Codecademy Partners With The White House

Re:Codecademy Partners With The White House by nhangen on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @09:43PM (#3477632)

My point is not that the product is bad, but that there are many products just as good, hitting the same demo.

I'm sure the team is great and the investors are great, but let's be honest, the product is fairly light right now. The UI is nifty, but there's nothing special about it.

I'm not trying to knock the guys, I'm simply trying to determine why they've become such media darlings without really having delivered anything.

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Re:Codecademy Partners With The White House by wahnfrieden on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @10:07PM (#3477695)

Please share these other products with us. I genuinely want to know - out of curiosity and because Codecademy tops out too quickly as it is (I had a relative of mine try it out.)

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Re:Codecademy Partners With The White House by nhangen on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @10:17PM (#3477728)

Here's a quick list:

http://teamtreehouse.com http://tryruby.org which I believe is an extension of http://codeschool.com http://learncodethehardway.com

Then of course there are sites like Peepcode, Udemy, and a host of others that offer tutorials, which aren't quite the same, but stil serve the same purpose.

I'm sure there are more I don't know of.

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Re:Codecademy Partners With The White House by jmtame on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @10:36PM (#3477785)

check out www.trybloc.com

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