Boot.dev Reviews 

I recently renewed my annual subscription. I've really enjoyed the courses I've taken so far, and you can really tailor exercises on the Training tab to work on things not yet covered in a course.

I love this learning platform as it got hands on activities. I am looking forward to more courses and courses that would really help me with upskilling & certifications. I have been doing my courses since May 2026 and still keeps me going.

boot.dev is an amazing platform to learn how to be a software engineer. I don't have a computer science degree, and this platform has helped me to understand the core components of being a software engineer. The support is great; they even go out of scope to help you understand what you need, and the AI integration really provides an amazing learning experience. I hesitate to pay the subscription as the content is available for free, but you find hidden gems as you increase your level. I am really glad to find this platform that cares about students and how we learn.

Great learning experience and gamification mechanics.

The platform offers good balance between challenge and support, it’s great that they were able to build an experience that even though is asynchronous and digital, it still pushes you towards actually learning what you are doing!

Boot.dev is a truly excellent platform for learning and understanding programming languages, operating systems and the fundamentals of computer science. It is suitable for both beginners and experts.

Low cost for what the experience is, realistic timeline and a full community behind it. I have taken a good chunk of the learning Python path and it is the best form of learning I have taken. Between the videos that explain every little detail quickly and efficiently to the AI instructor Boots, I've never been more addicted to learning a skill in my life. After I complete this course, I'll be diving in to more. The gamer in me is satisfied.

I started with Boot.dev in fall of 2024. They have continued to evolve and improve the platform and add new courses. Sometimes I think it is easy to go through the material a little quickly, so I've redone courses multiple times, and am a much better programmer for it. The Discord group is also very helpful.

The gameification keeps it interesting, but if you are only doing it for that, you should probably reassess your priorities. Sometimes you have to slow down and mull over a topic and look up other learning materials to truly get it, and that can slow down the gaming side of things.

All the material is freely available, so you can go through the first part with the interactivity available, and try out the rest of the course without the interactivity. If you get through the material and felt you learned something and think the interactivity is worth it, sign up!

I do think some of the guided projects are a little too guided, and it would be good to practice problem solving more from scratch earlier in the courses, but you can also just do your own projects and share them to the Discord for feedback as well.

Bootdev took me from aimlessly learning language syntax and being stuck in tutorial hell, to actually building my own projects and learning programming instead of coding.

I'm currently in university studying computer engineering and bootdev has provided a linear path containing pretty much everything I felt was missing in the software department of my degree.

Great courses, nice community... Everything you need to learn in one place. Probably the best course I've had as there are a lot of projects designed to put your skills to the test.

Would recommend highly for anyone looking to get into coding or someone looking to get some new skills.

The gamified environment to learn stuff is such a cool feature and makes learning feel like a walk in the park.

I’ve learned a ton! I’ve done 21 courses/projects on boot.dev. This was the path that worked for me to get to the point where I feel like I can get a programming job. Highly recommend.

This is the best site for learning Web based coding and development hands down! The RPG video game theme is very creative and addictive. Also labs on almost every learning exercise!? Now that's the way to learn!!

Genuinely excellent way to learn about software and computing. It's dumb how the brain works, but just because I don't want to break my streak, I come back everyday much more consistently than I would on my own. And it's hard to overstate how excellent having an LLM tutor is (Boots). Whether it's because the lesson/task was unclear, or you noticed something and were curious, I've learned at least as much pestering the chat bot as I have doing the lessons. I'm a little over 8 months in, and I wish I was going faster, but I am progressing and the knowledge is sticking.

Lane Wagner refuses to hear constructive feedback about the platform. The courses are not worth the money. They are surface level and don't go in depth. I got a sub last month to study DevOps and I asked around in the discord channel whether it is worth it for devops. People said yes but when I look in the curriculum a lot of courses are missing.
Not only that but the ones that are there are not really good enough as they don't go in depth. For Example, the kubernetes course doesn't go into kubernetes adminstration and other topics that are asked frequently in interviews and are necessary to get a job. The docker course was so simple and devoid of any depth that I finished it in an afternoon.
I would only recommend a sub to COMPLETE BEGINNERS. People who have even a little bit of experience STAY AWAY from boot.dev. It is expensive and a waste of time and money.

The courses are complete and easy to follow

I began studying backend development with boot.dev over a year ago and I think it was the best financial decision I’ve made yet! In one year my personality has competed changed; if someone asks what I do I say that I’m a programmer. After a year I finished their main backend path and I’m forward to what comes next :)

I've been enjoying Boot.dev courses over the past 7 months now. The selection of courses extends beyond what I am focused on and I like that a lot!

If you are a beginner, they have courses for you. If you are looking to review knowledge you might've lost or is since out of date, they have courses and a training tab for you and if your looking to build around an already strong set of knowledge, chances are they have a course for you.

Each course goes into details that when completed, make me feel comfortable with at least starting up a project and seeing where that takes me. I bought a subscription to keep me honest and want it more, but they let you use the site completely free for a while to get a feel for it first. I started with knowledge of Python, some JavaScript and wanted to get better at both in addition to being more active and feeling more confident approaching and building projects. I have accomplished that goal and then some and hope to continue building out my knowledge and get the most of my subscription.

Some other things I've learned since then include
- How to set up Linux on Windows and how to use it on windows
- How to use Git to manage projects and take advantage of a version history (very liberating)
- How to build an AI agent that can (if you want to) help with building projects
- How the discord server for Boot.dev works and how people there are willing to help pass on knowledge

I am still very early in my training, but what I've learned so far is awesome! I love the course structures and the gaming based lessons. The Socratic teaching style is exactly what I need to learn. I would highly recommend if you've ever considered embarking on a journey to learn coding.

I was looking for something to learn and I found boot.dev. Seeing it being supported by some known names (Theprimeagen) I thought of giving it a try.

The challenges and course content is good, and structured very well and I can learn a lot easily, also due to gamification. The training tab is extremely useful as I can generate an exercise for a given language and just practice every day which is also something I love.

However one thing that I find missing is other languages/frameworks like React, C++ and etc. It would be very helpful to have those as finding C++ resource for me was quite hard, for React not really because it's extremely popular so there are a tons of resources but the better ones are on paid websites like Scrimba (which isn't convenient but it is what it is).

It would probably be better to let it generate on Training tab if possible.

Otherwise I love it and I recommend Boot.dev to everyone who wants to learn coding and other programming concepts.