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JavaScript from Scratch: The 2026 Beginner Path
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From your first C++ pointer to a production RAG pipeline. Every category is maintained by a working engineer, and every course inside it carries the same lifetime access and refund terms.
- Programming Languages Learn a language properly — syntax, idioms and the runtime underneath. 19 courses
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- AI & Machine Learning From first model to production inference, without the hand-waving. 10 courses
- Prompt Engineering Get reliable output from language models, every single run. 9 courses
- Prompt Packs & Templates Battle-tested prompt libraries you can paste in and ship today. 10 courses
- Game Development Build playable games in Unity, Unreal, Godot, Roblox and LOVE. 4 courses
- Systems & Low-Level Memory, concurrency and the machine under your abstractions. 8 courses
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Handpicked this month
Featured courses
Eight courses our instructors would recommend to a friend today — chosen for the quality of the projects inside them, not for the size of their price tag.
The 60-Prompt Starter Pack for Everyday Coding
by Sofia Navarro
JavaScript from Scratch: The 2026 Beginner Path
by Ana Petrova
Prompt Engineering for Developers: From Instructions to Systems
by Marcus Hale
Build a RAG Pipeline That Actually Retrieves
by Victor Chen
Modern C++ from Scratch: The 2026 Beginner Path
by Marcus Hale
Algorithms and Data Structures for Working Developers
by Victor Chen
C# and .NET 9: The Complete Beginner Developer Path
by Jonas Berg
Postgres for Application Developers
by Priya Raman
Fresh off the desk
Just landed in the catalog
New releases get the same lifetime access and 14-day refund as everything else. Early buyers usually get the sharpest launch price.
Modern C++ from Scratch: The 2026 Beginner Path
C++ Intermediate: Move Semantics, RAII and Smart Pointers
The C++ Career Bootcamp: From Hello World to Shipping Native Apps
Priced like a book, not like a bootcamp
Every budget, from $1 to $199
No tiers, no seats, no monthly fee. Pick a shelf, pay once in USD, and the access link is in your inbox before you close the tab.
The whole catalog sits between $1 and $199 USD.
14-day money-back guarantee on every single one of them, including the $1 prompt packs.
Pocket-money prompt packs and micro-guides
Single-purpose downloads you can finish in an evening: prompt libraries, cheat sheets and focused walkthroughs. Cheaper than the coffee you will drink while reading them.
$1 – $9 USD
See everything in this bandPython One-Hour Crash Course: Syntax, Lists and Files
by Sofia Navarro
Modern JavaScript Array Methods in 45 Minutes
by Ana Petrova
The 60-Prompt Starter Pack for Everyday Coding
by Sofia Navarro
C++ Pointers and Memory in One Hour
by Marcus Hale
Full courses with projects you keep
The sweet spot of the catalog: multi-hour courses with a real codebase at the end of them. Most buyers start here, then add a specialist track later.
$10 – $49 USD
See everything in this bandAI for Developers: A Practical First Month with LLM APIs
by Victor Chen
SQL From Zero: Query Real Data With Confidence
by Yuki Tanaka
JavaScript from Scratch: The 2026 Beginner Path
by Ana Petrova
Claude and ChatGPT for Everyday Engineering Work
by Marcus Hale
Career-grade tracks and deep specialisations
Long-form programmes for the skills people get hired for — systems programming, applied machine learning, production AI engineering. Still one payment, still yours for life.
$50 – $199 USD
See everything in this bandLand the Developer Job: Portfolio, Resume and Interviews
by Tom Eriksen
Modern C++ from Scratch: The 2026 Beginner Path
by Marcus Hale
Algorithms and Data Structures for Working Developers
by Victor Chen
C# and .NET 9: The Complete Beginner Developer Path
by Jonas Berg
Pick a language, ship something in it
Beginner and intermediate tracks in the languages you actually use
Every language below has both a from-scratch course and a follow-up that takes you past the tutorial ceiling — pointers and RAII in C++, discriminated unions in TypeScript, coroutines in Lua, and so on.
Why buy here
Built for people who came to learn, not to subscribe
WisdomCharms is a store, not a platform you have to live inside. You buy a course, you own it, and nothing about it expires.
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Every purchase also lives in your account library.
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If a course is not what you expected, email support@wisdomcharms.com with your order number within 14 days. We refund the full amount to your original payment method.
Applies to everything, including $1 prompt packs.
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This month's bestsellers
The four courses more developers bought than anything else — 182,000 enrolments between them, and the ratings to back it up.
Python One-Hour Crash Course: Syntax, Lists and Files
by Sofia Navarro
Modern JavaScript Array Methods in 45 Minutes
by Ana Petrova
AI for Developers: A Practical First Month with LLM APIs
by Victor Chen
The 60-Prompt Starter Pack for Everyday Coding
by Sofia Navarro
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Rated 3.0 out of 5
Clear explanations, no hand-waving
I was stuck on the same problem for weeks. The module covering the language itself explained the underlying model and the problem simply disappeared.
ZPon Modern C++ from Scratch: The 2026 Beginner PathZoe Papadaki
Freelance developer
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Rated 5.0 out of 5
Real projects, real explanations
What sold me was the honesty about scope — it tells you up front what it does not cover. I found that the gameplay code is explained without the usual hand-waving, and the examples are close to production code.
BAon Lua for Game Scripting: Roblox, Love2D and BeyondBruno Almeida
Backend engineer
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Rated 5.0 out of 5
Sharp, modern and well organised
Concise. I appreciate that it does not pad the runtime — the front-end and API work is covered thoroughly and then the course moves on.
EMon Node.js Fundamentals: Build REST APIs with Express and FastifyElena Marchetti
Junior developer
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Rated 5.0 out of 5
Immediately applicable at work
Concise. I appreciate that it does not pad the runtime — the gameplay code is covered thoroughly and then the course moves on.
PSon Unity C# Scripting Foundations: MonoBehaviours, Coroutines and InputPavel Sokolov
Frontend developer
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Rated 5.0 out of 5
Answered questions I did not know to ask
This is not a rehash of the documentation. The treatment of the language itself includes the failure cases, which is exactly what I was missing.
RKon C++ Intermediate: Move Semantics, RAII and Smart PointersRuth Kimani
Frontend developer
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Rated 5.0 out of 5
Worth every dollar
I have recommended this to two colleagues already, because the prompt templates is the part everyone on my team was fuzzy about and this fixed it in an afternoon.
GWon Claude and ChatGPT Workflow Pack for Shipping FeaturesGrace Wanjiru
Full-stack developer
Taught by practitioners
The people behind the courses
Compiler engineers, game programmers, data scientists and prompt engineers who still work in the field. Every course page names its author and links to their full profile.
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Marcus Hale
Full-stack developer and JavaScript educator
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- React
- Courses
- 11 courses
- Students
- 268,450 students
- Average rating
- 4.8
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Ana Petrova
Systems engineer and C++ instructor
- C++
- Systems programming
- Performance profiling
- Courses
- 13 courses
- Students
- 231,540 students
- Average rating
- 4.7
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Victor Chen
Rust engineer and low-level instructor
- Rust
- C
- Embedded systems
- Courses
- 12 courses
- Students
- 209,540 students
- Average rating
- 4.8
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Sofia Navarro
Applied machine-learning engineer
- Machine learning
- Python
- RAG
- Courses
- 6 courses
- Students
- 175,850 students
- Average rating
- 4.8
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