Boot.devReviews of boot.dev

I started with Boot.dev in fall of 2024. They have continued to evolve and improve the platform and add new courses. Sometimes I think it is easy to go through the material a little quickly, so I've redone courses multiple times, and am a much better programmer for it. The Discord group is also very helpful. The gameification keeps it interesting, but if you are only doing it for that, you should probably reassess your priorities. Sometimes you have to slow down and mull over a topic and look up other learning materials to truly get it, and that can slow down the gaming side of things. All the material is freely available, so you can go through the first part with the interactivity available, and try out the rest of the course without the interactivity. If you get through the material and felt you learned something and think the interactivity is worth it, sign up! I do think some of the guided projects are a little too guided, and it would be good to practice problem solving more from scratch earlier in the courses, but you can also just do your own projects and share them to the Discord for feedback as well.

Bootdev took me from aimlessly learning language syntax and being stuck in tutorial hell, to actually building my own projects and learning programming instead of coding. I'm currently in university studying computer engineering and bootdev has provided a linear path containing pretty much everything I felt was missing in the software department of my degree.

Great courses, nice community... Everything you need to learn in one place. Probably the best course I've had as there are a lot of projects designed to put your skills to the test.

Would recommend highly for anyone looking to get into coding or someone looking to get some new skills.

The gamified environment to learn stuff is such a cool feature and makes learning feel like a walk in the park.

I’ve learned a ton! I’ve done 21 courses/projects on boot.dev. This was the path that worked for me to get to the point where I feel like I can get a programming job. Highly recommend.

This is the best site for learning Web based coding and development hands down! The RPG video game theme is very creative and addictive. Also labs on almost every learning exercise!? Now that's the way to learn!!

Genuinely excellent way to learn about software and computing. It's dumb how the brain works, but just because I don't want to break my streak, I come back everyday much more consistently than I would on my own. And it's hard to overstate how excellent having an LLM tutor is (Boots). Whether it's because the lesson/task was unclear, or you noticed something and were curious, I've learned at least as much pestering the chat bot as I have doing the lessons. I'm a little over 8 months in, and I wish I was going faster, but I am progressing and the knowledge is sticking.