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Jess Lee Subscriber for The DEV Team

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Introducing DEV Education Tracks: Expert-Guided Tutorials for Learning New Skills and Earning Badges

We're excited to introduce a new way to learn and grow as a community with DEV Education Tracks!

DEV Education Tracks are curated learning experiences that combine expert education content with optional hands-on practice. Whether you're completely new to a topic or looking to deepen your understanding, these pathways are designed to give you a solid foundation and inspire you to start building.

How It Works

Each DEV Education Track includes:

  • πŸ“š Expert-led Educational Content: High-quality tutorials and documentation from industry leaders
  • πŸ› οΈ Hands-on Assignment: Put your knowledge into practice with a suggested task or project
  • πŸ† Community Recognition: Earn an exclusive DEV badge when you complete the tutorial and share your assignment on DEV with our submission template.
  • ⏰ No Deadlines: Work at your own pace. DEV Education Tracks will be available as long as the content remains relevant.

We will add new editions to existing tracks as needed, or remove tracks if materials become outdated.

Learn From Verified Experts

We want to bring you educational content directly from verified experts. That's why we're thrilled to kick off this new initiative by collaborating with the team at Google AI for our very first track, which will be launching within the next couple of weeks.

It’s the first of many structured learning paths designed to help you gain new skills with confidence. Keep an eye on the tag below for the official announcement!

#deved

Official announcements and submissions related to DEV Education Tracks.

Partner With Us to Advance the Community

DEV Education Tracks are designed to provide a structured learning path as a complement to the more free-form discovery that happens on DEV every day. Our goal is to create a library of definitive, hands-on tutorials that advance the skills of the entire ecosystem.

What makes these tracks unique is their origin: they are built with and led by industry experts. If your team is building an exciting tool, API, or platform and wants to create the official learning experience for the DEV community, we'd love to chat. ❀️

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JT

This sounds like a fun way to learn a new skill! Just one request: along with the badges, would it be possible to also provide a certificate of completion? That way, we can showcase it as an achievement or certification on platforms like LinkedIn or include it in our CVs.

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Ben Halpern

Good luck to everyone. We really feel like these are going to be very valuable in up-skilling as well as verification of accomplishments with the badge you get. We want to elevate and promote anyone who is taking the time to evolve their skills!

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Chris Zhang • Edited

Love the initiative. Dev.to is putting in so much effort to keep the community active. Thanks!

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Dotallio

Love seeing DEV add curated learning paths with badges, it's exactly what I wish I'd had getting started. Any hints at what other future tracks might cover?

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davinceleecode

Another awesome post, thanks DEV as always 🀘

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JoΓ£o Goncalves Rodrigues

I am new here. Eager to learn and grow with you all! πŸ˜‡

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Sadie

Super excited !

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Ansell Maximilian

Badges? I like the sound of that!

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BekahHW

Love this idea!

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Web Developer Hyper

Looks like a very valuable chance to learn new skills! πŸ“
Followed deved right away. πŸ’¨

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