A Udemy course teaching full-stack web development with the MERN stack: MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js. Commenters point to John Smilga's version, which is one of several MERN courses on the platform.

Commenters recommend it as a practical route into web development, with one saying they learned a lot from John Smilga's version and another advising buying it on heavy discount.

On Reddit (4)

1. RecommendsWizzlyG33r/learnprogramming2023in “A complete nutjob (me) wants to learn MERN Stack, how?”

   MERN is a tech stack, not a framework. It utilizes MongoDB (NoSQL database), Express (web development framework, React (front end JavaScript library), and Node (JavaScript runtime environment). That being said, there are plenty of great Udemy courses for cheap on how to build applications using…

2. Recommendsxkjlxkjr/learnprogramming2023in “Any recs for intermediate/advanced front end tutorials?”

   You can try the MERN stack course from John Smilga on Udemy. I learned a lot from him. If you did a Jonas course though you should have enough to start building things. You'll learn more by struggling on your own. If you need a project idea, go build an AI chat app utilizing openAIs APIs.

3. Recommendssolidiquis1r/learnprogramming2021in “From zero coding experience at the age of 24, working two jobs to make ends meet, to a $140k SWE role as a self-taught programmer 2 years later — AMA”▲ 3

   It depends. Are you trying to break into web? If that's the case, Udemy has a lot of great courses I'd recommend checking out. I'd first recommend a JavaScripts basics course, followed up by a MERN (MongoDB + Express + React + Node) course. Always google coupons! Never pay full price for a course…

4. Mentions_rclairr/webdev2020in “I am a useless human being thinking of starting learning web dev. Should i?”▲ 2

   1. People can be rude and stuck up in the tech industry (in my experience there are more people like that here compared to other industries like art or philosophy for example), a lot of people have learned this stuff since they were young too but don't convince yourself that just because you…

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