As well, their focus is on code that is easily used for web design and using features such as APIs (application programming interface) for specific websites (perhaps a way Codecademy is making its money, because it’s still unclear how they’re trying to monetize this site.) This is not a criticism-just a note on how far you can get with Codecademy.
You will not learn important computer science concepts that may improve your structuring of a program, for instance. The lessons don’t take you all that far, and conceptually, they are fairly shallow. This is where I recommend people start, just to get a taste of how things operate. Many of the other sites I reference do not have this kind of user-friendly feature. This is perfect for total beginners who do not wish to download compilers or interpreters, and just want a place to run the code. The courses or “tracks” are set up in incremental, bite-sized lessons, with an interface that runs code for you. HTML & CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Python, Ruby, PHP, APIsĬodecademy is one of the best sites for absolute beginners to programming. In some specifics, Codecademy has greatly improved since my original review, MITx has morphed into edX in partnership with Harvard and a bunch of other institutions, Udacity has partnered with Georgia Tech to offer an online Computer Science degree (and is now adding nanodegrees) … I’m almost loathe to write anything too specific given all these features can change by the time you read this article! Codecademy What is interesting is how much these sites have changed in two years. For each site, there is a table with the most salient features, and I will have a short, narrative review of each.įor my reviews, I picked major sites, many of which appeared in my August 2012 article. While all have free ways of accessing the material, some of the sites have additional services and credentials for paying customers. In this article, I will look specifically at online offerings for learning coding. My last article on this topic was in the August 2012 issue of CompAct: “Online Learning Comes of Age,” wherein I reviewed the state of major, free online learning resources. I’ve written multiple times before about online education, and have been a long-time learner, especially when it comes to computer programming and issues surrounding numerical computing.
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