This class was recommended to me recently and because I was doing a “build-to-learn” group project that uses Angular 2 I took it.
First of all - Holy Cow! This is a lot of content. There are 329 lectures with 22 hours of video. There is is a sample project for nearly every one of the 28 course modules, 5 homework assignments and a build as you go project that results in an Angular project with a backend that uses AWS as the server and firebase as the database that you actually deploy. It took me about 3 months working nearly consistently 2 -3 hours a day to complete. Heck, the module on Routing has 31 lectures!
I’d like to take a moment to compare this with Wes Bos’ react class that I know is quite popular and that I took before I took this class. (I know these are different technologies but if you are deciding which way to go like I was, this is a useful comparison.) Like Wes Bos, Max has an excellent lecture style, explaining every concept in excruciating detail very clearly. Wes’ class builds a nice sample project which you also end up deploying (it also uses Firebase for data storage). I think the major difference is that Wes’ class has a rather passive approach - even if you follow along and build the project you aren’t really figuring out how to do things on your own - Max has you do the homework and also while building the course project you are encouraged at different points to stop the video and do sections on your own - this definitely helped me to grasp the concepts much better - I finished the course feeling like I could really do an angular project (I am working on a MEAN stack build-to-learn project) where I didn’t have that feeling after I finished Wes’ class.
This course is PACKED with topics, Angular is written in Typescript which there is a section on, A section on Authorization, a section on HTTP, and a section on deploying the app. Even more helpful, he goes over setting up a seed project from the ground up which uses Webpack - he really took the mystery out of the build process.
In summary, this course is an excellent value at $179 (and Udemy often has courses on sale - grab it up if it is!). It feels like a full semester college course and I got SO MUCH out of it! Max also offers a full stack class https://www.udemy.com/angular-2-and-nodejs-the-practical-guide which I took at the same time as the Angular 4 class and it nicely put some concepts together for me. I highly recommend both classes but especially the Angular 4 class - you will not only learn it, you will Master it!
At the moment i prefer Angular - the struture and flow of the different elements of Angular make sense to me. I had a hard time understanding the way to structure a react app - im getting ready to revisit it, and am hoping to join a cohort or group that i can do a project with.
I’m also taking this course (about 1/3 of the way through). I’m a professional Angular developer and I get good information from this course about once a week.
Agreed, this course is great. Maximilian is a great instructor, and one of very few that I know on Udemy that updates his content consistently. This one specifically, is the most thorough guide/tutorial on Angular you can find at the moment. It’s awesome
Luckily I saw this and the class was still on sale. I have some familiarity with angular but I am always looking to level up. Thanks for the heads up. It is on sale for another 12 hours. How do you say no to $10?
I have to say, that course is AMAZING, I have been working with React and Angular for a couple of years and that guy is an excellent teacher and the good part is that he always is been updating the course. I have bought 4 of his courses and he is really good, even for somebody as me that just bought the courses to review what I was learning at the job.
He is also creating new courses and if you are involved in one of them he gives you good discounts for the next one.
I really recommend his courses.
pd: The only thing I don’t like from that course, is that he spend too much explaining some stuff for bootstrap… but of course that is good for people who is learning those languages.
I learned Angular on Pluralsight, but I’ve done Max’s Vue.js course on Udemy and I have to say he is one of the top two or three teachers I’ve watched. He lessons are wonderfully clear and detailed. But what I like best about him is that he is ready to go under the hood and explain the why, not just the how - he does this just enough to make things clear but no so much that you feel it’s getting too theoretical. Also, I like his style. He’s a lot more human and less robotic than some teachers.
I’m at the 18% of the course and I was looking for an idea on how much time is requested to complete. Since I try to put in around 2 hours a day I think from 3 months to 4 to complete in total. So thank you for the clarification. I find the training very clear (I attempted others in different platforms but not so up to date and not so understandable. Max explains why, and that’s priceless.
I hope you didn’t really spend $179 for this course. Almost all Udemy courses can be bought within $11.99 (which is the regular price of a course), there’s a sale every two days or so.