Learning a coding and scripting language has never been more fun. A co-worker put me on Boot.Dev when he heard about my interest in network automation. This is a website that gamifies coding.  The  courses are broken up into individual courses if you want  to learn a specific topic, such as Python, Linux, Git, etc.… or you can follow a path such Back-end Developer Path. Each of these paths pool together list of relevant courses that will prepare you for those job roles. Throughout your studies in your selected path you’re able to build projects that you can save to your Git Hub profile and add them to your resume. The end of the course caps things off by working on capstone project putting everything you learned to use. They have a course on how to find a programming job!

Once you’re in the actual course it is broken up by chapters and its corresponding lessons. The topics are explained in a pretty laid back language format and is accompanied by examples, videos, quizzes, and assignments to practice what you’ve learned. You earn points along the way by successfully completing an assignment or doing well on a quiz. As you progress you’re able to earn experience points to rank in role. You start with no role but by level 10 you earn your first title “Apprentice.” You continue along until you reach the final tile of “Archmage.”

The lessons broken up into manageable portions that allows you the fully grasp the lesson you’re in before you proceed. Each lesson is accompanied by helpful features such as Boots, a wizard bear who is an AI bot that helps you along your journey if you have any questions. He doesn’t just feed you answers directly, he’ll help by providing you clues and advise you to call back certain lessons to aid you in your current roadblock. The lessons also has a Spellbook that activate once a lesson is completed. It is a method to recall previous lessons without physically going back to lesson page; kind of like a FAQ page.

Boot.Dev has a trial run you can use. The trial run lets you complete a few chapters of for free but then you have to pay a subscription. They have a month and yearly membership plan. If you being a developer is your career path then I suggest the yearly plan as it unlocks everything for the entire year. If you simply just want to learn a few things to gain specific skills then the monthly membership would be the best fit.

So far my experience has been very positive. I’ve tried other Python courses from videos to module type setups but this is the first time I’ve felt engaged and I’m having fun while going learning. I’m currently working my way through the “Learn to Code in Python” course. Again, I’m having fun going through these lessons and I’m not even feeling fatigued or overwhelmed like in other learning tools I’ve used.

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