https://legendev.org/academy/ Free, level-wise, project-based courses curated from the best free material on the internet. New and updated courses appear here. en https://legendev.org/academy/web-development/ https://legendev.org/academy/web-development/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:51:42 GMT Go from zero to deployed full-stack apps. 8 levels, ~169 hours, 100% free. The complete full-stack roadmap: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express, MongoDB — ending with a real deployed app a stranger can sign up for. Curated from freeCodeCamp, MDN, javascript.info, react.dev, and Full Stack Open. https://legendev.org/academy/ai-engineering/ https://legendev.org/academy/ai-engineering/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:51:42 GMT Prompting to production agents. 7 levels, ~91 hours, 100% free. From how LLMs actually work to production agent systems with fallback chains and cost tracking — built on Anthropic's own docs, the Anthropic Cookbook, Karpathy, and 3Blue1Brown. This is the exact path behind the 24-agent system that develops this site's codebase. https://legendev.org/academy/digital-marketing/ https://legendev.org/academy/digital-marketing/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:51:42 GMT SEO, content & growth for people who ship. 6 levels, ~49 hours, 100% free. Marketing for technical people: positioning, SEO, content, analytics, and distribution — from Google's own docs, Ahrefs, Moz, and HubSpot Academy. Every level ends with something real: an audit, an indexed article, a tracked campaign. https://legendev.org/academy/python-automation/ https://legendev.org/academy/python-automation/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:51:42 GMT Scripts that replace hours. 6 levels, ~87 hours, 100% free. Learn Python by automating your own life: files, APIs, scraping, scheduling, and real deployed APIs with FastAPI. Built on Corey Schafer, freeCodeCamp, and the best official docs in the Python ecosystem. https://legendev.org/academy/git-github/ https://legendev.org/academy/git-github/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:51:42 GMT Version control mastery — a focused short course. 4 levels, ~14 hours, 100% free. A short, dense course on the tool you'll use every day for the rest of your career: commits, branches, PRs, undoing mistakes safely, and your first CI pipeline with GitHub Actions. https://legendev.org/academy/freelancing/ https://legendev.org/academy/freelancing/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:51:42 GMT First client to steady income. 5 levels, ~29 hours, 100% free. How I actually went from student to paid production work: positioning, a portfolio that proves instead of claims, finding clients without ads, proposals and pricing, and turning one project into a long-term client. Mostly assignments, minimal watching — freelancing is learned by doing. https://legendev.org/academy/typescript-frontend/ https://legendev.org/academy/typescript-frontend/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:51:42 GMT From 'knows React' to 'matches the job listing'. 6 levels, ~45 hours, 100% free. You finished the web-development course and know React — this course makes you match what job listings actually say: TypeScript, Next.js, typed data layers, and tests. Built on the official TypeScript Handbook, Total TypeScript's free tutorials, react.dev, the free Next.js course at nextjs.org/learn, TanStack Query, Zod, Vitest, and Testing Library. https://legendev.org/academy/dsa-interviews/ https://legendev.org/academy/dsa-interviews/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:51:42 GMT Patterns over grinding — turn problem-solving into job offers. 7 levels, ~80 hours, 100% free. Pattern-based interview prep, free end to end: Big-O and a practice system that makes problems stick, every core data structure, dynamic programming, then recorded mock interviews. Curated from NeetCode, Striver's A2Z DSA sheet, the Tech Interview Handbook, and LeetCode's free tier. https://legendev.org/academy/sql-data-analysis/ https://legendev.org/academy/sql-data-analysis/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:51:42 GMT Ask sharp questions of messy data — and get paid to answer them. 6 levels, ~60 hours, 100% free. The complete path from your first SELECT to a published analysis: SQL, joins, window functions, pandas, dashboards, and data storytelling. Curated from SQLBolt, Mode's SQL tutorial, DataLemur, Kaggle Learn, and Looker Studio — every resource free. https://legendev.org/academy/devops-deployment/ https://legendev.org/academy/devops-deployment/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:51:42 GMT Anything you build, running in production — with logs to prove it. 6 levels, ~50 hours, 100% free. Take anything you build from 'works on my machine' to running in production: Linux, networking, Docker, CI/CD, free-tier hosting, and monitoring. Curated from Linux Journey, OverTheWire, the official Docker and GitHub Actions docs, and Google's free SRE book. Everything here runs on free tiers — the skills are real even when the bill is zero. https://legendev.org/academy/cybersecurity/ https://legendev.org/academy/cybersecurity/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:51:42 GMT Think like an attacker, work like a defender. 6 levels, ~50 hours, 100% free. A practice-first security foundation built entirely on legal, purpose-built platforms: TryHackMe free rooms, OverTheWire, the PortSwigger Web Security Academy, OWASP Juice Shop, and PicoCTF. You'll learn to think like an attacker so you can build and defend better — and every hands-on rep happens on systems you're explicitly allowed to touch. Ends with responsible disclosure and an honest look at the profession. https://legendev.org/academy/ui-ux-design/ https://legendev.org/academy/ui-ux-design/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:51:42 GMT Design things people can actually use — and prove it with a case study. 6 levels, ~30 hours, 100% free. Design is one of the few skills where the best learning material is genuinely free: Laws of UX, Nielsen Norman Group's research library, Figma's official docs and channel, and Butterick's Practical Typography. Six levels take you from judging screens by vibe to shipping a tested prototype and a case study that gets interviews. https://legendev.org/academy/personal-branding/ https://legendev.org/academy/personal-branding/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:51:42 GMT Become findable — turn what you build into inbound opportunities. 5 levels, ~25 hours, 100% free. How builders become findable: positioning, a LinkedIn profile that converts, writing people actually finish, building in public on X, and a compounding engine of site plus newsletter. Built on swyx's Learn in Public, Julian Shapiro's free Writing Well handbook, and the platforms' own docs — everything free.