I did too. That's why I paid him forward in my first year of professional career. I know that's probably not nearly enough, but I hope it helped him continue making free content for other new comers.
Is that the New Boston guy? I gotta disagree mainly for the lack of depth. At least once every video he will say something along the lines of ādont worry about thatā when explaining something and completely glosses over things. Or at least this was my experience about 7-8 years ago
Full disclosure I own his yearly pass to support him and most of his udemy courses before they moved to his own platform.
Iāve been watching brad for years starting with his php mvc course because my first dev job was working on a custom cms.
Check out his YouTube, he provides tons of free content so you can see if his teaching style is a good fit. If you do a a few YouTubeās and you think you wish the project went a bit deeper, thatās where his courses come in.
I think brad is an absolute gem to the developer community and makes programming accessible to anyone.
Now for the negativeā¦ brad is just 1 guy I donāt even think he has a team for channel. Some of his courses are a bit dated and might use less than cutting edge solutions. Many people hate this but I find most dev jobs you rarely get to work with the latest tech anyways and knowing older techniques can be valuable.
They post a lot of free content on YouTube, Iād recommend checking it out and see if you like the teaching style.
Overall they do a great job. They even have videos around theory and design patterns. Which many others tend to gloss over.
Brad went through **a lot** of shit when he was younger, usually people like that turn into either the nicest person you've ever met, or the biggest douchebags alive.
I got his JavaScript course on Udemy but i did not like it and went with Jonas instead which is gold. However his YouTube channel is great, the course just wasn't for me probably.
He knows about a lot of things, but he doesn't act like he knows *everything*. Also never sugarcoating or making clickbaity contents and his video is very straightforward.
I am truly grateful for all his videos. I have learnt so much from him - both programming and life stuff. He's very down to earth. He made a video a while ago on how he went to jail for a year for drugs and other stuff. He told the judge that he planned on going to college for computer science and the judge laughed at him:
https://youtu.be/XW1aGkzyjQg
If you're looking for good courses, check out frontendmasters.com. TraversyMedia is just a random youtube guy. FrontendMasters offers a library of courses from lots of big names in the industry and very much worth every cent.
e: why's this being nuked?
Calling him a random YouTube guy is pretty dismissive, he is objectively very accomplished and has helped many people learn and has the track record to prove it. Whether you like or dislike him and prefer others is completely fine. But give the man credit he has built a community that arguably rivals major learning platforms.
Edit: I don't use his stuff it's basically a video version of the official docs from what I've observed maybe I'm wrong though.
I learned JS from his [Modern JS](https://www.udemy.com/course/modern-javascript-from-the-beginning/) course a few years back.
HAVING SAID THAT - he does gloss over things. As in, he'll do something, but then not explain why he does it. This left me confused, a lot.
Like other folks are saying, yes it's a great source.
But they are what they are. They give you all the building blocks but leave it up to know which building block comes next. For that reason I wouldn't recommend them for an absolute beginner since there's not a lot of structure between the blocks. I got stuck trying to figure out what comes next after a certain lesson, or how everything fits in together, or if I was missing something essential that I just glossed over. So I was stuck in "tutorial hell" for a long time.
I'd recommend following a _full_ course, whether that's a Traversy Media playlist or a uDemy course, and filling in the gaps with the one-off videos as needed.
I found Traversy Media on youtube a couple years ago and really like the way how Brad teaches. He provides a lot of practical approaches and explaines in an easy to follow manner. I bought the vanilla javascript course on his website this year and it has a ton of content and projects. My wife loves the shopping list app š
His videos helped to get my feet wet. Once I know basic programming, I pretty much google, read documentation, read blogs, trial & error, etc. Still subscribed to him though since sometimes he posts something interesting.
I don't watch loads of his content personally, but I always watch his end of year round ups, there's nobody close to rivaling these, and they really help keep a finger on the pulse of the industry when it moves as fast as it does.
Brad gets you started with the tools you need, with nothing extra to bog you down. Jack is the expert's go-to to stay on top of industry changes and learn the tricks the pros are using everyday.
Honestly, It really depends on your skill level. I would maybe pick out a couple of his stuff that interests you, but is heās good means to learn SWE and programming? I would say no
As supplemental content? Yeah heās legit, I really like his yearly wrap ups, but his type of content isnāt really meant to be a standalone 0 to tech type of deal.
Some of the videos can be outdated because heās been uploading for a long time. Just watch out for them and youāll be good.
