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Course Review
Here is our in-depth review of learnyounode, based on hours of rigorous testing and evaluation.
Updated: August 6, 2023
An excellent resource for anyone learning Node. Perhaps not the complete Node guide that you'll need to become a professional Node developer, but a decent place to start or practice your skills.
Fast Facts
NodeSchool
By Various
This course is a series of hands-on workshops built entirely inside Node, for free. All you need is a command line and a text editor.
The course is comprised of workshoppers, which are a series of increasingly complicated challenges exploring a particular feature of Node. The workshoppers are typically tackled in a NodeSchool meetup, with mentors, but you’re free to do them remotely on your own.
The workshops are fairly simple. Just a series of instructions and a couple hints. The workshops are tested and graded.
The offering is a bit dated, and a bit light on some of the more advanced features of Node. But if you’re looking to get started with Node, and you want a purely hands-on experience, this is a decent option. You can supplement with the MDN documentation on Node and Express, or use the workshoppers to supplement a video course.
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The premium option for learning Node.js for fullstack web development.
Frontend Masters
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Outstanding video training option, with in-depth real-world Node coverage.
Pluralsight
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Solid option for learning real world Node through a series of high quality screencast courses.
Codecademy
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Solid option for learning to use Node hands-on.
Our course reviews are conducted by a team of technical professionals, course developers, and lifelong learners.
The lead of this project, Brian Green, has worked in developer education since 2009. He built the content development teams at Pluralsight and Udacity, implementing quality standards and tutorials to improve course quality and working with hundreds of authors to create courseware. Most recently, he built the product team at App Academy. As of writing, he estimates he has spent nearly a year of his life taking or reviewing online courses, on topics ranging from Web Development, Networking, Server Administration, DevOps, Cybersecurity, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence.
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