What do you like best about Scrimba?
A little bit about my background story:
Before I decided to stick with Scrimba, I had attempted several times to learn front-end development as a non-tech beginner (I have been a marketer for 5 years) online after my day job but always ended up giving up. I had subbed to some major e-learning platforms (e.g Coursera), but was very frustrated after a dozen video or text-only courses that were hosted by some of FAANG's teams -- I found it really hard to keep up with the lectures as soon as some slightly advanced concepts turned up, and then I would get stuck in the process with no one to turn to. Of course, I could always google the answer, but most of the time I didn't even know what to ask or where to start since these were all new concepts to me!
Then I found Scrimba's frontend course on Coursera and gave it a go, and immediately I got addicted to their learn-while-you-code way of teaching -- I got to code along IN the video!! (I believe it's called Scrims) How cool and fun is that! And Scrimba teachers always introduce the coding concepts with real-life scenarios (i.e what you would normally encounter in your role as a developer), and little projects, which I get to code along one step at a time with the teachers, and which I can actually showcase as my personal projects in my portfolio. :)
After a few modules, I immediately decided to stick with Scrimba and went for their official platform's Pro plan, which gives me access to all the developer courses (my main goal is to be a proud Frontend Developer Career Path graduate ;P).
Scrimba teachers are professional, patient, friendly, and passionate about their work in the community, which is really inspiring for someone (I mean me ;)) who's new to web development & design and determined to change careers to pursue what they're really passionate about. :)
Scrimba's Discord community is supporting, friendly, and very well-managed -- dedicated channels for respective developer courses, help sections, and regular weekly events for various tech and career topics. As someone who's currently in between jobs, joining a vibrant and welcoming community really helps with the learning journey -- it makes me feel less alone! :)
So far, I've been really enjoying my frontend developer journey with the Scrimba community, and I intend to finally truly make my career switch at the end! *(A big shoutout to the lovely human beings at Scrimba who make learning to code accessible for everyone!)* :) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.