In these first 13 minutes I learned so many techniques and best practices.
Quite a few times I found myself cursing that it had taken me weeks to learn what Michael was demonstrating in meer minutes.
The beauty of the course however lies in the fact that you're not spoon fed everything. You're expected to have prior knowledge of concepts such as Python Classes, data structures and so on.
This course is incredibly user friendly and intuitive. The instructor seems to know just when to answer the questions your brain is asking in the background while he is talking. I am learning so many helpful PyCharm features in a way that is both comprehensive and easy to understand. Excellent audio/visual quality and awesome user interface as well!
Michael makes it very easy to follow along in the beginning of the courses. Everyone learns differently, but one of the ways I learn best is to follow along by typing the code as he does in the video, helping me commit it to memory.
One of the challenges of self-paced online learning is if you get stuck it can be hard to get help to get yourself unstuck.
That's why we offer live, online office hours. You drop in and join a group of fellow students to chat about your course progress and see solutions via screen sharing.
Just visit your account page and click the office hours tab to see the upcoming office hour schedule.