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Nice course as usual. Great exercies.
Tom Louveau
France
Learn SQL
I love this type of learning. It's very fun
Thanh Tùng Lê Nguyễn
Vietnam
Learn to Code in Python
An easy guide into starting out - I suggest heavily using the training tool to really get into the weeds of some of the concepts because the course (while great) tends to move at breakneck speed and it helps a lot to slow down and just practice.
Julian Soldat
Bern, Switzerland
Learn to Code in Python
An excellent starting point, I found it a little hand holdy in places - but I have had some Python experience before and it's always easy to forget what it was like looking at something for the very first time. I liked the mixture of question styles and found there was just the right amount of information provided - not so much it was overwhelming but not so little you have no idea what's going on.
Orla Kelly
United Kingdom
Learn to Code in Python
I have been trying to learn the basics of Python for over a year and I was finally able to push through using boot.dev. If you're feeling stuck, try this course.
David G
United States
Learn to Code in Python
nice to learn fundamentals, now lets see the rest
Jan Jedrasiak
Poland
Learn to Code in Python
The course is built around a mock payment app called CashPal, giving you a real-world context to practice against rather than dry abstract examples. You work through everything from basic CRUD operations and table constraints, through to filtering, aggregations, joins, subqueries, and database normalisation. What sets it apart from other SQL courses I've taken is the depth it goes into on topics that others tend to skip — things like query performance, database data structures like binary trees,
Marc
United Kingdom
Learn SQL
A very well rounded and easy to follow course
Jason Dennis
United Kingdom
Learn to Code in Python
A great course especially if you find video lectures a bit tedious and easy to get lost on. The gamified mechanics are oddly addictive but it helps to give normally bland programming "grinding problems" a bit more stimulation. It's good for also seeing what you struggle with consistently to find further reading,/learning, asking Boots for help. Or by doing customizable coding or interview problems in the challenge grounds. Overall l would recommend this site and plan on taking more courses.
Richard Childs
United States
Learn to Code in Python
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