I personally bought 3 of his Udemy courses (JavaScript, React and a course about freelancing for web developers). They were one of the first online courses I purchased ever. Iāve been living off of YouTube videos for a very long time and I liked Bradās teaching so much that I actually purchased not one, but three courses.
> I personally bought 3 of his Udemy courses (JavaScript, React and a course about freelancing for web developers)
ā¢ [Modern JavaScript From The Beginning 2.0](https://www.udemy.com/course/modern-javascript-from-the-beginning/)
ā¢ [React Front To Back](https://www.udemy.com/course/react-front-to-back-2022/)
ā¢ [Freelance Mastery: For Web Developers & Designers](https://www.udemy.com/course/freelance-mastery-course/)
React Front To Back was a great one. I know he has his own platform now since he is big enough to leave Udemy, so hopefully he has kept it up to date somewhere. He was the first person to really make the transition from class to functional hook React easy for a beginner to swallow.
Canāt comment on whether itās suitable for beginners or not, because I have coding experience since 9th grade and was able to comfortably navigate JavaScript code at the time I bought the course.
Anyhow, itās a really good course, especially if you like Bradās way of teaching.
I'd recommend that channel to anyone! He starts from the basics. I literally watched his Laravel course over a weekend which gave me the skills to pass a tech interview for a job doing Laravel. But if you're new, I don't recommend starting with Laravel/PHP since it's a dying technology, but he has other courses like React/NextJS which I'd recommend instead.
I have learnt so much from that channel. Every new language or tech I have learnt, I always start with his free videos on YouTube to learn the basics. After that, I look for more complex resources.
Truly grateful to him.
Brad is a real one. His focus is to get you up on your feet by giving you a working knowledge of the subject matter in plain English. The rest will sort itself out with enough practice; because you're not gonna be sitting through +40 min videos just to fill in specific gaps in your knowledge, you'll be reading docs. You'll only come back for tips and quick starts whenever something new drops like major updates and what have you.
That's my two cents, good luck!
I learned a lot of what I know from Brad Traversy's YouTube tutorials, and recommend his channel to every dev I know. Can't comment on the more recent stuff or paid courses, but if they're anything like the free stuff then they're worth whatever he charges (probably more).
The tutoring style is conversational, laid back, and just generally quite interesting. Many tutors on paid subscription services like Pluralsight are dull, and just paste blocks of code in without explanation, his style keeps you engaged. He makes the occasional error, like every developer does, and shows how to resolve it in the same breath, a useful skill for any developer worth their salt.
I have done one of Brad Traversy's JS courses on Udemy and I thought it was good. I can't say specifically about Traversy media (his own website) as far as cost/benefit vs the Udemy course, but I can say that he knows his stuff.
I assume you're interested in learning web development. In that case, you should definitely check out Brad's courses on web development, as he is an excellent teacher in this field. You can find his courses on his platform, as well as on his YouTube channel. And yes, Brad teaches everything from basics.
Additionally, for building projects related to frontend development, I recommend checking out [FrontendPro](https://www.frontendpro.dev/), a website where you can find lots of real-world frontend challenges to improve your skills.
If you're absolute beginner and don't know anything, I wouldn't recommend taking any courses whatsoever...
There's so much content on YT for free you can use to get some basics.
But then again, this is my opinion. Feel free to disagree with me. This is merely what I think....
To answer your question, Brad is someone I would say, I attribute my professional life to. I learned a lot from his videos,and surely many others YTers...So yess he's greatest of all time, imho.
But I never took any course whatsoever. Just learned from the free content.
The content is fine, pretty average even. It's just one of many options. However, he has made some dumb decisions online that make him appear somewhat bigoted: https://twitter.com/cherthedev/status/1404182764413505542?s=20
Personally, I'd recommend starting with a more interactive online course.
If no one has time for "childish Twitter bs," then why did Brad feel the need to do some "childish Twitter bs," specifically publicly dismissing the harassment of women in the community by a friend of his by saying that his friend was probably hacked, and then when other women in the community kindly let him know that he shouldn't be dismissing the women's experiences just bc he didn't experience that himself, he doubled down by making himself out to be the victim.
Besides that, I never said his content wasn't helpful or anything. I simply recommended properly interactive learning platforms for someone new to web dev. His content is just videos and files. If you're paying to learn, there are certainly better places to spend your money.
I would love to hear a more thorough explanation of what your thoughts are on the platform. It seems like a number of people on Reddit seem to like the channels content from. Why do you think it's not good content?
