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Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades vs Dometrain

Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades lands on Worth it, and Dometrain lands on Depends.

Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades

Worth it

Confidence: Medium

Nothing to buy here: this is a free personal blog, and one of the deepest ASP.NET Core resources available.

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Dometrain

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if your stack is .NET/C# and you want deep, expert-led training . 4.8/5 on Trustpilot backs the quality.

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Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades versus Dometrain
Compare	Andrew Lock \| .NET Escapades	Dometrain
Verdict	Worth it	Depends
Best for	Core developers	.NET/C# developers leveling up
Who it's not for	Buyers seeking a product . nothing here is purchasable	stacks . Python, JS, Java shops
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^³	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; no public security page found.¹⁵
Support quality	No support; single author	No support evidence in sources
Public sentiment	No independent user reviews found; sources are mostly the blog itself and directory listings.¹⁶	Strongly praised on Trustpilot for depth and expert instructors, while Redditors repeatedly debate whether the price is worth it for individuals.^⁷
Biggest gotcha	Single-author blog: don't rely on it for production incident support.^¹	Pro renews at $164.99/quarter (~$660/year) . compare against buying single courses first^⁶

Pick Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades when

ASP.NET Core developers
Engineers securing Kestrel apps
.NET DevOps teams
Self-directed learners

When Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades is not a fit

Buyers seeking a product . nothing here is purchasable
Non-.NET stacks (Node, Python, Java teams)
Learners wanting a structured curriculum . posts are ad-hoc
Anyone expecting support, SLAs, or docs

Pick Dometrain when

.NET/C# developers leveling up
Teams standardizing .NET practices
Intermediate-to-senior engineers
Devs wanting depth over $10-course chaos

When Dometrain is not a fit

Non-.NET stacks . Python, JS, Java shops
Students on tight budgets
Bargain hunters wanting cheap course breadth
Guess: enterprises needing multi-language training academies

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Reddit . Is dometrain's EF course worth the price?reddit.com
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Reddit . Student pricing threadreddit.com
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Dometrain launches free Hands-On C# course (press release)delawareonline.com
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Dometrain Pro for Business T&C (PDF)dometrain.com
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