Brad Traversy

Web dev educator behind Traversy Media, plus a public lab of indie dev tools

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About Brad Traversy

Brad Traversy is a self-taught web developer and one of the best-known coding teachers on YouTube. Traversy started programming in 2007 at age 26, without a computer science background, and began teaching developers in 2011 under the Traversy Media name. The free tutorials and crash courses on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node.js, PHP, Python and more have reached millions of learners, and Traversy Media says more than 2 million developers use its tutorials.

Alongside the free YouTube channel, Traversy Media sells project-based courses such as Modern JavaScript, Modern HTML and CSS, Modern React From The Beginning, Laravel From Scratch, 50 Projects in 50 Days and a newer Coding With AI course. Courses can be bought individually or through a monthly or yearly membership, and the company reports 15+ courses, 400+ hours of content and over 1M students. Traversy Media is run as an LLC together with a partner named Dennis, and Traversy also publishes courses on Udemy.

Outside the course business, Traversy runs bradtraversy.dev, a public lab for shipping solo side projects with a frequent devlog. Projects there include DevSheets, a free library of validated developer cheat sheets, WebUtils, a set of 60+ browser-based dev utilities, ApiMocker, a free fake REST API, the Vidpipe YouTube-to-content SaaS, and Multiprompter, a Mac teleprompter app. Traversy is also featured on start.dev, an interactive in-browser coding platform.

Products by Brad Traversy

Traversy Media

traversymedia.com

Project-based web development course library with single-course and membership access.

DevSheets

devsheets.io

Free, validated developer cheat sheets with search, favorites and learning progress.

WebUtils

bradtraversy.dev

60+ free browser-based developer utilities with no uploads or signups.

ApiMocker

bradtraversy.dev

Free fake REST API with docs, realistic data and daily resets, growing into a mock API platform.

Vidpipe

bradtraversy.dev

YouTube-to-content SaaS with authenticated MCP access for AI agents, in beta.

Multiprompter

bradtraversy.dev

Mac teleprompter where one script drives several scroll-synced windows.

SkillPass

bradtraversy.dev

Directory, validator and CLI for AI agent skills.

Builds indie alternatives to:Codecademy

Brad Traversy's journey, 2011–20265 milestones · self-reported

First product
Launch / milestone
Started 2011

2007Launch: Started learning to code at age 26 with no computer science…
2011First product: Launched Traversy Media
2011Milestone: Began teaching developers under the Traversy Media name
2026Milestone: Runs bradtraversy.dev as a public lab
2026Milestone: Traversy Media reports 1M+ course students and 2M+ developers…

Timeline

2007 — Started learning to code at age 26 with no computer science background.
2011 — Began teaching developers under the Traversy Media name.
2026 — Runs bradtraversy.dev as a public lab, shipping projects like DevSheets, WebUtils and Vidpipe with a near-daily devlog.
2026 — Traversy Media reports 1M+ course students and 2M+ developers using its tutorials.

How Brad builds

Teach through complete, practical projects rather than disconnected snippets.
Explain the decisions in plain language, without gatekeeping.
Give a lot away free on YouTube and offer structured paid courses for depth.
Build in public and treat side projects as an open, experimental lab.

Learn from Brad Traversy

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Traversy Media on YouTube

Free web development tutorials, crash courses and career discussions.

by Brad Traversy

[course]$19/mo or $99/yr

Traversy Media All-Access Membership

Full course library of 400+ hours with Discord access.

by Brad Traversy

[course]

Coding With AI

16-hour intermediate course on going from planning to production with AI coding tools.

by Brad Traversy

[course]$25

Modern JavaScript 2.0

37-hour course on the JavaScript language, browser APIs and projects.

by Brad Traversy

[course]$25

Modern HTML & CSS 2.0

24-hour course on building responsive sites from the ground up.

by Brad Traversy

[course]$25

Modern React From The Beginning

25-hour project course on building modern React applications.

by Brad Traversy

[course]$25

50 Projects in 50 Days

Mini projects in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

by Brad Traversy

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bradtraversy.dev weekly digest

Weekly digest of articles, devlog highlights and what shipped in the public lab.

by Brad Traversy

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Who is Brad Traversy?

Brad Traversy is a self-taught web developer who runs Traversy Media, a popular YouTube channel and course business teaching HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node.js and more since 2011.