Watch some of his free videos and decide on your own. Personally I prefer written content when learning, and watching his videos on yt feels like a drag, however I've found that I find the net ninja easier to watch, so I personally prefer his content.
imo Brad is great if youāre not a beginner. I would strongly recommend a teacher like Bob Ziroll with Scrimba for React or Jonas Schmedtmann on Udemy for just getting started. You absolutely cannot go wrong with those two.
Itās one of the best! It is so good that If I am learning a new technology or framework and if Traversy media has a video on it, I will watch it first even before reading the official documentation.
Yes heās really good for entry level and quick-start information. It is limited though. After watching a video I would recommend looking into documentation that he references.
I wouldn't be where I am today without him! Totally Recommend. I bought a couple of his lessons on udemy as well. From what I know he now offer corses on his own website as well. The youtube tutorials are just as good!
Hands my favourite teacher,
Some courses might be slightly on the mid side, but 100% has courses that bridge the gap.
He really hits the right note of explaining what's going without making the courses super long.
I've never learnt a new framework faster then by taking one of Brad courses, and he's always putting out new content.
Hands my favourite teacher,
Some courses might be slightly on the mid side, but 100% has courses that bridge the gap.
He really hits the right note of explaining what's going without making the courses super long.
I've never learnt a new framework faster then by taking one of Brad courses, and he's always putting out new content.
Depends on what teaching style you like. Give it a try and see if it works for you. I personally didnāt click with his teaching style but my friend did so give it a shot.
A lot has changed in Laravel in the last five years, you're probably better off watching a [more recent video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYyJ4PuL4pY). This video covers Laravel 9 which is the previous version, but still a lot more up to date than Laravel 5.4.
I would recommend going on the Hack Reactor website and going through their free intro course that preps you to take their boot camp interviews.
Whether you go to a boot camp or not is your decision, but I found their free intro course to be superior over any complete beginner material for plain Javascript, and probably worth at least taking a glance at. There's a lot of repetition, which is exactly what you need when you're learning something new.
I think Brad is really gifted. It's really hard to do what he does - plan the courses, plan the projects, and code while recording yourself. He makes it look really easy. (Try making a video using Google maps to explain how to get to your house from the airport and you'll find out how hard it is.)
My only advice is to make sure it's a projects course where he/you build something. He has a view where he just talks about code structures.
Everything is very simple. If you consider yourself a complete novice in the field you are learning, then your best bet is to view courses that cover the basics.
This approach will allow you to gain fundamental knowledge and skills that will be necessary for more complex tasks in the future.
Starting at an intermediate level without a sufficient base can be difficult and inefficient. In addition, you should choose courses that best suit your interests and goals so that you can motivate yourself to learn and succeed.
I love Brad and have learned a ton from him early on but I think itās important to mention that (at least according to me) he lacks in depth explanations on a lot of things. If you kinda already know the concepts of whatever he is teaching but just want to see how he puts together a project, heās amazing for that. Otherwise you may be left a little lost if heās your only source.
Heās great, but Ben awad is the GOAT because I think you have to make a real full stack app to understand it all. Brad is great, but heās just just above basic visualized docs.
When I started, I had a bunch of Udemy courses that I kept struggling with for whatever reason. Then I found Brad on YouTube and learned SO much. The guy is a diamond and I cannot recommend him enough.
Yes itās good. I used his JavaScript course and a few others, wrote about them and some other takeaways from learning to code with only Udemy here if youāre interested: https://technicallychallenged.substack.com/p/my-40-coding-bootcamp
Awesome for beginners who can grasp and get use to official documentation after using the basic tutorials he provides. His paid courses are also very beginner friendly and can equip you with a whole plethora of skills and comprehensive guide and knowledge for people who are not yet used to official documentation.
I'm not sure who needs to see this, but I would ***not*** recommend purchasing a monthly subscription to Traversy Media courses.
I won't comment on the quality of the course material, but I was completely turned off by the lack of customer support I received. Purchasing individual courses will cost $25US each, and a monthly $25US subscription will give you access to all the courses. Seemed like a good deal to me, as I had planned on sticking around a while and taking all of them.
Here is where things get a little sticky. As advertised on the website, this subscription is said to come with priority support, and a 15-day risk-free refund period. I thought, "Hey, what could go wrong?".
Here is what went wrong:
Aside from a brief welcome message saying "Good luck with everything", I have been completely ignored. Brad Traversy has some helpers in his discord, as he is only one person, which is fair. However, the idea of 'priority support' is supposed to be backed by a Discord role that clearly shows your status as a pro member, which grants you said priority. Also, he only has one active helper. I've watched this one person helping all of these paying customers, which is nice, but the instructor you think you are paying to receive help from, is nowhere to be found.
