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Ask HN: What online courses for beginners you recommend
I have a friend that’s really motivated to start learning to code at the age of 26. It would have to be from home. Will have about 20 hours a week available. Also, will probably start with Python and web development just because is where I could help with the beginner stuff.
We are considering sites like Udemy, Codeacademy, treehouse and others. Would be willing to pay if it’s worth it.
Which courses would you recommend and why. Some sites offer certificates, does that really help ?
- auslegung 8y agoI’m mentoring multiple people in there late 20s early 30s for the exact same thing, and I usually recommend TreeHouse. They just have so much content, and it’s good enough quality. Depending on the student they should skim a lot, and maybe come up with their own projects, but at least base their curriculum off of TreeHouse. Certs don’t matter in my experience.
- roshan_arhsim 8y agoI would highly recommend these 1. Learning how to learn(Coursera) 2. Mathematical thinking (edx) 3. Cs50( edx )
- sloaken 8y agoA friend found this class and asked me if it was any good. So I signed up and did the first week. It is wonderful! It teaches how to think about a problem, not language syntax. https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-fundamentals https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-fundamentals
- MattLeBlanc001 8y agoI would recommend freecodecamp. I used it as a beginner (Javascript) and its very detailed AND free.