Altcademy

I took the Front-end program because I wanted to add features and manage my family business's website. My experiences with learning to code were all from other online video based courses. It took some adjustment, following the text based curriculum on... Read More Altcademy. Once I got used to it, progress is much faster than learning from videos. It took me six months to finish the program, since life got in the way a few times. My mentor was very knowledgeable and assisted me through each step. I highly recommend this to complete beginners.

The program is professionally delivered and I am very thankful they are offering it at such an affordable price. I learned the skills needed to build standard CRUD full-stack websites, using react for frontend, and ruby on rails for the backend. There... Read More is a slack channel where I can meet other students and get help from mentors. I chose the personalized plan and was able to have live 1 on 1 sessions with my mentor. Towards the end of the program, I worked on a decently in-depth project with an idea of my own. There are dozens of other smaller projects that I built along the way. I use those projects as part of my portfolio and resume for job applications. I also learned some algorithms and data structure concepts at the end of the program, plus practiced on interview questions. They also helped me polish my resume and linkedin profile. Word of advice, there is a lot of content to get through, don't plan on starting unless you can dedicate at least 10-20 hours a week studying.

The Fullstack course is a great way to get started with web development. It has a very comprehensive curriculum, along with a series of exercises that will help you understand and learn how to apply the concepts. You start by learning html, css, js, react,... Read More then ruby and rails, and finally they will teach you how to combine everything to build full stack applications. The course is designed for beginners, but it is also suitable for people with prior knowledge. I had taken a few online courses before and I found this course to be more in depth. If you are learning full-time, you can finish the whole course in 4-5 months, then you will be able to start working on your own projects, or apply to jobs.

I'm excited so far. The content being text-based and the self-pace option suits me pretty well, because I can study and practice anywhere at anytime. The mentor is really helpful and if we mistake something they give us tips, so we can ourselves correct... Read More the problem and solve it!

I didn't know what to expect from Coding 101, but I found it very interesting, challenging, and rewarding. The content is very well written, and the teaching style and analogies are easy to understand and engaging. This free course encouraged me to enroll... Read More in the paid course.

Altcademy does a phenomenal job of reducing the curriculum down to digestible pieces. They then rebuild the principles from the ground up, providing a high level perspective that encapsulates the subject matter wonderfully. Some of the subject matter... Read More is inevitably difficult to grasp at points, but revisiting the teachings ensures at least one way through all the possible roadblocks. In the end, the mentors are there and responsive at every step of the way as well. On the brink of applying for jobs as I finish the curriculum, but so far the Full Stack program is highly recommended.

Nice, superfast way to lay out the landscape for people who are unaware what computers do and what software is. Thank you so much, I have been looking for something like this for ages! Definitely recommending to my friends. Having absorbed this, ready... Read More for more meat!

This course is a wonderful introduction to coding. I especially enjoyed the maze exercises, in how it got me thinking about how to code to solve problems. I prefer the text-based learning as opposed to videos. I am definitely going to take more courses... Read More from Altcademy. Keep up the good work!

Coding 101 is a great course for beginners with no programming experience. It is short but will let you know what coding is and why it is important! Altcademy did a wonderful job of combining knowledge delivery and fun exercises. Recommended for all beginners.... Read More

Nice and structured, basic introduction into coding. I enjoyed the practice parts a lot. As well I'm fond of mainly text base form of teaching, since to me video teaching is not very efficient. The author also appears to write in a way that is not boring,... Read More but enhancing to keep reading. Good job ;)