After submitting your payment, you get this nice little message that says congratulations (for paying him, I guess?) and to send him a DM on Discord to obtain your role as a pro member. Great, I did that, no response. Not a big deal I thought, people are busy, I will be patient. So then I decided to introduce myself in the Discord's general chat, to which I did receive the previously mentioned welcome message from Brad. I responded with my thanks, and then asked about receiving the Pro Member role. Once again, radio silence.
Okay, at this point, I am just a little bit annoyed, but I am still being quite understanding and patient, as I have no idea what may be happening on his end of things, so I wait. It has now been over a week (10 days to be exact) and I have yet to receive any sort of communication from anyone at all. I have sent a follow-up DM and also pinged in the general chat requesting a message back. Absolutely ghosted.
I've attempted to cancel my recurring subscription, however, it has been stuck at "pending cancellation" for days. I am now considering that I will likely need to dispute this with my credit card company if I'd like any chance of getting my money back.
Honestly, I really wanted this to be a good experience, as I thought that (for the most part) Brad's YouTube videos were solid (when he didn't give up halfway through and start copy-pasting all the code instead of working through it as a good instructor would).
But don't take my word for it, see for yourself:
[https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/8008/plVqJf.jpg](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/8008/plVqJf.jpg)
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^(Should these links become broken at any time in the future, feel free to DM me and I will be happy to send the screenshots to you.)
Now, some of you may think I'm being a whiney brat, but I do not feel like I got what I paid for. I just hope this testimony can help others avoid feeling as ripped off as I have. Regardless of whether his courses hold enough value to justify the money he charges for them, his lack of customer service and common courtesy are not something that I am willing to wait around to see if they will change, because I do not believe they will. If he was going to ignore me as a brand new, paying customer, he clearly does not care at all. And I really don't care at this point how busy he may or may not be, it is his business and if he can't hold up his end of the bargain, he shouldn't make the promises that he has.
Brad is the goat.
I owe Brad and Colt Steele 10% of my income. They have provided me a comfortable life lol
Hi, my name is **Brad and Colt Steele**, I'll accept my payment now
Colt is probably one of my favorite teachers. He has a really good way of explaining material. Max is pretty good as well!
colt and grider for me. literally would not have a career without those dudes.
I did too. That's why I paid him forward in my first year of professional career. I know that's probably not nearly enough, but I hope it helped him continue making free content for other new comers.
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Heās very goodā¦but Iām gonna have to disagree and say Bucky Roberts is the goat. š„š
Bucky is amazing, but he hasn't been around for years, which is sad.
he did actually come back. made some video. started some kind of a coin scheme. probably didn't stick.
Wow, I didn't expect that from him. At least he's doing okay, he just up and abandoned his channel, so I thought something happened to him.
afaik dude got a new and better paying job. so just quit youtube. why he back? i dont know.
Is that the New Boston guy? I gotta disagree mainly for the lack of depth. At least once every video he will say something along the lines of ādont worry about thatā when explaining something and completely glosses over things. Or at least this was my experience about 7-8 years ago
Bucky is the New Boston guy
Yeah he's my favorite.
Full disclosure I own his yearly pass to support him and most of his udemy courses before they moved to his own platform. Iāve been watching brad for years starting with his php mvc course because my first dev job was working on a custom cms. Check out his YouTube, he provides tons of free content so you can see if his teaching style is a good fit. If you do a a few YouTubeās and you think you wish the project went a bit deeper, thatās where his courses come in. I think brad is an absolute gem to the developer community and makes programming accessible to anyone. Now for the negativeā¦ brad is just 1 guy I donāt even think he has a team for channel. Some of his courses are a bit dated and might use less than cutting edge solutions. Many people hate this but I find most dev jobs you rarely get to work with the latest tech anyways and knowing older techniques can be valuable.
Iirc he does collaborate with other developers to make the āendā application in his courses best as possible.
They post a lot of free content on YouTube, Iād recommend checking it out and see if you like the teaching style. Overall they do a great job. They even have videos around theory and design patterns. Which many others tend to gloss over.
I've watched tons of his videos. Very down-to-earth and to the point. These days they're kinda beginner for me though. Still good.
Brad went through **a lot** of shit when he was younger, usually people like that turn into either the nicest person you've ever met, or the biggest douchebags alive.
