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Ask HN: What is the best Udemy course you took?

13 points by zabana 8y ago

duxup 8y ago
I've struggled to enjoy the Udemy courses that I have tried. So many of them are "i'm gong to do x" and they write the code and largely... just roll on. There's not much explaining of concepts, elaboration, and largely the presenters don't repeat themselves when they're reinforcing a concept. When watch something that I already know I can catch what they are trying to say but so many things are mentioned in passing / not emphasized.
- akudha 8y ago
  To be fair, this isn't just a Udemy problem. I paid $1000 for a udacity nanodegree, they too write some code and keep moving sometimes with no explanation. At least with Udemy, it is just $10-$20 most of the time :)
  - duxup 8y ago
    True. I wish I could find some reliable content where they stopped to explain or such. Granted I'm not sure people would buy it much as it would slow things down. Ok here is how you ... there's the code... is of limited value, if any. I should note that I've been trying out Frontend Masters content and so far been pleased.
Artistry121 8y ago
Digital Marketing Masterclass is useful and great for an introduction.
rudimental 8y ago
Somebody mentioned a Udemy course in this thread: Ask HN: What are the best MOOCs you've taken? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16745042 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16745042 The course is Ethical hacking. https://www.udemy.com/learn-ethical-hacking-from-scratch/ https://www.udemy.com/learn-ethical-hacking-from-scratch/
rahimnathwani 8y ago
Anything front-end related by Maximilian Schwarzmüller. Or Stephen Grider.
- Antoninus 8y ago
  I took Stephen Grider's Ethereum course. He is a great teacher but like another user posted above, Udemy doesn't get into depth I'd like to see when I want to learn something.
  - rahimnathwani 8y ago
    Yeah I was talking specifically about front-end related courses by those two guys. Don't know about the depth of their courses on other topics.
abidaxperts 8y ago
Google Adwords related Udemy course very useful and helpful for beginners as well professionals

13 points by zabana 8y ago

I've struggled to enjoy the Udemy courses that I have tried. So many of them are "i'm gong to do x" and they write the code and largely... just roll on. There's not much explaining of concepts, elaboration, and largely the presenters don't repeat themselves when they're reinforcing a concept. When watch something that I already know I can catch what they are trying to say but so many things are mentioned in passing / not emphasized.

akudha 8y ago
To be fair, this isn't just a Udemy problem. I paid $1000 for a udacity nanodegree, they too write some code and keep moving sometimes with no explanation. At least with Udemy, it is just $10-$20 most of the time :)
- duxup 8y ago
  True. I wish I could find some reliable content where they stopped to explain or such. Granted I'm not sure people would buy it much as it would slow things down. Ok here is how you ... there's the code... is of limited value, if any. I should note that I've been trying out Frontend Masters content and so far been pleased.

Artistry121 8y ago

Digital Marketing Masterclass is useful and great for an introduction.

rudimental 8y ago

Somebody mentioned a Udemy course in this thread: Ask HN: What are the best MOOCs you've taken? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16745042 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16745042 The course is Ethical hacking. https://www.udemy.com/learn-ethical-hacking-from-scratch/ https://www.udemy.com/learn-ethical-hacking-from-scratch/

rahimnathwani 8y ago

Anything front-end related by Maximilian Schwarzmüller. Or Stephen Grider.

Antoninus 8y ago
I took Stephen Grider's Ethereum course. He is a great teacher but like another user posted above, Udemy doesn't get into depth I'd like to see when I want to learn something.
- rahimnathwani 8y ago
  Yeah I was talking specifically about front-end related courses by those two guys. Don't know about the depth of their courses on other topics.

abidaxperts 8y ago

Google Adwords related Udemy course very useful and helpful for beginners as well professionals