"Hello all the way from Australia! Many years ago I read your book Learn Python The Hard Way and I got hooked on programming. I later changed careers to become a software engineer and now I’ve written my own programming book!"
-- Donna
"About 10 years ago I was starting my PhD dissertation in economics, a science which requires maths and (for me) programming. Although I was ok at maths, programming had always eluded me, but there I was: alone, and needing to get started. I read a few programming tutorials on Python for a few weeks/months, and that ended up nowhere. By some kind of miracle, I came across Learn Python the Hard Way, and it clicked instantaneously! I was a beginner, so I needed someone to show me how to walk by walking, not by running! Beginners are beginners"
--Maxime
"Once upon a time when I was just a high school freshman, I wanted to learn how to code. My high school didn't have AP Computer Science or anything, so instead I looked online and found a website called learnpythonthehardway.org. My first anniversary at Google was last week. Couldn't have gotten this far without you. Thanks for being a part of my childhood!"
--Andrew
"I recently got an email advertising your new JavaScript/web development course, and I'm glad to see that you're continuing to produce top-notch technical courses after all these years. I first encountered your work back in 2013. I learned Python from Learn Python The Hard Way and it set me down the path I'm on today. I'm the technical lead at a lab where I get to apply the skills I learned from that course on a daily basis."
--Matthew
"I just wanted to let you know that this course is awesome. I'm following all of the instructions and everything makes sense, so I don't actually need help. I just wanted to thank you. This is a really well constructed course and well worth the very affordable expense. Cheers.
--Nathan
"I got stuck on the extra bits of exercise 17 in Learn C the hard way, the one with the little database to make it accept size parameters. After three days of frustration, this morning something clicked. I started over, and the whole thing compiled first time and worked! I was ecstatic. Last time I felt like this was when I beat the Taurus demon in Dark Souls, the first boss. Then I realized that your teaching method is much like Dark Souls, which is probably why yours is the first programming book I actually want to keep going with. So thank you for making me 'git gud'"
-- Dries
"Can I just say how grateful I am to you for writing this book. It is the first thing I have found that has made me feel like, I can get it together and learn to code."
-- Alexander
"I would like to say that I find your material absolutely terrific. Very pedagogical and methodical, taking it nice and slow. Perfect for a beginner and someone who thinks that technology can be a little intimidating like me."
--Michael