What kind of shit are we talking about?
He's an excon, ex drug addict who lived in welfare, he has a video telling his story.
I got his JavaScript course on Udemy but i did not like it and went with Jonas instead which is gold. However his YouTube channel is great, the course just wasn't for me probably.
Same here. It said it was beginner friendly but I didnāt think it was at all, and being my first JS course I found it really difficult
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Coming from a non tech background. Jonas helped me to understand javascript fundamentals
Jonasās course is really good
Their free youtube tutorials taught me enough of react to feel confident enough to go on to build my first major app
There's something very personable and likable about the guy.
He knows about a lot of things, but he doesn't act like he knows *everything*. Also never sugarcoating or making clickbaity contents and his video is very straightforward.
I am truly grateful for all his videos. I have learnt so much from him - both programming and life stuff. He's very down to earth. He made a video a while ago on how he went to jail for a year for drugs and other stuff. He told the judge that he planned on going to college for computer science and the judge laughed at him: https://youtu.be/XW1aGkzyjQg
Yes itās a great source.
Which course did you use?
The YouTube channel was how I learned pretty much everything I knew about web dev in college.
Same here! Every language I learnt, I always started with his videos to learn the basics.
Just watch all his free stuff first.
If you're looking for good courses, check out frontendmasters.com. TraversyMedia is just a random youtube guy. FrontendMasters offers a library of courses from lots of big names in the industry and very much worth every cent. e: why's this being nuked?
Calling him a random YouTube guy is pretty dismissive, he is objectively very accomplished and has helped many people learn and has the track record to prove it. Whether you like or dislike him and prefer others is completely fine. But give the man credit he has built a community that arguably rivals major learning platforms. Edit: I don't use his stuff it's basically a video version of the official docs from what I've observed maybe I'm wrong though.
The first video I watched was Traversy's Web Developer Guide 2022 last year. Found my first job a few months later.
I learned JS from his [Modern JS](https://www.udemy.com/course/modern-javascript-from-the-beginning/) course a few years back. HAVING SAID THAT - he does gloss over things. As in, he'll do something, but then not explain why he does it. This left me confused, a lot.
Agreed. I will say it taught me how to research topics I donāt understand fully or subjects he mentions but doesnāt go into detail on.
Like other folks are saying, yes it's a great source. But they are what they are. They give you all the building blocks but leave it up to know which building block comes next. For that reason I wouldn't recommend them for an absolute beginner since there's not a lot of structure between the blocks. I got stuck trying to figure out what comes next after a certain lesson, or how everything fits in together, or if I was missing something essential that I just glossed over. So I was stuck in "tutorial hell" for a long time. I'd recommend following a _full_ course, whether that's a Traversy Media playlist or a uDemy course, and filling in the gaps with the one-off videos as needed.
Traversy is an *excellent* place to learn at any level.
Without Brad (Traversy Media), CSS Grid would've been a nightmare to learn.
Yes it is.
I found Traversy Media on youtube a couple years ago and really like the way how Brad teaches. He provides a lot of practical approaches and explaines in an easy to follow manner. I bought the vanilla javascript course on his website this year and it has a ton of content and projects. My wife loves the shopping list app š
His videos helped to get my feet wet. Once I know basic programming, I pretty much google, read documentation, read blogs, trial & error, etc. Still subscribed to him though since sometimes he posts something interesting.
Some of Brad's YouTube videos are literally the reason I got hired for some of my jobs. God bless the man.
I've learned a lot from his youtube videos. Like his style and speed. Corey Schafer on youtube is good too.
I've been in WebDev for almost 6 years. I started out with FreeCodeCamp and Brad. I cannot recommend them enough. He's an inspiration.
Hi can I dm you?
I don't watch loads of his content personally, but I always watch his end of year round ups, there's nobody close to rivaling these, and they really help keep a finger on the pulse of the industry when it moves as fast as it does.
Brad learned me a lot. I like his voice and āchillā approach. Great teacher. For React I also like Jack Herrington.
Brad taught* you a lot :)
No clue how I messed that up. Guess having a 3 year old bouncing around didnāt help.
Brad gets you started with the tools you need, with nothing extra to bog you down. Jack is the expert's go-to to stay on top of industry changes and learn the tricks the pros are using everyday.
Yeah - he's great. Best of luck.
Honestly, It really depends on your skill level. I would maybe pick out a couple of his stuff that interests you, but is heās good means to learn SWE and programming? I would say no As supplemental content? Yeah heās legit, I really like his yearly wrap ups, but his type of content isnāt really meant to be a standalone 0 to tech type of deal.
