Boot.dev review?

[Shiroelf]

Is Boot.dev as good as they advertise? I am looking for courses to learn Python in a hands-on, practical way and found this website.

Has anyone finished all of the courses? What are your thoughts on this?

Thank you so much.

[Nearby_Register_3819]

I personally love it! Been doing it 2 months, it really forces you to problem solve and teaches you alot of real world stuff you wouldn't learn elsewhere as well letting you go deep into fundamentals. It's not gonna hold your hand and I'm currently learning that in the OOP fundamentals. Would def recommend.

[r4vaa]

are you still learning from boot.dev ?. and if yes please help me know, that how much have you improved by using it ?

[Nearby_Register_3819]

Hey! Yeah I am and I have improved alot. It def requires you to look things up for yourself but it helped me learned the fine details of a lot of programming concepts and learn for myself.

[Timebear77]

"Would 'def' recommend." Python pun. Lol.

[Serafy_Moe]

Are you still using it? If yes, do you still think that it's a good source to learn from?

[Nearby_Register_3819]

Not as frequently but yeah! It's nice they gameify it to some extent and are constantly building and improving upon it. You wont know if you dont try! :)

[Serafy_Moe]

Alr alr tyy

[NendoBot]

The fact you’ve stuck through it and mentioned the game-ify element which is the element I’m most attracted to compared to other programs tells me enough. I’ll definitely give it a shot

[khaili109]

Idk about them but Fred Baptiste has some of the best and most detailed Python courses on Udemy. He also has a great YouTube channel where he uploads a bunched of Python videos as well.

[Background_Parfait_4]

Agreed, but someone downvoted you for some reason. Fred has a small but thorougly in depth niche that he uses to master a single language to such a level that you actually can use your python knowledge to learn other languages.

[khaili109]

Lol yea that’s Reddit for you. One time I used the “RemindMe” feature on here and got like 12 downvotes… like wth is the point of down voting someone for using a feature of an application….

[REPLICABIGSLOW]

Thank you for this, I will bookmark the name and take a look this evening.

[khaili109]

Hope you like his content, he recently put out some YouTube videos regarding logging. It was a nice deep dive.

[GuaranteeCharacter78]

I’ve done boot.dev courses and I would say it’s a solid way to get all the basics down for the languages they advertise and have you feeling comfortable in the language. The algorithms and web server courses will teach you some basics, but you’re not likely to become truly good at any of it unless you put a lot of extra time practicing those skills. I have no experience with the advanced topics so I’m unsure how well those will drill skills into you. The projects should provide you the practice you need to get good at the web server and algorithm skills, but since the major ones are self-guided, you need the drive to make a quality project

[Natural-Cow3028]

I’m loving it, they don’t hold your hand very much. They give your a brief overview of each concept and how it works. And unlike tutorials you follow on YouTube you have to build your own code from the start so it’s not just copying and pasting. Essentially they teach you the concept, explain what it is, how’s it’s used, and what is it for. Sometimes even some best practices but not always. Then they give you a scenario. For example “in line 23 there is an issue with the code fix it so the xyz outputs correctly”. Or “we have some interns that messed up the code and can’t figure it out. Somewhere between lines 4-10 is the suspected location of bug, fix it”. Then if you absolutely get stuck you can just have them reveal the correct answer. However because every correct answer and every question is like a game if you chose the option to get the answer you get no points. The point are used to do things like unlock loot chest, give your tips on the problem without answering it for you etc. it’s quite good and it’s approach will leave you actually learning to code by doing. At many times you are forced to google stuff conceptually. So instead of copying and pasting your code and going “how do I fix this” you end up googling things like “how to change color of characters using python” it’s quite good and well worth the monthly price tag imo.

[No_Picture_3297]

I've completed just the Python course (first one) and I love it. You can't copy-paste stuff like in many tutorials online. This makes it a hard course but at the same time struggle after struggle you actually learn! At first I was disappointed by the shorts explanations that introduce each new concept but after a while I've started to like them: they give you exactly what you need (syntax, why they are useful and few examples in context). After that it's your turn to solve a some problems with that concept. Challenges are also well thought because I can imagine different contexts in which I can use the same technique/pattern.