Full-stack video crash course (that doesn't suck) ?
Hi,
I am primarily a mobile developer, but looking to learn web development as my Summer vacations are about to start. I have read about the different stacks and I seem to gravitate towards MERN.
Can someone recommend a full-stack web development course? I am willing to pay.
I have had some bad experiences with a udemy course for flutter although it had 4-ish stars, that is why I ask.
My background:
I have knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML (Java, Python, C#, Dart, Postgres, SQL) and programming in general. I have worked mostly with Firebase services (storage, realtime, authentication and functions) therefore I don't know much about deployment, servers, backend, security etc.
I think that with your background you don't need anything like a "course" just do what you do with the libraries you use for mobile development work, you didn't have a full-featured course on each tool right? Just make apps with the new stack, and go through docs doing the apps :)
Definitely checkout https://www.udemy.com/course/mern-stack-front-to-back/. I haven't taken this course myself, but I used to watch a lot of the creators youtube videos when I was getting started with MERN. Brad does a great job of keeping things concise and practical with his videos. If the udemy course is too much check out his youtube channel
fireship.io has some nice content. I haven't tried his course, but he publishes lots of good videos about a wide range of topics.
If you wanted to learn more about the back-end stuff I'd recommend https://linuxacademy.com/ which I have used his AWS course and it helped me pass AWS certification.
I somewhat disagree with the other comment here about "just make apps" - structured learning is just more efficient than bashing your way through problem after problem trying to make stuff without knowledge.