Altcademy

Pros: 1) To be quite frankly, the tuition is considerly cheaper than other online/physical bootcamps you could find. Some of the curriculums are written quite well and easy to understand. 2) If you choose the 1-to-1 plan, you get half an hour office hour every week to solve some of your questions.

Cons: 1) Instructors can lose patience sometimes in answering your questions and their explanations might not be 100% clear 2) maybe because it's a online course, definitely not as structured and comprehensive as physically going to a class 3) course materials are somehow useful and fundamental, but someimes could be too easy and yet the exercises are more difficult and instructors not giving enough help.

Overall, it is a decent introduction. Althought there is no way you could be a full...

I am grateful to the altacademy team for putting together this free Coding 101 course. I came in here as a novice but through the exercises, videos, and content provided, I have learned a little more than I knew yesterday. I enjoyed the exercises, they were fun and enlightening. I saw the course being advertised and I took advantage of it because, why not, it was free and worth it.

I've taken a few online/offline coding related course before but I really enjoy taking this course with Alcademy.
The learning platform is easy to use, with relevant exercise in each section. Learning material is very detailed and has lots of easy-to-understand examples.
The feedback function is also quite handy to leave comments.
Tutorials are useful and the instructor is super friendly and willing to help.
Recommend to all code learners.

This short course is well worth your time. It provides solid introductory understanding, and assignments that reinforce what they are teaching. Highly recommended.

Coding 101 was super helpful in helping me understand and get started with coding. I've tried other sites before, but Altcademy and their coding 101 program actually explained WHY things work as apposed to just HOW. I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to learn coding.

Before joining the full stack web development course held by Altcademy, I have fundamental knowledge on HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP and MySQL. The reason for me to join is that I want to enhance my skills in Javascript and web development is a good start for me to jump into other advanced developments like mobile app or Blockchain. At this point I have completed the HTML and CSS modules. The teaching content is very organized. It is easy to learn and the course teaches me step by step on both theories and practical examples. Small exercises are provided in every single section in order to recall what I have just learnt. By the end of each large section, I have to go through some small projects which give me a big room for coding a web from scratch. When I have questions, I am able to get...

First of all, i gotta say my mentor is very friendly and helpful. He is very fast in response and very patient especially when you are a beginner and you have got tons of questions to ask. Even tho sometimes i am very busy with work and behind in schedule, they will allow me to hand in the assignments late (p.s. i'm not suggesting to hand in late lol) so it's very flexible and this is what i like about them the most. The course is very practical and definitely relevant to work. I knew nothing about coding before taking the courses from Altcademy, but now i would say it helped me a lot in my career and down the path as well. I would highly recommend to take courses from Altcademy to further enhance your knowledge in all aspects.

My teacher is very helpful and flexible. I got super busy with my school work and college application and was able to pause my course. They are also super fast at responding to all of my questions.

This course is definitely a great starting point for the people who like to learn front-end coding. All the curriculum are well structured and easy to understand for starter. And it's also a big plus for the mentors that I can reach in anytime if I need. And it's nice that I can finish the course by my own pace in these few months.

The course is really beginner friendly and very helpful to grasp the basic concepts. The text materials provided are of top-notch quality and help to understand well. I'm planning to take the follow up course of Bitcoin 101 and highly recommend Altcademy to tech newbies.

I thoroughly enjoyed completing Coding 101. It was convenient to complete and while brief it offered me insights into coding and a few challenges which have motivated me to gain a deeper understanding of coding. It was 5 days of activities sent to you via e-mail, all were manageable but highly informational.

There were no cons to this course in my opinion. The material and assignments were tailored to be learner centric, short (in regards to time it required to read and practice) for those busy with full times jobs, and practical in that it was worded and explained in an easy to both learn and remember type of way. I gained a lot of knowledge about the basic concepts of coding as well as a sneak peak into the coding world itself and how different aspects work together and separately for various reasons and purposes. Great baseline course for those on the go but wanting to expand their skill set and knowledge!

