Altcademy

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,... Read More 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... Read More 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... Read More 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... Read More 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.

In some ways the online only aspect allowed a right balance of letting me struggle, figure out my "syntax" errors and then understand how I can correct them. I remember 1 particular moment when I was doing a particular assignment and was having some problems understanding where I went wrong. During the 1 on 1 office hour, Xiao was very patient with me and went above and beyond to make me understand where I was going wrong. After finishing up, I realized we have gone for about 2.5 hours on that 1 issue I had!

I am thankful that I had the opportunity to learn through Alt Academy and can't say enough good things about their program and offerings. In fact I so enjoyed myself that I will be taking their Back-end Development course in May 2017.

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... Read More 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.

In some ways the online only aspect allowed a right balance of letting me struggle, figure out my "syntax" errors and then understand how I can correct them. I remember 1 particular moment when I was doing a particular assignment and was having some problems understanding where I went wrong. During the 1 on 1 office hour, Xiao was very patient with me and went above and beyond to make me understand where I was going wrong. After finishing up, I realized we have gone for about 2.5 hours on that 1 issue I had!

I am thankful that I had the opportunity to learn through Alt Academy and can't say enough good things about their program and offerings. In fact I so enjoyed myself that I will be taking their Back-end Development course in May 2017.

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... Read More 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 development online course as well.
I absolutely recommend this course for anyone wanting to learn front end web development.