) and a minimum-count filter, and compares the three lists. It also asks whether renewals change the story. Renewals make up a third of the network's rows, and a renewal is the same reader keeping a book rather than a new reader, so the program repeats the count on new issues only. Rathmines' share rises to 9.37 percent, and Even the dogs still stands out at 27 of 84 against 7.9 expected. The chance figure treats loans as independent, which renewals and any reading group are not, so it is a yardstick rather than a verdict.

Blank is not broken

At Rathmines, 43 rows have no author. They are collections, with titles such as Pan book of horror stories and Wednesday comics that have no single author. Leaving them out of an author ranking is right; treating them as errors would not be.

The prize

Even the dogs is listed as the 2012 winner of the Dublin Literary Award, which Dublin City Council sponsors and its libraries administer. It was borrowed at 18 branches that month. The file cannot say why Rathmines borrowed it so much more, and the page does not guess.

Zero is a count too

Jane Austen had 52 loans across the network that month and none at Rathmines, where 4.4 would be expected. With numbers that small, a zero happens by chance about once in a hundred tries, so an absence is weaker evidence than it looks.

Rathmines, named

Rathmines from its library, its cinema, its club and its air monitor

Each entry is quoted from whoever runs the place, eircode included where they give one.

Named places in Rathmines
PlaceWhat its own source says
Rathmines Library157 Lower Rathmines Road, D06 K2K6
Stella Cinema207/209 Rathmines Road Lower, D06 W403
Leinster Cricket ClubFounded 1 May 1852, at Observatory Lane since 1865
EPA monitoring station 22Wynnefield Road, about 3 kilometres from the city centre

The library

The council lists the library as open 10:00 to 20:00 Monday to Thursday and 10:00 to 17:00 on Friday and Saturday, and closed on Sunday. The 2012 file has no Rathmines rows on any of that month's four Sundays either.

The cinema

The Stella says it opened on 29 January 1923 with room for 1,283 people, which made it Ireland's largest cinema at the time. It closed in 2004 and reopened after an extensive renovation in 2017.

The club and the monitor

Leinster Cricket Club moved to Observatory Lane in 1865, and bowls (1913), tennis (1925) and squash (1969) followed. The EPA's Rathmines station on Wynnefield Road runs continuous monitors for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ozone, benzene and fine particles.

What this page does not claim

No population is given for Rathmines, since the page prints only what named bodies publish about the place. The library figures describe loans in one month of 2012, not readers, and the file holds no information about who borrowed anything.

Learning here

The shape of a Rathmines learner's week

A typical week has two lessons, and the teacher leads each of them live from start to end.

Children

Children begin with block code and counting games, and learn to compare a small group with a big one fairly.

Teenagers

Teenagers move on to Python, websites, AI projects and real files such as the library loans, with the statistics made concrete in code.

Adults

Adults can start from nothing; the first lesson settles the course.

Loan records are Dublin City Council's open data for November 2012; the shares, ratios, expected counts and chance figures were worked out by us on 20 September 2026. Library, cinema, club, award and monitoring-station details come from each organisation's own website.

Learning ladder

From a tally chart to a fair comparison

Treat each band as rough; lesson one fixes the real level.

Ages 6 to 10

Tally and compare

Block-coded tallies of what a class chooses, set beside the whole school.

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Ages 11 to 13

Shares and ratios

Python that turns counts into shares and shares into a ratio.

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Ages 14 to 18

Chance as a yardstick

Expected counts, binomial tails and minimum counts before any ranking.

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Ages 18 to 67

Fair comparisons at work

Branch, store and region comparisons that show the evidence behind each ratio.

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Coding and AI

Ask an assistant which authors Rathmines likes most

The question sounds simple. The quick answer is a list of single loans.

Hand an AI assistant the library file and ask which authors Rathmines borrows more than the rest of the city, and a likely first answer divides the shares, sorts, and reports the top of the list. For this file that top is 153 authors tied at the maximum, most of them borrowed once. The arithmetic is right; the ranking tells you nothing.

The learner who has built this project asks the follow-up questions: how many loans stand behind each ratio, what count would chance produce, and what does the list look like with a minimum? With those, an assistant can help write the filter, and the counts are there to check it.

