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I get this scholarship and I was glad to get it it was really amazing the organization of audacity and quick response of the support team besides the quality of lessons are amazing. in addition to a weekly schedule for studying which made by the Egyptian... Read More ministry of communication is really un expected and credible for me as it organized each what should study plus helpful and supportive webinar on zoom. any student who wants technical help can require help in the fwd community. for all mentioned reasons above this online experience was amazing.

Thank you, AAL, Egyptian government, and Udacity for providing me with the scholarship to enroll, participate and to learn React. Without this scholarship, it's practically impossible for me to enroll in Udacity React Nanodegree Program, not to talk of... Read More learning React with Udacity because I don't have a job, no source of income, no business and no investment of any kind. Back to the question: How's the program going? Well, I must confess that this program is awesome! It's going on smoothly with my end, as expected. At the beginning, when I first started the program, I became frustrated, confused and annoyed with myself. Why? Because the course was too complicated for me. I'm a novice when it comes to React. But when I started watching the videos and reading the documentations, downloading and watching other video tutorials from YouTube, and studying React documentations very well, the course became much more easier for me to comprehend, and I was able to follow up with the instructor. Back to the question: How has it matched my needs and expectations? Great question! I've been expecting Udacity to ask me this question before now. But thank God that you ask. The Udacity's React Nanodegree Program has influenced my life positively! At Udacity, you will not only be given challenges such as quizzes, and exercises to solve; and projects to build, but you will also be thought how to think. That's one of the things this program has done to me. It has change my perspective-the way I used to view problems before as something that has no solution. But this course has thought me to be viewing every problem I encounter in life as temporary challenge that can be solved. And Udacity has taught me how to think through every challenge, and proffer solutions to them-every challenge has solution which can be done in different ways. This program really matched my needs and expectations via the Udacity's features that this program provides, which include: (1) The Course Curriculum The learning program is flexible, not rigid. The course curriculum is designed in a way that is tailored to my busy life. It gives me the opportunity to learn at my own pace, and reach my personal goals on the schedule that works best for me. I usually invested a minimum of 6-8 hours a day to study the course. Meaning that I usually spend 42 - 56 hours per week, working on this React course. And the program is offline, and those not have a specific time that is fixed to study the course in a day. The course is splilted into 3 category : React Fundamentals In this category, I learn React's component models, with which I was able to write declarative, composable user interfaces to build production-ready apps. React and Redux When my app's state becomes difficult to maintain, I now know that it's time to add Redux! In this section, I learn Redux-how to manage complicated state to build enterprise-level apps. React-native In this lesson, I learn the fundamental differences between web and native applications as well as the main differences between React and React Native API. Along the lesson, I take a glimpse at the differences between developing for IOS and Android as well. Unlike the other lessons, I found this one confusing and frustrating sometimes. The part about the AsyncStorage API, which was a React Native version of localStorage, is outdated. The course material provides references to an implementation of it that was deprecated. For now, you can still use the implementation that they teach you at the course, but you will get this warning “AsyncStorage has been extracted from the react-native core and will be removed from a future release. It can now be installed and imported from ‘@react-native-community/async-storage’ instead of ‘react-native.” Another outdated part I would like to point out in this Udacity React Nanodegree review is about React Navigation. At least this time the course material does mention that an updated version of React Navigation was released, but the videos in the course cover the older version of it. So, when you watch the videos you have to go through the documentation to see how the same thing is done in the newest version. The other confusing and frustrating part of this lesson is about local notifications. Expo’s