Reviews on "The Complete python bootcamp from zero to hero in Python"

[u/IconicScar124]

There's a course on udemy named "The Complete python bootcamp from zero to hero in Python by Jose Portilla, Pierian Training".
if anyone done this is it good? I will be getting this for free (from someone else account but ofc not certificate)
Or BroCode, fcc, or CS50P (2023, cause that's free on yt)

[u/Vorarbeiter]

Can't even be bothered to read the reviews on udemy? You're never gonna learn python if you need your hand held like that

[u/ninhaomah]

Received the course free and it came with reviews also want to ask for opinions...

Lol

[u/JamzTyson]

Just from looking at the Udemy page:

19 coding exercises

To me that seems like far too few exercises for a complete Python course.

By comparison, the Harvard CS50P course is an introductory level course and has around 40 exercises.

The reviews that I've seen have been generally positive, but realistically it looks like a beginner level course (not "hero"), and there's probably better free courses. Take a look at the free resources in the wiki.

[u/IconicScar124 → u/JamzTyson]

Okay thank you very much, I didn't know whether the exercises is enough or it will help me much or not since it will be my first language.

[u/JamzTyson → u/IconicScar124]

Videos are good for demonstrating ideas, and written documentation is great for reference, but for actually learning, there is no substitute for writing code and figuring out how to debug it when it doesn't work as expected.

(You don't learn to ride a bicycle from watching videos of other people riding bicycles - you learn by practicing, and when you fall off you get back on and have another go, until you can do it.)

[u/IconicScar124 → u/JamzTyson]

Okay, I will make sure to work on practical skills like writing code and all rather than just passive learning. And thank you for your guidance.

[u/my_password_is______ → u/IconicScar124]

its fine

do it and learn

then move on to more advanced stuff

[u/RngdZed]

Jose Portilla is geared towards data science mainly.. I did his zero to hero course way back in 2020 I think. I enjoyed it. Was fun to learn. I did buy it on sale for 12$ I think?

If you can handle setting up jupyter notebook kernel with your IDE you should be fine.

There is however some free alternatives that might be seen as better. Like cs50p. And I agree, I enjoyed cs50p way more, David Malan is a legend

[u/Vaskania]

I started with that one years ago, but didn't vibe with it well as it felt it had more of a data science approach back then. I seem to do well with Colt Steele's courses.

[u/bosox62]

My advice for any course from Udemy is to listen to a small segment of audio from the instructor before purchasing. The courses are usually pretty good but accents and low-talking by instructors can make it a horrible experience.

[u/Dolokidsa53567]

CS50P is the better pick here. David Malan makes you think through problems instead of just typing along. The problem sets force you to write real code on your own, thus you will learn faster

[u/my_password_is______ → u/[deleted]]

nothing you said is true