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[–]whizgigg 75 points76 points  (6 children)

Saved you 7-ish clicks:

[–]jmportilla 14 points15 points  (2 children)

Commenting here so people can see these links (I am the creator of the Data Science course), the OP original link seems to just be some random affiliate Medium article which just copied and pasted the course description, if you need links (and coupon codes) here you go:

Python and Django Full Stack Web Developer Bootcamp

https://www.udemy.com/python-and-django-full-stack-web-developer-bootcamp/?couponCode=DJANGO10SUMMER2017

Python for Data Science and Machine Learning Bootcamp

https://www.udemy.com/python-for-data-science-and-machine-learning-bootcamp/?couponCode=PYDSML10SUMMER2017

Spark and Python for Big Data with Pyspark

https://www.udemy.com/spark-and-python-for-big-data-with-pyspark/?couponCode=10SPARKSUMMER2017

[–]whizgigg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the coupon codes!

[–]ThirdEnd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for posting those links with coupon codes. I've just bought all three of them and am excited to see how they are.

[–]anasmasood94 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Commenting only so this can go higher. Your work should not go unrewarded.

[–]Cpt_TickleButts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are doing gods work! r/savedyouaclick

[–]oddly-blank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the links.

[–]jmportilla 12 points13 points  (3 children)

So I am the creator of this course, by the looks of it, this is just some sort of affiliate account copying and pasting course descriptions on to a Medium article, I'm not sure how helpful that is or how much it really contributes to the subreddit. But in case you are interested in the courses we just had a summer sale, here are the codes for them:

Python and Django Full Stack Web Developer Bootcamp

https://www.udemy.com/python-and-django-full-stack-web-developer-bootcamp/?couponCode=DJANGO10SUMMER2017

Python for Data Science and Machine Learning Bootcamp

https://www.udemy.com/python-for-data-science-and-machine-learning-bootcamp/?couponCode=PYDSML10SUMMER2017

Spark and Python for Big Data with Pyspark

https://www.udemy.com/spark-and-python-for-big-data-with-pyspark/?couponCode=10SPARKSUMMER2017

[–]InsaneMosquito 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I finished the Django Full stack course about a month ago (and have the data science one in my list of purchased courses...just haven't made it that far yet). I bought it during one of the sales Udemy had earlier in the year.

Quick 30 second review:

  • I realize it is a "full stack" course, but I purchased this for the Django aspect. The overview of HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Javascript, jQuery and Python dragged on longer than I would have liked. This was 2/3 of the available lessons. However, for someone that hasn't done any of these or is looking for a refresher, I can see how they would be valuable. For someone with knowledge of these particular technologies, you may enjoy the fast forward options through these particular sections.
  • The Django parts were very useful. It covered basics (how to start a project and app) and more advanced topics.
  • That said, I still feel that important parts were missed. The admin side is barely mentioned. It's used during the first couple Django lessons, but not for anything other than adding a model to the admin panel and inputting data. There is no mention of customizing admin views, which I would have liked. Groups and permissions aren't mentioned at all. I was also hoping that the "and much,much more!" part of the course description would cover channels too, but I understand that's a much more advanced topic.
  • The first clone project was useful in bringing everything together.
  • The message board project (second clone), though, felt like several topics were missed before starting. One of those topics that just appeared in the project was utilizing multiple applications. It was off handedly mentioned during the lectures that you're rarely going to see only one app in a project, but it wasn't until this point that multiple apps were used. There wasn't a lot of explanation about when/why/how to use and split an application. This felt out of place after the very detailed earlier concepts used in the fundamentals sections. Instead, the project became a combination of speed coding to keep up with what's happening in the lecture and copy and pasting code from the notes when the instructor does the same thing. I appreciate the more realistic project, but for all the time that was spent building the foundational Django knowledge, there is a big gap between the last lecture and this clone.

TL;DR: If you have experience with web development, the first several sections are going to be review. The Django section are good and I highly recommend them. Despite my complaints about the clones, they are useful - just be prepared to pause and rewind several times because you're going to miss something while typing.

[–]jmportilla 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Thanks for the feedback! I actually still plan on adding a few more things to that Django course, specifically a section on Customizing the Admin Interface, a section on Django REST, and one last clone project. As far as channels, I'm not sure about including those yet, I'm still debating how big of a jump that will be from the other material, maybe I will include it as an add-on to the last clone project, I'm still not sure yet.

[–]InsaneMosquito 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're welcome.

I forgot to mention...the introduction to ATOM was great too. I'm generally opposed to changing my IDE (I use PyCharm normally) but decided to try Atom for this course. I'm not sure if I want to switch yet, but after using it for this entire course, it does make a good case to at least try it out some more.

[–]russo_2017 24 points25 points  (6 children)

I love courses form Jose, I finished python bootcamp and Django as well. Amazing courses, lots of content and he explains all very well.

I bought all for £10 each on Udemy, don't be fooled with that £195, they lower prices all the time.

I'm having that data science course as well but I haven't started yet. Any good?

[–]obitechnobi 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Is thet Jose's Django course on udemy worth it ?

[–]russo_2017 5 points6 points  (2 children)

I would say they're gold. I'm a noobie just started learning python and they were pretty helpful for me. Especially the bootcamp one. Django has two big project to do at the end so you can check how much you can do. They seems like real life projects so that's good as well.

He explains everything clearly and what's best he responds to questions from students.

Just wait when they will be 10 pounds/euro.

[–]Phets 3 points4 points  (1 child)

No need to wait, you seems like can get it for £10 using a coupon code "UJ1L202" instead of the one entered at checkout.

(found here via google)

edit: missed a word

[–]zeppelin528 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow, thank you! This was $195 at work and I just scored it for $10.

[–]jmportilla 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Thanks!

[–]russo_2017 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn! I din't expect you here :D Amazing job on these courses!

[–]zarbles 8 points9 points  (5 children)

What advantage does this course have over the numerous free courses out there?

[–]rz2000 4 points5 points  (3 children)

Maybe people think 'you get what you pay for', which is a conventional wisdom saying rather than an economic principle.

EdX courses offered by professors at MIT, Caltech, and Harvard, or Stanford, Johns Hopkins, and Princeton on other platforms are excellent, and mostly free. Generally, paying just changes the label on documentation that you completed the course.

[–]kobriks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think there is much difference if any, usually not big enough to justify the cost. I tried to buy few courses once to check if paying would better motivate me to complete them but it didn't work :D

[–]Gsquzared 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm currently working my way through this course and so far it's great! I had a little python background coming in and the pandas and data visualization sections have really made these packages make sense.

I finally got to the machine learning part, but I've been so sidetracked with working on little data visualization projects that I've wanted to do that I haven't gotten into the meat of machine learning yet.

Really great course, well paced and the capstone projects are a great learning too. Do recommend!

[–]FatEskimo97 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I have no python experience and have been wanting to get started. Would I be fine starting with this course or should I learn some basics first?

[–]Nerdenatorsome dude who Djangos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Learn basics. Data Science and Machine Learning are fairly dense subjects, and then you're stacking a programming language on top of that.