HTML/CSS Bootcamp - Learn HTML, CSS, Flexbox, and CSS Grid (Udemy.com)

The course started out absolutely amazing! There were a couple of things that I had to look up to fully understand, however, that experience itself taught me how to and where to look. Had an issue with the bootstrap at the end of the course. So, I decided to code it all out. I feel this course gave me enough knowledge and confidence to do such a thing.

Here’s my honest personal opinion on this course. Now, it’s not bad, but not fantastic either. I think 3 stars is a fair score for this course. What I liked: - Jordan has a clear and concise voice. He’s actually nice to listen to, especially compared to non-native speakers. - I learned some useful stuff - The main fries project was alright Here’s what I didn’t like: - No structure in this course at all. First, he starts off with a huge project, then he squashes in a couple of live coding sessions, then you get all the “old stuff” and finally you get to practice on some projects, but the solution is based off of the old stuff once again. If the things like the HTML and CSS basics are outdated, then why do you put in the course to begin with? Honestly, I was confused. First, I learn the new approach, then I get thrown back to how things were 5 years ago, like what’s the point? I would leave it all out in order to not confuse the audience. If you absolutely positively had to leave them in there, then why not start with the basics first, even though they’re a bit older (but basics are basics anyways) and then at the end show us how things are done these days? Especially the Bootstrap project was a total waste of time. I got nothing that looks like his layout and I follow him step by step. Some courses are dedicated exclusively to Bootstrap, I fail to see how you can squeeze that in in a matter of almost 2 hours. - Not clear explanations in several spots. For example, the difference between ‘em’ and ‘rem’. I personally found Jordan’s explanation everything but useful or clear. I didn’t get what he was referring to, it was all very dry and theoretic. The same with the difference between flexbox and CSS grid. All I got from that was that they’re sort of interchangeable, but I’m still perplexed regarding when to use which exactly. OK, when I have to build a grid layout, I use CSS grid (duh), but I could also use Flexbox. Jordan’s answer was that he personally prefers Flexbox, so I guess I just use both depending on my mood and the specific situation (grid or no grid). - Which leads me to this: In the main project he oftentimes used a ton of divs (and many CSS selectors) without really explaining what div does exactly what. In some places the amount of nested divs was overwhelming. Like why not go from top to bottom and slowly explain what everything does? You get a container div, then inside another container div, then another and it’s all done for the sake of customization control with Flexbox or Grid. Like I get it, but a thorough walkthrough through each individual div would be nice. Maybe I left something out here, but to me it seemed rushed - Which finally brings me to another point: Jordan doesn’t reply to questions anymore. I don’t know what happened there, but this is simply unacceptable and this is not good service. I was planning on buying another course from him, but after having to deal with some insufficient explanations and absolute lack of support, I decided not to. People still pay money for this course and expect some level of support when they encounter issues. I asked him several questions on several videos and guess how many replies I got back? Yes, none. I’m basically left there with gaps in understanding. At least I bought the course for a discount, so I’m not that mad, but if I bought for the full price, that would certainly not be OK. I hope that he still comes back and answers all the new questions. That’s my review. Like I said, maybe I forgot something, but this should be enough. Overall, I still learned something, but it could (and should) be better than that. Not worth the full price, but OK for a discount. Would I recommend it? I’d say yes, but it’s really hard to do so. 3 out of 5 is a good score, in my opinion.

Downloaded this course because I found Jordan on Youtube. I needed to make my own website and knew absolutely nothing about web development. I'm at 40% and I'm already building out my own website while I follow the courses! Only thing I wish I could do was download higher res versions of these videos so I can access offline but otherwise it's a great course!

So far it's good. Unlike few other courses, the course makes much more sense to me as it explains the reasons of why we are doing certain things instead of speeding up things. I haven't reached until the projects but sure enough that would increase the confidence level. I would further update down the line.

so far so good, lets go forward with other sections, hope it will teach me more and I can learn more..

The instructor is very good in explaining his content, using examples that are clear. Up to now it has a logical structure

explained super clear. really great analogy's. shows and explains the project in the simple yet deep ways of what we will be getting to learn how to do

Une presentation tres pousse et qui amne les concepts progessivement.

Great courses with a lot of information and practice ! Chapters are clear and well explained.

Good Explanations and learning

I love his content and the way he explains things in a straight forward manner he gives good insight and is easy to follow. The second section I feel however isn't needed due to everything being taught extensively in the first section, however I can't take away the fact that their might be a viewer whom is very lost therefore it gives good insight.

So far so good!!