My opinion. Please find below my opinion. 1- The course organization is very good. 2- The absence of videos and the focus on reading helped me achieve better understanding. 3- The reading time for each step is acceptable. 4- The course maintains good quality. 5- The practice section is also very good.

General impression Java basics I have chosen the learning approach without a fee in order to find out whether the form, style of educating programming topics suites me in general. I must say yes. I can recommend the form, the style. The Java basics are tought well. Also the exercises that follow chapters of theory in order to repeat the topic are designed very well as tasks of different difficulty are provided to get accomplished. Also a link in the excercises back to theory concerned is offered. A few times it appears that theory linked to support the solution doesn't stick to the task. This can be solved by reviewing the theory sections. As it doesn't take too much time I feel this is okay.

Well motivating platform for a… Well motivating platform for a beginner. Not push too much and free users also can be benefited by Hyperskill.

Very good, but could be better! Ok, I am using the platform for a fair amount of time now, and overall I really like the format, exercises and projects. However, there are some disadvantages: 1. Firstly, the order of the topics when learning something is not natural and as it should be!!! For example, I am learning currently the Comparable interface then databases then Comparator interface (does not make much sense since both interfaces are mainly used for the same thing and should be learned after each other). 2. Sometimes, the theory behind the exercises is not discussed in the lecture. 3. And last but not the least, IT IS A REALLY EXPENSIVE PLATFORM! Actually, I believe it is the most expensive one...In my opinion it should not cost more than 20-25$ per month, but it costs 50$!!! Just unbelievable.

JetBrains IDE integration What I really like of Hyperskill is the integration with JetBrains IDE. A learning tool that integrates and gives an opportunity to get to know our IDE better (key shortcuts, preference changes, tabs etc.). When I got my PHPStorm company licence it wasn't hard to work with because I use some IDEs since 90s but still. There's a lot new options that JetBrains Academy plugin and Hyperskill help to learn. Only one thing I miss on the Hyperskill page is to have two study plans opened. Or easier way to jump from study plans like I want to learn C++ from the beginning and develop my SQL skills. Great work Hyperskill Team!