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What are the best online web development courses that don't suck?

9 points| codezelda | 10 years ago | reply

Can you tell me what are some of the best and updated online web development courses out there?

Mst of my searching led to outdated resources. Where do I go for the good quality stuff in terms of learning HTML & CSS JavaScript and Full Stack development?

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[+] dang|10 years ago|reply
We've banned the OP and related accounts for astroturfing.
[+] dhj|10 years ago|reply
Just started looking at this one:

http://www.freecodecamp.com/

Free coding camp. Social code review. A certification that includes doing real projects for non-profits. Even an interview prep at the end. I am looking at it as a quick way to brush up on current front end dev. They have HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, D3, Node.js, etc, etc, etc.

[+] 27182818284|10 years ago|reply
I have liked my experience with Pluralsight thus far. It is paid, and therefore the quality is a bit above the background I see elsewhere. I was already employed as a developer when I joined Pluralsight, but it helps me fill gaps in new technologies like require.js or phantom.js
[+] kingfish1|10 years ago|reply

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[+] jonesb6|10 years ago|reply
I've tutored a number of introductory CS students and have found w3schools.com to be a fantastic source of reference material for students. Years ago there was some controversy with the site because it taught web standards / conventions which deviated (slightly) from the consensus of sites like stackoverflow. Since then they've made a number of corrections and for the most part have really great content.

Here [1] is a good discussion on quora on the topic. You'll notice that the main complain is out-dated information when compared to MDN. I would argue that MDN is a much deeper source of information that can overwhelm beginners when all they need to know is say, what a <p> tag is.

Please please please qualify these kinds of statements when giving information to beginners who can be easily swayed in the wrong direction by well-meaning individuals such as yourself.

[1]:https://www.quora.com/Does-W3Schools-really-suck