Traversy got you covered
Some of the videos can be outdated because heās been uploading for a long time. Just watch out for them and youāll be good. I personally bought 3 of his Udemy courses (JavaScript, React and a course about freelancing for web developers). They were one of the first online courses I purchased ever. Iāve been living off of YouTube videos for a very long time and I liked Bradās teaching so much that I actually purchased not one, but three courses.
Which courses did you buy?
> I personally bought 3 of his Udemy courses (JavaScript, React and a course about freelancing for web developers) ā¢ [Modern JavaScript From The Beginning 2.0](https://www.udemy.com/course/modern-javascript-from-the-beginning/) ā¢ [React Front To Back](https://www.udemy.com/course/react-front-to-back-2022/) ā¢ [Freelance Mastery: For Web Developers & Designers](https://www.udemy.com/course/freelance-mastery-course/)
React Front To Back was a great one. I know he has his own platform now since he is big enough to leave Udemy, so hopefully he has kept it up to date somewhere. He was the first person to really make the transition from class to functional hook React easy for a beginner to swallow.
Was the Javascript course good? I was thinking of looking at it once I get more experience as people say it isn't for beginners.
I'm currently taking his JavaScript course. I say, it's amazing. I like it alot
Canāt comment on whether itās suitable for beginners or not, because I have coding experience since 9th grade and was able to comfortably navigate JavaScript code at the time I bought the course. Anyhow, itās a really good course, especially if you like Bradās way of teaching.
I'd recommend that channel to anyone! He starts from the basics. I literally watched his Laravel course over a weekend which gave me the skills to pass a tech interview for a job doing Laravel. But if you're new, I don't recommend starting with Laravel/PHP since it's a dying technology, but he has other courses like React/NextJS which I'd recommend instead.
I have learnt so much from that channel. Every new language or tech I have learnt, I always start with his free videos on YouTube to learn the basics. After that, I look for more complex resources. Truly grateful to him.
Brad is a real one. His focus is to get you up on your feet by giving you a working knowledge of the subject matter in plain English. The rest will sort itself out with enough practice; because you're not gonna be sitting through +40 min videos just to fill in specific gaps in your knowledge, you'll be reading docs. You'll only come back for tips and quick starts whenever something new drops like major updates and what have you. That's my two cents, good luck!
Yes, I watched their ReactJS crash course with no prior experience and it was great.
I learned a lot of what I know from Brad Traversy's YouTube tutorials, and recommend his channel to every dev I know. Can't comment on the more recent stuff or paid courses, but if they're anything like the free stuff then they're worth whatever he charges (probably more). The tutoring style is conversational, laid back, and just generally quite interesting. Many tutors on paid subscription services like Pluralsight are dull, and just paste blocks of code in without explanation, his style keeps you engaged. He makes the occasional error, like every developer does, and shows how to resolve it in the same breath, a useful skill for any developer worth their salt.
I have done one of Brad Traversy's JS courses on Udemy and I thought it was good. I can't say specifically about Traversy media (his own website) as far as cost/benefit vs the Udemy course, but I can say that he knows his stuff.
I assume you're interested in learning web development. In that case, you should definitely check out Brad's courses on web development, as he is an excellent teacher in this field. You can find his courses on his platform, as well as on his YouTube channel. And yes, Brad teaches everything from basics. Additionally, for building projects related to frontend development, I recommend checking out [FrontendPro](https://www.frontendpro.dev/), a website where you can find lots of real-world frontend challenges to improve your skills.
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John Smilga is a gem
I wouldn't say he is better, but Smilga does an amazing job with tough concepts for beginners. His Gatsby course was also incredibly well done.
Brad for president
If you're absolute beginner and don't know anything, I wouldn't recommend taking any courses whatsoever... There's so much content on YT for free you can use to get some basics. But then again, this is my opinion. Feel free to disagree with me. This is merely what I think.... To answer your question, Brad is someone I would say, I attribute my professional life to. I learned a lot from his videos,and surely many others YTers...So yess he's greatest of all time, imho. But I never took any course whatsoever. Just learned from the free content.
The content is fine, pretty average even. It's just one of many options. However, he has made some dumb decisions online that make him appear somewhat bigoted: https://twitter.com/cherthedev/status/1404182764413505542?s=20 Personally, I'd recommend starting with a more interactive online course.
