Jetbrains Academy

 Jetbrains Academy teaches programming in a practical manner, using projects.

Currently they have tracks for Java, Python, Kotlin and Frontend development.

You can use the browser or their IDEs, with a plugin - which of course is nicer and faster. Not to mention that if you are going to use them afterwards, that is practice on mastering them.

It seems nice so far. You can skip classes for the projects by taking exercises/tests, and the classes so far were all in text format, which I personally like.

This is not free, though. You get a free trial (14 days, +2 months if you complete your first project), then it is US$50 a month or US$250 for the year. 

It does seem to be more effective in relative narrow ranges (I didn't take any more complex projects yet), but you can get a year of Pluralsight for that, which includes a lot of courses, and some interactive projects, too.

If you'd like to try them, you can use this link for a 3 month trial. I get gems if you do, which can be used on their site for a few things (none very exciting, though).

You also get a 1-month subscription to their all-products pack. I already subscribe, though.

Overall, seems nice for practice, but I am not sure about the price. Definitely more content in O'Reilly Safari and Pluralsight - but way less projects and much more clumsy.

Update: Some of the other projects seem much nicer. Also, I just realized that they keep track of a lot small skills, which I think is a huge help.


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