A ratio without its counts is half an answer. Code keeps the other half attached. The longer argument is in the case for learning to code, even now.

Delivery

How lessons run for Rathmines

In outline.

Live, not recorded

Every lesson is taught as it happens, and the teacher looks at and helps with each learner's own code.

One level per group

Five to ten learners working at the same level, from Rathmines, other parts of Ireland or overseas.

Two regular days

The same two days each week, roughly eight lessons a month.

Fits the school year

School holidays, mid-term breaks and exam periods are allowed for in the plan.

Kit

Any desktop or laptop with a working microphone, something to hear through, and internet steady enough for video.

Private option

One-to-one lessons for learners who are ahead, want more time, or need hours no group runs at.

Nowhere to commute to

Modern Age Coders has no premises in Rathmines or anywhere in Ireland. Lessons are live on video and the same wherever the learner joins from.

Fees

Fees for Rathmines

Plainly.

First classUSD 0

A free first lesson, which includes a level check.

Group tuitionUSD 100

A month in a same-level group of five to ten, about eight live lessons.

Private tuitionUSD 150

A month of one-to-one lessons at the same rhythm.

Families everywhere outside India pay one US dollar fee, month by month. The free lesson binds you to nothing, charges start with the course itself, and the pricing page sets out how holidays, missed lessons and a switch between group and private teaching are handled.

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Reviews

Families' Google reviews, quoted in full

Rated 4.9 across 547 Google reviews. These are real reviews, reproduced as written.

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"The one step solution for my son. Modern Age Coders make learning coding so simple that kids love it. The teachers explain complex concepts clearly with practical exercises and interactive content."

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"Modern Age Coders has been a game-changer for me. I struggled to grasp IT concepts and coding before joining, but their classes transformed everything. I can now confidently write complex programs with ease."

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"One of the most wonderful education centres out there. Education is not limited to school syllabus but focuses on skill development."

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"My child Dhairya is really enjoying the Modern Age Coders classes. This is his first online class and he eagerly looks forward to it. I can already see his improvement, and the teachers are very cooperative."

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"Modern Age Coders have wonderful teachers who teach in a clear, easy and practical way. The teacher boosts students' confidence and inspires them to learn without hesitation."

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Book a free first lesson in Rathmines

Let us know the learner's age and interests and the first lesson will be planned around them. By the end there might be a simple game, a program that runs, or a book list ranked fairly for once.

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FAQ

Rathmines coding class questions

What Rathmines families usually want to know.

Is there a Modern Age Coders centre in Rathmines?

No. Lessons are live on video, and we have no premises in Ireland. The learner needs a computer, a microphone and sound, and a steady connection. The phone number on this page is in India.

What is the library loans project?

The learner takes Dublin City Council's file of November 2012 adult fiction loans and compares Rathmines with the whole network: Even the dogs was borrowed 34 times at Rathmines against 12.0 expected, a ratio of 2.83, and a ranking of authors by that ratio only means something once a minimum count is set.

Does the library file say who borrowed the books?

No. It lists the branch, date, author, title and whether each row is an issue or a renewal. There is nothing about borrowers, and the page draws no conclusions about them.

Why is there no population figure for Rathmines here?

This page only prints what named organisations publish about Rathmines itself, here the council, the library, a cinema, a sports club, the literary award and the EPA, and not one of them publishes a head count.

When are lessons held?

Weekday lessons run from after school until evening; weekend lessons run in the daytime. Lessons are scheduled in Irish time. The teachers work from India, which runs ahead of Rathmines by four and a half hours from late March to late October and by five and a half through the winter, so the hours offered have to be sensible at both ends.

Are adults welcome?

Yes, up to sixty-seven, with or without any experience. After the free lesson an adult chooses between a same-level group and teaching on their own.

Will my child be grouped with other Rathmines children?

Possibly, but groups are built around level, so classmates may join from anywhere in Ireland or abroad.

What do coding classes in Rathmines cost?

The first lesson is free. After it, a group place costs USD 100 a month for about eight live lessons, two a week, with five to ten learners, and one-to-one lessons on the same schedule cost USD 150 a month. Terms are agreed before any payment is made.

How many learners share a group?

From five to ten, matched by level, pace and goals rather than age or address. If no group runs at a workable time, lessons are one to one.

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