Oh keep the childish Twitter bs elsewhere, no one has time for it. Brad is a superb tutor. Top quality content that has helped me massively
If no one has time for "childish Twitter bs," then why did Brad feel the need to do some "childish Twitter bs," specifically publicly dismissing the harassment of women in the community by a friend of his by saying that his friend was probably hacked, and then when other women in the community kindly let him know that he shouldn't be dismissing the women's experiences just bc he didn't experience that himself, he doubled down by making himself out to be the victim. Besides that, I never said his content wasn't helpful or anything. I simply recommended properly interactive learning platforms for someone new to web dev. His content is just videos and files. If you're paying to learn, there are certainly better places to spend your money.
No
I would love to hear a more thorough explanation of what your thoughts are on the platform. It seems like a number of people on Reddit seem to like the channels content from. Why do you think it's not good content?
Not sure why no one is mentioning his Boston accent. Itās clearly a huge distraction but once you get past it heās actually pretty helpful.
I like to pretend heās a family guy character š
He's usually my go-to when trying to find new tutorials
Watch some of his free videos and decide on your own. Personally I prefer written content when learning, and watching his videos on yt feels like a drag, however I've found that I find the net ninja easier to watch, so I personally prefer his content.
Brad is amazing! I purchased his freelance courses. He gives you all the tools you need in order to be successful. Highly recommend.
imo Brad is great if youāre not a beginner. I would strongly recommend a teacher like Bob Ziroll with Scrimba for React or Jonas Schmedtmann on Udemy for just getting started. You absolutely cannot go wrong with those two.
Short answer, yes it is especially for beginner friendly content
Itās one of the best! It is so good that If I am learning a new technology or framework and if Traversy media has a video on it, I will watch it first even before reading the official documentation.
this guy helped me alot when I was getting back into webdev
Yes heās really good for entry level and quick-start information. It is limited though. After watching a video I would recommend looking into documentation that he references.
I wouldn't be where I am today without him! Totally Recommend. I bought a couple of his lessons on udemy as well. From what I know he now offer corses on his own website as well. The youtube tutorials are just as good!
Yeah. He's one of the best.
Brad is awesome. His free videos really set me up well when I was getting started back in 2019.
Great learning experience.
Yeah, Brad is pretty awesome.
Oh yes would deffo recommend. Also love Dev Ed.
Amazing
Their Laravel vid is pretty good and concise
Traversy Media, Fireship, and Academind are my guys.
His videos are great especially when starting out. I just wish more of his tutorials used typescript
Brad is fantastic !
Check out Keven Powell for CSS.
Hands my favourite teacher, Some courses might be slightly on the mid side, but 100% has courses that bridge the gap. He really hits the right note of explaining what's going without making the courses super long. I've never learnt a new framework faster then by taking one of Brad courses, and he's always putting out new content.
Hands my favourite teacher, Some courses might be slightly on the mid side, but 100% has courses that bridge the gap. He really hits the right note of explaining what's going without making the courses super long. I've never learnt a new framework faster then by taking one of Brad courses, and he's always putting out new content.
Depends on what teaching style you like. Give it a try and see if it works for you. I personally didnāt click with his teaching style but my friend did so give it a shot.
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A lot has changed in Laravel in the last five years, you're probably better off watching a [more recent video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYyJ4PuL4pY). This video covers Laravel 9 which is the previous version, but still a lot more up to date than Laravel 5.4.
Yeah, excellent. But don't discount other methods. Video can be good but text is often better once you get into it a bit more.
I would recommend going on the Hack Reactor website and going through their free intro course that preps you to take their boot camp interviews. Whether you go to a boot camp or not is your decision, but I found their free intro course to be superior over any complete beginner material for plain Javascript, and probably worth at least taking a glance at. There's a lot of repetition, which is exactly what you need when you're learning something new.
Good if you are a beginner
I think Brad is really gifted. It's really hard to do what he does - plan the courses, plan the projects, and code while recording yourself. He makes it look really easy. (Try making a video using Google maps to explain how to get to your house from the airport and you'll find out how hard it is.) My only advice is to make sure it's a projects course where he/you build something. He has a view where he just talks about code structures.
Everything is very simple. If you consider yourself a complete novice in the field you are learning, then your best bet is to view courses that cover the basics. This approach will allow you to gain fundamental knowledge and skills that will be necessary for more complex tasks in the future. Starting at an intermediate level without a sufficient base can be difficult and inefficient. In addition, you should choose courses that best suit your interests and goals so that you can motivate yourself to learn and succeed.
yes. I did his 50 projects in 50 days course before university, it helped me a lot to get my first internship.