latest version changed the Notifications API syntax, so if you install its latest version, which you probably will, and follow the course material, you might get confused. In conclusion, this lesson was disappointing to me. Taking into consideration the price of this course, in this lesson I had to put down the course material and explore the documentation more than I expected. All I'm saying in essence is that in this course, I have been able to get real employable skills. The curriculum is designed with top-tier industry partners, not academics, so I learn the high-impact skills that top companies want. (2) Project-based, active learning In this course, I learn by doing with real-world projects (React Fundamentals-MyReads; React Redux-Would You Rather; and in React Native-Mobile Flashcards) and other hands-on exercises that lead to real skills mastery. In MyReads project I create a web application that allows you to select and categorize books you have read, are currently reading, or want to read. What I like the most about the Udacity projects is that they explain what you need to do and then they give you the Project Rubric, which is kind of your guidelines to see if you met all the project’s specifications. Additionally, there is a step-by-step guide for building the app with a planning stage and a coding stage. If you are lost and don’t know where to start or what to do next, this guide will give you a direction to follow. Let me make it clear in this review of Udacity’s react nanodegree that it is not a tutorial where the instructor develops all the features in videos and you kind of code along. You have to do it all by yourself. In project 2: Would You Rather, I build a web app that lets the user play the “Would You Rather?” Game, answering and asking questions in the form “Would you rather A or B?”. This project helps me solidify what I’ve learned of React and Redux in a fun and creative way. It took me less time to develop this one, I think it was approximately 1 week. It was less stressful as well because you can look at the “Chirper” project and the lesson’s material when you are not sure how to implement a concept. In Project 3: Mobile Flashcards, I build a mobile application ( IOS or Android – or both) that allows users to create decks and a collection of cards in each deck. In each card, the user enters a question and an answer for that question, saving it to the correspondent deck. Whenever he/she wishes to revise the content of a deck, he/she can start that deck’s quiz. This project is a great opportunity to practice the parts of the lesson that was confusing or outdated, such as the react-native-community AsyncStorage implementation, the React Navigation latest version, and the Expo Notifications latest syntax. I develop this application for both IOS and Android because there are some differences between the platforms that are important to be aware of, not only in terms of design or user experience but in terms of the implementation of the functionalities as well. As in all the Udacity assessment projects, they give you a Project Rubric to make sure your solution meets all the required specifications before you submit it to the technical review. This serves as kind of guidelines to me to see if I meet all the project's specifications. I love this one as well. (3) Project review and Project feedback from experienced reviewers of Udacity’s React Nanodegree The project reviews are one of the differentiating aspects of the Udacity course. I found them very useful and professional, not to mention the boost of confidence you get in your projects knowing that someone sanctioned your work. (4) Learn on your schedule Udacity courses are all self-paced learning - whenever and wherever you want. I'm so much excited that I can now graduate while learning part-time for 10 hrs/week, at least. (5) Technical mentor support The help you need, when you need it. Reach out to Udacity's mentors 24/7 and have your coding questions answered quickly so you can keep learning. I used the Mentorship a couple of times when I was stuck in one of the projects. There is a platform called Knowledge where you can search for answers to questions similar to yours or post new questions related to your project or lessons. I didn’t post new questions because what I was looking for was already there. The solution I found there helped me move on. (6) Student community which is now highly improved. (7) Career services I’ll have access to resume support, Github portfolio review and LinkedIn profile optimization that help me advance my career and land a high-paying role. With all these features at Udacity, I have been transformed from an old me (novice in React Native) to a new me (a professional React Native developer) with high level of thinking. Thank you once again, Udacity, AAL, and the Egyptian government for everything!

