I started the full stack course two months ago. I went through HTML, CSS and mostly JS until I reached the part where they suddenly want you do to many projects back to back. Cool, I thought at first. But all of these thing rerquire stuff, they never included before.

I once fiddled for 2 hours just to get frustrated, looking this thing up on yt and see: DAMN, they are using getDate, complex calculations and complex strings. I have never heard of this before, nor did I used it.

There is not a single step in the course I did not do. And once per week I sit down to do things again, were I got stuck. So no way I just missed that. Is this just 3 rare cases after another, or is this how they expect me to learn that stuff?

Why would I need their course if they expect me to magically think off some other ways even though I never learned of them?

I’ve been trying to learn programming for a while. I was finding that most free resources were extremely difficult in getting the bigger pictures across and how things tied together. I finally broke down and bought the pro version of Codecademy. I started the backend engineering track and I feel like I’m actually learning a lot and making progress, understanding concepts. I feel like it gives me direction and ties concepts together on how things function together. The supplemental resources that they point you to help a lot.

I see Codecademy get a lot of hate on here and the majority of the reason is it’s too expensive, but I don’t really hear a lot about the content quality here.

Am I wasting my time with Codecademy, or is the pro version a start?

I've used Codecademy to tech myself html and css and it was very easy to understand and I finished the course in about 4 days and I retained all the information... Great. But the course for JavaScript is much harder to understand and it's given me quite a bit of confusion. Do you suggest I learn by different means, or am I not paying enough attention?(I do that quite a bit) Thank you.

I started the Python course a few days ago and so far I've reached up to like functions, this is where I'm at: https://imgur.com/a/Or9qsa5

But so far it's been really easy and I feel like it's not trying hard enough to test your skills in what you just learned. Unless that's just me, I have some background in C#, C++, and even Python before, but I consider myself a Novice.

My free trial ends in the upcoming days, should I renew it to finish the course or are there other free alternative ways, or even paid platforms, that will make me think more critically about tasks.

Look forward to all your opinions.

I recently discovered CodeCademy and they have everything from free basic fundamental skills to full fundamentals of a skill like HTML, SQ, Python etc. they also have career paths that teach you everything to do with Front end, computer science/data science, full stack. My question is, is it worth the time to do the course to getting a job as a self taught programmer? Will I be taken seriously as someone without a college degree?

They've got a 50% october sale at the moment. The pro package provides access to (and I quote):

Real-world projects

All courses

Skill paths

Career paths

Technical interview prep

Code challenges

Professional certifications

Career services

Assessments

I am a not a beginner but not quite at an intermediate level. I have a decent mathematical background with some previous, limited experience in Python and C++. I'm looking to learn some Python (and C++ eventually) for applications in data analysis, ML and financial tools.

Has anyone genuinely found Codeacadmey to be a strong resource in terms of the courses and projects offered? Have you completed courses and left with a more robust understanding of concepts? Also, do employers rate their proffesional certs?

thanks for reading :)

Hello! im 16 and completely new to coding I know completely nothing about it and I never watched videos or anything. I wondered if codecademy is a good place to learn csharp for a complete beginner?

Thank you!

Hey fellow python enthusiasts and experts

I have a question I am just starting my journey into python and recently joined Codecademy

I’m just curious to see or know if anyone else went through that process and how did they find it thanks

I just took my first lesson on Codecademy and I liked it. I'm tempted to go for the full year subscription to save money. Is it worth it?

I have an on-and-off relationship with programming / compsci.

I have attempted many times to use books and Coursera / EdX MOOCs in order to learn. But I always get stuck on some issue and cannot find proper guidance anywhere as to how to fix it. I hate searching through Google for hours trying to learn something. There are also just straight up too many choices of MOOCs to try and I have spent a long time bouncing around thinking 'this will be the one that I learn from,' and I still get stuck.

I'm willing to pay for services like Codecademy or Brilliant for the convenience of having a structured plan that actually checks whether your code is correct. But first, I want to hear from people whether these are actually any good in terms of the DEPTH of learning that you get out of them. I want to understand how my code works not just how to write it.

If not, does anyone have a recommendation for a service or website to get a structured plan to improve? I would like to learn as much as possible through exercises or projects, rather than videos.

Thank you

I recently paid for a yearly subscription, and I was wondering if it was a good investment.

I did the CS50 python course and I have been working on personal projects over the past year or so, but i still feel like im a beginner at python. I saw some intermediate and advanced courses for python on codecademy and I just wanted to know if anyone has experience with codecademy especially with theur intermediate and harder courses and if they are any good

Edit: thanks for the feedback guys! I will focus on projects more and check out what udemy can teach me in terms of more advanced python

I'm going to community college in the fall for Computer Science, I graduated high school in 2023 so I just work now, and I'm finally going back. Doing the 2 years in community college then 2 years state school path.

I can get the student discount for codecademy $150 for a year of pro, but I'm worried it might be a waste? I completed the beginner python course for my senior project and I liked it a lot. And I have severe ADHD and hate learning how to code, it's not hard to understand just to learn and pay attention, and codecademy wasn't that bad to work with in that regard.

I'm going through Codecademy's Python 3 course (pro with exercises, projects etc) and I've diligently gone through syntax control flow functions lists and now i'm at the end of loops on the coding challenges and It seems like i'm not able to complete any of the tasks without looking at the solution. I haven't retained anything from the last lesson ( at least not at a functional level) and i'm not sure what to do from here. Is there a book or some other resource that will explain step by step what's actually going on in a way that I can retain the information i'm learning and practice skills? I'd appreciate anything you can tell me, feeling very discouraged.

So there's this pretty well-known and renowned website called Codecademy. I'm currently taking their free Java course and I don't find it to be that great. It's pretty hard to understand and the course isn't structured that well in my opinion(though I have very slight experience with Java). I'm thinking of switching to a different source but I want to know if it's just me or if it's the website/course itself?

I tried the Odin project and did not like it at all. I may try it again down the road but I felt I was all over the place. Today I started codeacademy python course and finished the first python module is it worth it to get the paid version ?

Hi, I know how to code in Java, well I know the syntax, the variables, etc. Thing is I have difficulty of "thinking" as a programmer. I know how If-else, switch, fors work, but say I have a game using all the stuff I just mentioned, I'm not able to build that game. So I feel like it's that key that is missing in my knowledge and I was wondering does Codecademy help me with that?

I appreciate all your suggestions.

Thank you

like the title says , I have have done some javascript , and otherstuff , thinks it is really fun and I really got a picture of what programing is , but is it legit?! what does the programers of reddit say? should i switch or take classes?