Re:Code Your Own Holiday Card with Codecademy Code Cards
by xiaoma on Monday December 24, 2012 @03:59PM
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I follow this market pretty closely.
My experience is that Codecademy is focused more on the marketing than on the product itself. When I last looked, it was only really basic stuff. But they've gotten a TON of media coverage, somehow! My hope is that they use their size to improve the educational offerings.
In my personal experience as a learner, Code School (codeschool.com) is strictly superior -- clearer instruction, great videos and slides, and interactive repl-like coding experience and much more advanced material. Only some of it is free though.
Khan Academy also has a top-notch format, has a lot of content and it's strictly non-commercial... but the programming stuff kind of spread out all over the place.
For the most rigorous teaching I know of that you can get for free, go to Coursera or edX. They have videos as good as Khan Academy or Code School, and they actually have homework assignments that get evaluated. You have to wait for the courses to open, but that leads to some good things too, like having lots of peers going through it with you.
Re:Code Your Own Holiday Card with Codecademy Code Cards
by tomasien on Monday December 24, 2012 @07:39PM
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Disagree that Codecademy doesn't focus on product, agree with all your suggestions though. When attempting to master a skill, nothing should be viewed in a vacuum.
My experience is that Codecademy is focused more on the marketing than on the product itself. When I last looked, it was only really basic stuff. But they've gotten a TON of media coverage, somehow! My hope is that they use their size to improve the educational offerings.
In my personal experience as a learner, Code School (codeschool.com) is strictly superior -- clearer instruction, great videos and slides, and interactive repl-like coding experience and much more advanced material. Only some of it is free though.
Khan Academy also has a top-notch format, has a lot of content and it's strictly non-commercial... but the programming stuff kind of spread out all over the place.
For the most rigorous teaching I know of that you can get for free, go to Coursera or edX. They have videos as good as Khan Academy or Code School, and they actually have homework assignments that get evaluated. You have to wait for the courses to open, but that leads to some good things too, like having lots of peers going through it with you.