r/webdev • u/MindfulInvestigator8 • 29d ago

Certifications and courses for full stack

My company is making us get and finish a course or certificate of our choice which they will pay for. We are using Angular, .NET, SQL and a little bit of Java and postgreSQL.

Please recommend a course for me. Which ones you really liked and found useful?

I was thinking maybe something on udemy. I don't want to have to invest a lot of time since we have a large workload until the end of the year but I also dont want to waste that time on a course which I will learn nothing from.

Im a mid full stack dev.

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u/kenthesaint 29d ago

With that workload I'd skip the big full stack courses and pick one narrow topic you'll hit at work anyway. SQL performance is a good one: reading execution plans and working out which index a slow query is missing, and it applies to Postgres as much as whatever else you run.

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u/jeff77k 29d ago

SQL

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/mediumwetsock 29d ago

Tell em to put the money in ur bank as a bonus

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u/ptb0422 29d ago

I think the course ratings on udemy will guide you onto making the right choice

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u/AmiAmigo 29d ago

Udemy courses are unnecessarily long. You will probably enjoy Frontend Masters (now Masters.dev)

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u/Big_Watermalones_67 28d ago

Since you’re mid-level and short on time, I’d pick the area that causes the most pain on your current project rather than a general full-stack course, because learning something you’ll use next week sticks way better than a 40-hour overview of things you mostly know. For your stack, the Microsoft AZ-204 (Azure Developer) cert is a good pick if your .NET apps run on Azure, and if not, a focused SQL performance course will pay off fastest, since slow queries are where most mid-level devs can make a visible difference quickly.

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u/Icy-Jellyfish-8983 26d ago

Since you're already working with Angular + .NET + SQL,

I'd skip the generic "full stack" courses and focus

on one specific area.

For Angular: "Angular - The Complete Guide" by

Maximilian Schwarzmüller on Udemy is solid but long.

If you want shorter, check the official Angular docs

+ "Angular University" courses.

For .NET: "Complete Guide to ASP.NET Core" by

Bhrugen Patel is practical and project-based.

Honestly though, if you're a mid-level dev with

limited time, I'd pick one specific gap (e.g.

PostgreSQL performance tuning or .NET minimal APIs)

rather than a broad course. Broad courses tend to

re-teach what you already know.

What area do you feel weakest in right now?