I registered for the User Experience Nanodegree with Udacity as a starting point in my career change to the UX field. The content is good and I really enjoy watching the videos and then being able to read further by means of the additional resources provided.... Read More What is really helping me to learn as a beginner in the field of UX is doing the projects and receiving very comprehensive feedback that helped me to develop practical skills.

I have been a Udacity student twice, the very first time was the DMND program "Digital marketing nanodegree" which was perfect in my opinion, very informative, very organized, and helped me a lot become a better digital marketer. Then, I was enrolled... Read More to the product management nanodegree program, and it was super informative, probably the only con of the program was the length, as it was only a 3 months program "of course you can buy an additional month, but I was enrolled through a scholarship" The nanodegree programs are always very informative, always giving you the best information about the industry from the world's best instructors in the field. Haven't tried the mentor hub that much, I usually search for anything I need. Very recommended for anyone wanting to start learning something online, but look for a scholarship rather than funding the program, or wait for a discount, they offer many discounts.

it was the best decision to attend this nano-degree because i enhance my knowledge about programming and it will be a plus for my curriculum, and also it will allow me to apply for other jobs positions within the tech industry open vacancies. so im very... Read More happy for udacity's programs

Pros: you can download the videos and ask as many questions as you would like to the "mentors" that are supposed to help you during the course. Cons: The original price of this course is over $1k. This is a ridiculous price provided that they offer subpar... Read More quality of course materials. The course materials are not well organized. It was not easy to wrap my head around the topics covered. For example, if they teach any fresh concept, you should be able to understand the topic straight after watching the video even if you forget about it few hours later. It was not the case..OMG... poorly instructed course & poorly made videos they were. If you like well-structured step-by-step guidance this course is not right for you. Go somewhere cheaper or free and you will end up more satisfied. Also, some teachers use their hands so much and it is super distracting (please tell the teachers to minimize hand movements while instructing). Some code steps also get missed out without proper explanations by the teachers so if you already don't know about the topic or specific steps you will waste a lot of time trying to figure out why your screen is different to the teacher's screen because you think you have done something wrong when in fact the video missed some steps. They also have some technical issues with providing simple and easy to use in-house workspace. Half of the time it didn't work so it was not worth using it at all. I also had an impression that mentors were just shuffled around to answer questions and repeated generic answers when some specific directions were needed. Overall: They say this is for intermediate coders. If it was the case maybe they should do a coding test first before accepting just anyone for a fixed amount of time. If you are not a professional full-stack developer with decent few years of real-world coding experience and you are a self-taught developer with basic python skills, I wouldn't recommend this course, because there are too many unnecessary hurdles in between learning steps. When the teachers don't provide you with with enough explanations on the topics that should easily have been covered in the videos, you will be WASTING TIME tearing your hair out because you will be frustrated about not being able to connect what you have learned with the given project...

I will start with the Pros:- The instructors are great and their style of delivery is impeccable. They introduce you to resources that will aid your understanding of the cause and because of that, I have got to learn other foundational concepts that I... Read More really didn't understand initially based on their referrals. The Class Projects are well thought of, and in solving the challenges you get to apply almost every concept that you have learnt in the cause of the classes you put them to use. Of cause I can not forget the Project review team. They attend to you with so much care and support, transitioning from customer care to software development, I could literally feel the real energy that communicates care and encouragement. Basically, they are always there to support with personalized treatment. Believe me, I have a lot to say. For the cons, for this project, I have not had any negative feedback but I am currently doing a Blockchain Nano Degree Developer Course that I asked for support using the mentorship platform that I did not receive any feedback which I thought was strange, for a whole Udacity. Overall you guys are doing fine.

I will start with the Pros:- The instructors are great and their style of delivery is impeccable. They introduce you to resources that will aid your understanding of the cause and because of that, I have got to learn other foundational concepts that I... Read More really didn't understand initially based on their referrals. The Class Projects are well thought of, and in solving the challenges you get to apply almost every concept that you have learnt in the cause of the classes you put them to use. Of cause I can not forget the Project review team. They attend to you with so much care and support, transitioning from customer care to software development, I could literally feel the real energy that communicates care and encouragement. Basically, they are always there to support with personalized treatment. Believe me, I have a lot to say. For the cons, for this project, I have not had any negative feedback but I am currently doing a Blockchain Developer Cause that I asked for support using the mentorship platform that I did not receive any feedback which I thought was strange, for a whole Udacity. Overall you guys are doing fine.

Very rich and useful content 😍 I’m So Glad to have the opportunity to enter the program, that It will help me professionally in the future by introducing the basic concepts of digital marketing I advise everyone to take the courses offered by Udacity... Read More 👍🏻

More than expected. Thank you Udacity for this awesome Digital Marketing Nano Degree. Advanced Track which provides a full, 360 degree view of the key parts of digital marketing delivered by experts in an easily understandable manner. Thank you Abdelrahman... Read More Mahran