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Lots of hate for coursera and udemy, but what about competitors? Are folks having good results elsewhere? I enjoyed a course I took last summer on EdX; not a s

by n8cpdx 5mo ago

Lots of hate for coursera and udemy, but what about competitors? Are folks having good results elsewhere? I enjoyed a course I took last summer on EdX; not a super polished experience, but the content was good and the projects were challenging. I’ve enjoyed pluralsight in the past, but it is hit or miss whether it will have content you’re interested in. I’m on mathacademy but that is text only and a very focused niche. What’s the hip/trendy mooc these days? Who will eat courserudemy’s lunch?

thr1owaway9621 5mo ago
In the last 3-4 years, I've mostly been using niche platforms: frontendmasters, ui.dev (fireship now?), boot.dev, codecrafters, a couple of others. And books. I always have a Manning subscription running. I've mostly focused on job-relevant upskilling. If I wanted to learn something outside my immediate area, in a university-course-like experience, I'd probably go back to coursera.
duxup 5mo ago
Front End Masters, frontendmasters.com has been my go to for many many years. Granted they're much lower volume than udemy and such sites. They're changing their name soon as they've long since expanded to cover topics outside "front end".
culi 5mo ago
TBH I had no idea most people thought of these platforms as being focused on tech content. I've enjoyed a ton of social science courses. I was a big fan of the MOOC model at the peak of its hype cycle for the possibility of opening up education from world-class universities to the masses Coursera and EdX were the peak of that for me. Udacity and Udemy were definitely more industry-focused. Some universities had their own platforms like MIT Open Courseware. Class Central was a great attempt to aggregate courses across different platforms.
lenocinor 5mo ago
I like Josh Comeau’s frontend courses a lot. Great interactive explanations and lots of relevant exercises to work through.

by n8cpdx 5mo ago

thr1owaway9621 5mo ago

In the last 3-4 years, I've mostly been using niche platforms: frontendmasters, ui.dev (fireship now?), boot.dev, codecrafters, a couple of others. And books. I always have a Manning subscription running. I've mostly focused on job-relevant upskilling. If I wanted to learn something outside my immediate area, in a university-course-like experience, I'd probably go back to coursera.

duxup 5mo ago

Front End Masters, frontendmasters.com has been my go to for many many years. Granted they're much lower volume than udemy and such sites. They're changing their name soon as they've long since expanded to cover topics outside "front end".

culi 5mo ago

TBH I had no idea most people thought of these platforms as being focused on tech content. I've enjoyed a ton of social science courses. I was a big fan of the MOOC model at the peak of its hype cycle for the possibility of opening up education from world-class universities to the masses Coursera and EdX were the peak of that for me. Udacity and Udemy were definitely more industry-focused. Some universities had their own platforms like MIT Open Courseware. Class Central was a great attempt to aggregate courses across different platforms.

lenocinor 5mo ago

I like Josh Comeau’s frontend courses a lot. Great interactive explanations and lots of relevant exercises to work through.