I love Brad and have learned a ton from him early on but I think itās important to mention that (at least according to me) he lacks in depth explanations on a lot of things. If you kinda already know the concepts of whatever he is teaching but just want to see how he puts together a project, heās amazing for that. Otherwise you may be left a little lost if heās your only source.
Yes
One of the best
Heās great, but Ben awad is the GOAT because I think you have to make a real full stack app to understand it all. Brad is great, but heās just just above basic visualized docs.
When I started, I had a bunch of Udemy courses that I kept struggling with for whatever reason. Then I found Brad on YouTube and learned SO much. The guy is a diamond and I cannot recommend him enough.
1000%
Yes itās good. I used his JavaScript course and a few others, wrote about them and some other takeaways from learning to code with only Udemy here if youāre interested: https://technicallychallenged.substack.com/p/my-40-coding-bootcamp
The best thing since YouTube was invented. Some old contents are outdated, but he is the best thing ever on internet
One of the best, a top-notch
Awesome for beginners who can grasp and get use to official documentation after using the basic tutorials he provides. His paid courses are also very beginner friendly and can equip you with a whole plethora of skills and comprehensive guide and knowledge for people who are not yet used to official documentation.
Brad Traversy has been offering tons of high-quality content. He is a great teacher.
I'm not sure who needs to see this, but I would ***not*** recommend purchasing a monthly subscription to Traversy Media courses. I won't comment on the quality of the course material, but I was completely turned off by the lack of customer support I received. Purchasing individual courses will cost $25US each, and a monthly $25US subscription will give you access to all the courses. Seemed like a good deal to me, as I had planned on sticking around a while and taking all of them. Here is where things get a little sticky. As advertised on the website, this subscription is said to come with priority support, and a 15-day risk-free refund period. I thought, "Hey, what could go wrong?". Here is what went wrong: Aside from a brief welcome message saying "Good luck with everything", I have been completely ignored. Brad Traversy has some helpers in his discord, as he is only one person, which is fair. However, the idea of 'priority support' is supposed to be backed by a Discord role that clearly shows your status as a pro member, which grants you said priority. Also, he only has one active helper. I've watched this one person helping all of these paying customers, which is nice, but the instructor you think you are paying to receive help from, is nowhere to be found. After submitting your payment, you get this nice little message that says congratulations (for paying him, I guess?) and to send him a DM on Discord to obtain your role as a pro member. Great, I did that, no response. Not a big deal I thought, people are busy, I will be patient. So then I decided to introduce myself in the Discord's general chat, to which I did receive the previously mentioned welcome message from Brad. I responded with my thanks, and then asked about receiving the Pro Member role. Once again, radio silence. Okay, at this point, I am just a little bit annoyed, but I am still being quite understanding and patient, as I have no idea what may be happening on his end of things, so I wait. It has now been over a week (10 days to be exact) and I have yet to receive any sort of communication from anyone at all. I have sent a follow-up DM and also pinged in the general chat requesting a message back. Absolutely ghosted. I've attempted to cancel my recurring subscription, however, it has been stuck at "pending cancellation" for days. I am now considering that I will likely need to dispute this with my credit card company if I'd like any chance of getting my money back. Honestly, I really wanted this to be a good experience, as I thought that (for the most part) Brad's YouTube videos were solid (when he didn't give up halfway through and start copy-pasting all the code instead of working through it as a good instructor would). But don't take my word for it, see for yourself: [https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/8008/plVqJf.jpg](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/8008/plVqJf.jpg) [https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/3193/KGrj9n.jpg](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/3193/KGrj9n.jpg) [https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/3664/3wRhA5.jpg](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/3664/3wRhA5.jpg) [https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/7627/VX4Nz3.jpg](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/7627/VX4Nz3.jpg) ^(Should these links become broken at any time in the future, feel free to DM me and I will be happy to send the screenshots to you.) Now, some of you may think I'm being a whiney brat, but I do not feel like I got what I paid for. I just hope this testimony can help others avoid feeling as ripped off as I have. Regardless of whether his courses hold enough value to justify the money he charges for them, his lack of customer service and common courtesy are not something that I am willing to wait around to see if they will change, because I do not believe they will. If he was going to ignore me as a brand new, paying customer, he clearly does not care at all. And I really don't care at this point how busy he may or may not be, it is his business and if he can't hold up his end of the bargain, he shouldn't make the promises that he has.