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Tools 5 lessons
Intermediate Tools

Regular Expressions Without the Headache

Patterns you will actually use: validating input, extracting data, search-and-replace across a whole...

5 lessons 152 students
Python 5 lessons
Intermediate Python

Python for Automating the Boring Work

Turn repetitive tasks into scripts. Bulk-rename and organise files, read and write CSV and Excel, pu...

5 lessons 54 students
PHP 5 lessons
Intermediate PHP & MySQL

PHP Login Systems That Are Not a Liability

Sessions, password hashing, and the guard that actually protects a page. Built around the mistakes t...

5 lessons 120 students
PHP 5 lessons
Intermediate PHP & MySQL

Object-Oriented PHP: Code You Can Still Read Later

Classes, constructors, visibility, interfaces and dependency injection, explained by fixing a real p...

5 lessons 97 students
JavaScript 5 lessons
Intermediate JavaScript

npm and the JavaScript Toolchain

What actually happens when you run npm install. package.json, semver ranges, lockfiles, scripts, aud...

5 lessons 54 students
Laravel 5 lessons
Intermediate PHP & MySQL

Laravel: Your First Real Application

Move from single PHP files to a framework. Routing, controllers, Blade, Eloquent, migrations, valida...

5 lessons 142 students
JavaScript 5 lessons
Intermediate JavaScript

Fetch and APIs: Getting Real Data Into Your Page

Every real app talks to a server. Learn fetch, JSON, async/await and (the part tutorials skip) what ...

5 lessons 79 students
JavaScript 5 lessons
Intermediate JavaScript

Arrays and Objects: Shaping Data Like a Professional

map, filter, reduce and find, the four methods that replace almost every for loop you will ever writ...

5 lessons 148 students
Version Control 5 lessons
Intermediate Tools

Git Teamwork: Branches, Merges and Undoing Disasters

The Git you need once someone else is in the repo. Branching, pull requests, resolving conflicts by ...

5 lessons 86 students
PHP 5 lessons
Intermediate PHP & MySQL

Email That Actually Arrives

Why your password-reset email lands in spam or vanishes entirely. SMTP versus mail(), SPF, DKIM and ...

5 lessons 60 students
PHP 5 lessons
Intermediate PHP & MySQL

Database Design: Tables That Age Well

Choosing types, normalising without overdoing it, foreign keys, indexes that actually get used, and ...

5 lessons 173 students
JavaScript 5 lessons
Intermediate JavaScript

Data Structures and Big-O Without the Maths Degree

Why some code is fast and some code dies at scale. Big-O in plain language, arrays versus maps and s...

5 lessons 149 students

Learn by Actually Building

Every lesson has a live code playground, read, code, see results instantly. No switching tabs, no setup.

Live Playground

Every lesson has HTML/CSS/JS editors with instant preview. Learn by doing, not just watching.

Pay Once, Own Forever

No monthly subscriptions. Pay once via Paystack, M-Pesa or Crypto. Yours forever.

Real Certificate

Complete a course and get a verifiable PDF certificate with a unique code anyone can check online.

Truly Global

Pay in your currency. Paystack handles conversions. M-Pesa for Kenya. Crypto for everyone.

Academy Questions

Yes! Git & GitHub and Build a Portfolio Website are 100% free. Every paid course also has free preview lessons so you can try before buying.
Paystack (cards, mobile money, bank transfer, NGN, GHS, KES, ZAR, USD and more), M-Pesa for Kenya, and cryptocurrency via NOWPayments (BTC, ETH, USDT and 60+ coins). All prices auto-convert to your local currency.
Every lesson has an embedded live code editor with HTML, CSS, and JS tabs. Write code on one side, see the result instantly on the other. No setup, no installation, just open the lesson and start coding.
Yes! Complete all lessons in a course and a unique verifiable certificate is auto-generated. It has a code anyone can verify at merikagency.com/verify_certificate. Print or share it on LinkedIn.
Absolutely. Lessons have a 5-tab mobile layout, Theory, HTML, CSS, JS, and Preview. The full experience works on any smartphone, no app needed.
Every lesson has a hint button. You can also post in the Community feed where other learners and the Merik team can help. Pro members get priority support.
Early adopters lock in today's price. As more lessons and features are added, prices may rise, especially the Lifetime plan.
Not currently, lessons require an internet connection for the live playground and progress tracking.

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