NodeJS Tutorial and Projects Course (Udemy.com)

It doesn't just feel old; it’s no longer used at all

If anyone thinks teaching is not an art, then come here and feel how effortlessly you can learn with the right person. I have fifteen courses on Udemy by instructors like Jonas Schmedtmann, Maximillian Swarzmuller, Colt Steele, etc. While I rarely leave reviews, this time, I was contemplating not giving my honest feedback, as it increases competition in the market. However, I find it greatly unfair to not acknowledge the artistry of an educator like John Smigla.

John is a brilliant instructor. The course is spot-on in terms of organization and the concepts are explained thoroughly. I would say it's more a hands-on training program than a typical course. By the end of it, I was feeling pretty comfortable with the main technologies covered. The trickiest part for me was the last module's token thing, but I don't stress much about it, I'm giving myself space to understand some concepts gradually instead of trying to get it all at once. I'll just revisit the topic later and I'm glad it's included in the course.

Great course. I am a iOS developer who wants to create his own backends and this course was really helpful on making that possible. Before you buy though this course is more about creating your REST apis instead of server rendering web apps. So, if you are like me go on and give a chance to this wonderful lecture.

Awesome course with a competent and helpful teaching assistant and instructor. precise and in-detail explanation, I took another node course but the way the instructor structured it made it hard to follow along, but this course started with basics and gradually moved to harder concepts by combining everything in the previous sections, Thank you so much John.

I am delighted to share my review of this Node.js course, which I found to be immensely valuable. The course's pacing is exceptional, with each project becoming more intricate while seamlessly building on the concepts covered in previous lessons. Unlike other courses that introduce isolated mini-projects, this one elegantly integrates each lesson into the overarching final project. Furthermore, I'm particularly impressed with the course's thoroughness and attention to detail in its content.

Very good course, very thorough. Negatives: no viable alternative was provided for email sending instead of sendGrid. The last project, Auth Workflow was very long, very complicated and extremely draining. I don't believe I understood everything as I was already looking forward to finishing the course and I was not prepared to get hit with such a complex and drawn-out topic at the end. I feel I will have to rewatch. Also, at times it felt unnecessarily overcomplicated . The rest of the course was amazing. I feel I have learned a lot, and a lot of the things that I had already known beforehand became a lot more clear.

Great course. It is up-to-date. I was able to run the code with almost no-change as of April-2023. John likes repetition, and that's a good thing. He teaches like this: Imagine A, B, C, D, E are different practices. 1: A-B-C-D 2: B-C-D-E 3: C-D-E-F I was able to repeat a lot of stuff, so towards the end of the course, I was able to write the code myself, and watch him doing it just to verify the work. I recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn Node.js

what can i say? John is not like any teacher u will find on Udemy! he is not just skilled and a great developer, he has such a unique effective way of teaching! he covers everything and he repeats just so we never forget... his lessons are interesting and he never lets u get bored! honestly after a long long searching for the best teacher on udemy and buying tons of courses and then refunding them immediately coz they suck! i found that John is the only good teacher in here! i strongly recommend buying all of his courses coz he answers all of ur questions so fast and never leaves doubts in ur head with his great sense of humour and funny words he says every now and then lol ( u can call it bugs bunny or shakeAndBack lol) if u r his student u will understand lol.... lastly i thank u John from the depth of my heart for solving all of the issues i'm having in university while studying and even being better than my professors there! God Bless you John the Legend

Great course. I like John's teaching style. He avoids catchy names for his courses but I would definitely call them "From 0 to Hero". He starts from very basic things and gradually takes you to the advanced level. Don't be afraid of 31.5 video hours. There are mostly projects. And you will be grateful to have them later as an example when building your own portfolio. A tip for slow learners (like me): if you are done (or almost done) with the course but still not sure about something while doing the projects, try rewatching the tutorial part: sections 3,4 (I did it on high speed and skipped parts that I understood well the first time). For me some explanations from tutorial clicked only when I came back to them after practicing on the projects.