I really appreciate how logically the course materials are structured, and it saved me so much time undertanding the hirearchy of each programming language. The course offers a lot of exercise, instead of remembering the commands mechanically, I can literally learn by doing. The clone projects were very helpful to train my independency, that being said, whenever I need help, Xiao has been very quick to respond. The freedom of the course also leaves me time and room to explore related subjects and further my skills, being more of an independent learner, this is the perfect rhythm for me. I think I can finish enough projects by the end of the course, to complete my portfolio.

I really look forward to complete this program and become a good full-stack developer.

Previous to Altcademy, I had never coded before, and was timid to approach this subject which I thought to be extremely difficult. However, after starting the Full- Stack Development course on Altcademy, I was able to expand my knowledge about coding, and become confident in my programming skills. The course is difficult, but the mentors are phenomenal in answering questions, and making the concepts more understandable. I have enjoyed this course so much, and especially how you can work as slow or fast as desired, based on your own schedule and skill level. It has been a great course, and I am so pleased with my knowledge so far and can't wait to continue to learn more!

This course is definitely student oriented but what I love the most about it is that it gets you ready for real world scenarios. One of the ways it gets you ready for real world scenarios is by giving you tips on what is the most efficient way to code and the most common practices, then you have exercises to apply your new knowledge. Other ways that it prepares you for real world scenarios is by showing you code, explaining each part of the code in simple, logical terms. Then by showing you the proper and bad ways to code it prevents you from making a lot of the first time coder's mistake. I think anyone from any level can pick up their courses and become a professional Programmer.

The best thing about this program is how committed and helpful the mentors are! Students are given personal attention and contsantly provided with critical personal feedback on their work. The 1 to 1 mentor and student set up also allows for the curriculum to be wondefully flexible under the recommendation of the mentors and needs of the student. I've struggled to learn programming myself through other online courses and this mentorship really makes a world of a difference.

The curriculum itself is also well structured and makes use of the best freely available online resources. It also is more relevant and applicable than other courses I have taken before on programming.

First off, I have to say this program isn't easy. The added fact that it is online only makes it quite daunting but have no fear Alt Academy makes the course both easy to approach, learn and then allow you to apply your skills at the various challenges and projects. By the end of the program you should have a good understanding of CSS, HTML, Javascript.

A big part on why Alt Academy worked for me is their instructors. Both instructors, Xiao and Harry were very generous with their time and make it easy for me to reach out to them. Between the chatgroup, email, 1 on 1 office hours. You can learn on your own pace and also be able to reach out to them at any time. Posting your problem to them at the chatgroup will usually yield some answers, URL links to where you should follow up.

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First off, I have to say this program isn't easy. The added fact that it is online only makes it quite daunting but have no fear Alt Academy makes the course both easy to approach, learn and then allow you to apply your skills at the various challenges and projects. By the end of the program you should have a good understanding of CSS, HTML, Javascript.

A big part on why Alt Academy worked for me is their instructors. Both instructors, Xiao and Harry were very generous with their time and make it easy for me to reach out to them. Between the chatgroup, email, 1 on 1 office hours. You can learn on your own pace and also be able to reach out to them at any time. Posting your problem to them at the chatgroup will usually yield some answers, URL links to where you should follow up.

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I am taking Front-end Web Development Online right now(almost completing ) and it has been a very rewarding experience. Harry and Xiao are very knowledgeable and dedicated mentors. Hack Pacific has its own Q&A platform and Slack channel where I am able to post any questions I have or whenever I get stuck at any problems. Mentors are very quick to reply too so that you do not feel lost which can impede your progress which is often the case with other online courses. In addition to that there is video conferencing twice every week which gives me opportunity and ample time to discuss and interact with mentors and check on my progress. Their feedbacks on my assignment has been very helpful. It has been such a great learning experience that I have signed up for their Backend web develop...