Learner Reviews & Feedback for Developing Back-End Apps with Node.js and Express by IBM
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HV
Dec 5, 2024
Most of the course is very good. But some parts contain errors or inconsistencies between description of the task and the required code. There are also some errors in the code.
SS
Oct 31, 2024
This is a brilliant and excellent course taught by ibm and the skill team
151 - 154 of 154 Reviews for Developing Back-End Apps with Node.js and Express
By Roman S
•Oct 11, 2025
Positives 1. This course contained short but informative videos. 2. Overall, the course was helpful in progressing my knowledge. Negatives A. Quizzes 1. Poor scrolling experience on mobile pages may cause users to unintentionally select a different answer. 2. Some of the quiz submission confirmation dialog boxes seem to be unnecessary. 3. The Coursera Honors Code should only be mentioned for graded quizzes. B. Labs 1. Lab completion times are fraudulent and were never done from the student’s perspective. 2. Cloud IDE has slow and unstable connections. 3. On multiple occasions, the Cloud IDE inbox message pop-ups caused lab sessions to hang and caused lots of delays. 4. There are many spelling errors in the lab instructions. C. Final Project 1. Final project grades that come from students are inaccurate and should be reviewed by the Coursera staff. 2. The final project of this course contains duplicate lab instructions that need to be removed. D. Staff 1. This course clearly takes more than 15 hours to complete, so the instructors’ course completion estimates are fictional.
By Seanrei E V
•Feb 3, 2026
Badly designed course. Materials are low quality. Code snippets are just plain text with no color coding, making it harder to read code. Unengaging AI voice. No code-alongs, you just listen on an unengaging theoretical materials.
By Arnab P
•Oct 13, 2025
A bot reading from PowerPoint slides with little or no actual learning growth. Seems like the reviews are paid or fake. There is no proper code snippet, no live coding. How anyone can rate this 5 stars is beyond my understanding.
By Akhil Z
•Mar 10, 2025
I completed the course before the free trial ended. However, when I tried to obtain the certificate, it was not allowed because I was asked to purchase a subscription.