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Are we able to learn just basics or does this app teach everything possible?

I wish to be a pentester and want to learn as much coding as possible. How do these courses rank against college courses? Would we be able to get full certs from what we learn here?

11th Jan 2019, 5:48 AM
Kaedyn Walsh
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Hi Sarra Rohr 🙂 The courses here are a gentle start for beginners. But participating in good discussions and following the posts from good programmers we can have clear milestones set up for studies and go advanced. Challenges here keep us in shape both timed and from fellow sololearners. what I observed is writing public codes on code playground is really beneficial, we get awesome feedbacks from community to improve ourselves. I am a CS graduate, and these courses are mere preface pages when compared to college courses but I would prefer the sololearn way, it's gentle and helps build that strong foundation based on your interests. There are many pentesting posts in sololearn, few searches might help. If you can't find anything relevant then please reply in this thread, we ll try to find some good posts for you.
11th Jan 2019, 6:06 AM
Morpheus
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I am not a professional developer and I am still an independent student (and I always will be 😎) but I agree with Morpheus that SoloLearn is a gentle start for beginners. I can also see SoloLearn being helpful for more intermediate students wanting to brush up using the lessons or challenges and for experienced programmers learning a new language or topic. Even though I'm still a newbie, I think that it may be the case that the only one thing that can teach you "everything" is hands on experience on the job. But to get up to that point, whether you are a college student, or someone learning on their own, I think that you will likely always be digging for information to fill in gaps. But ironically, the internet is so great for that! Personally, I use the lessons and challenges to introduce me to things and if I don't understand something after playing with the code a bit, I use Google, YouTube, and I have a couple of books. If I'm stuck , I'll try the forum.
11th Jan 2019, 6:42 AM
DumbledoresAmy
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You'll learn just some basics on SoloLearn and will have to use also other sources. Anyway, it's a good start. 😃 You'll get a certificate after completing a course. Not sure though how much it counts in real life...
11th Jan 2019, 3:10 PM
Modi
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I'm aspiring to become an app developer but i wanna start lessons with solo learn. What language would you recommend i learn first?
11th Jan 2019, 7:23 AM
Oluwakemi
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Oluwakemi This will make a great question on its own. You should post it in the forum so you get as many answers as the question deserves 😁 You will likely get many different answers but I suspect JavaScript and Python will be the most common answers. Just a guess.
11th Jan 2019, 7:33 AM
DumbledoresAmy
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As DumbledoresAmy has mentioned, it is a good idea to use SL in addition to other sources. what id like to add is that the courses in SL gives you the big picture which is important when learning any subject.So its a good idea to note all the subjects you will be taking prior to starting any lesson as shown in the lesson plan. I prefer using SL as a way to test myself and sometimes fill in the gaps as i learn from various sources.
12th Jan 2019, 8:36 PM
Logomonic Learning
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I remember that one time we sealed this topic forever. https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/618130/?ref=app
12th Jan 2019, 12:19 PM
Hatsy Rei
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Hello sir Aditya here sir I wanted your help on one of the ICPC world problems pls sir help me as soon as possible https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/1685271/?ref=app
11th Feb 2019, 9:05 AM
Aditya
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However the first sparks that appear as you start learning the basics are responsible for you feeling like a pro after a course or two finished and few lines of code written which makes sololearn your greatest inspiration when you step into the programming world
12th Jan 2019, 10:12 PM
Miki Sarkovski
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Hey guys, well SL may not exhaust all necessities to meet ones expectations with coding, but i rate it a five star for a great work it is doing to us with interest in professional programming. I guess no site i as convenient as SL. If there is, then let me know. However, just concentrate and analyse, afterwards, appreciate whatever you call elementary programming knowledge you have collected from this site as a useful milestone before aiming higher. #educationisagradualprocess
1st Jun 2019, 2:39 AM
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3rd May 2019, 12:30 AM
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