Is Codecademy any good to learn js? Wich sources u use as beginners?
I still don't feel like I'm ready to start building projects and whatnot or practicing myself, is there another course (preferably free but I'm open), that I can do to solidify my knowledge before I start practicing by myself?
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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.
Check out Eloquent JavaScript. It's a really good introductory JS book.
I think (as an almost noob developer) that Codeacademy is fine just to practice exercises, since they only explain basic concepts and don't cover important ones. I recommend you reading a book (I'm with JavaScript and Jquery by Jon Duckett, who's books seem fine to me) and I practice on my own though sometimes I use Codeacademy. But that's the opinion of a newbie, so I think it isn't totally accurate. Hope you have a good time learning!!!
I have just finished their CSS and HTML course it was pretty good. I was wondering if I stick with them and do their javascript course so I can get my basic web dev skills down. If anyone has done it or know of a better way to learn please comment
Thanks, heaps :)
I am currently learning JavaScript use the Learn JavaScript course on codecademy. After that what other free courses can I use to expand my knowledge of JavaScript?
I recently completed the HTML5, Css, And Javascript programs on codeacademy. Are there other free programs I can use to learn more and improve my skill? I'm trying to learn about front-end web development to become a web developer. I'm starting with this as my goal and later on I expect to learn app programming and other things like that but I'm starting with web development. Are there any other free programs I can use to improve my skills? If there aren't any free programs then I'm willing to pay as long as there are good deals.
Harvard's excellent CS50 could be a good next step: https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-introduction-computer-science-harvardx-cs50x
What you can learn from CodeAcademy amounts to very little. This isn’t a diss but you’ve basically just dipped your toes into an enormous ocean. Develop a strong programming skillset and you’ll be able to work competently no matter how you end up applying it.
Sign up at CodeWars or LeetCode and start doing coding challenges using JS. Try to come up with a solution to each problem. As you struggle, you will pick up concepts and learn tricks and common solves. Compare your answers to others and see what you can improve and look at how other people approached the problem.
Edit: clarity, metaphors
Hello, I learned HTML and CSS on Codecademy and then I finished the HTML and CSS course on Freecodecamp. Should I learn Javascript on Freecodecamp or FCC?
Neither, start with Practical Javascript then learn it from the Odin Project or Brad Traversy's Udemy course Modern Javascript from the Beginning or if you're a book learner [You Don't Know Javascript] (https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS/blob/master/up%20&%20going/README.md#you-dont-know-js-up--going)
I've done both and thought FCC was much better
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 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 ?
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 :)
Does anyone have suggestions for websites I can continue to learn on for free?
I've been designing / building informational sites (and WordPress sites) for about 5 years. I want to make more money and expand my front-end knowledge base - I've been told learning JS is the right direction.
The past couple days I've been trying my hand at JavaScript on Codecademy. The introduction bit to the course was pretty simple (strings, variables, booleans, if / else statements) - I felt really good about it. But when I started doing Functions, things started going downhill.
I'm not saying it's easy to learn, but the way Codecademy tries to explain JavaScript is extremely vague and it doesn't help, at all when you're stuck. If you don't know an answer, you basically google the Codecademy answer (copy and paste it) and you keep going. To me, that's not learning.
So... as someone who really just knows HTML / CSS, and wants to easily and smoothly learn JS (and eventually jQuery).. what would you recommend?
Any help is appreciated.
Pretty much self explanatory... I've just started programming, and decided to start with JavaScript, since the Unity game engine uses a modified version of it, and neither of the other two languages supported by Unity (C# and Boo) are on CodeCademy... So now I've finished the whole JavaScript course, but I feel like I haven't learned everything there is to learn about JavaScript... Am I wrong? And if I am, where can I learn more for free? [Ninja Edit] Also, where can I learn more about UnityScript?
Hi. I do web development professionally, and I also don't know everything about JavaScript.
Also, here are more references for learning JavaScript:
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Tutorials
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
The JS course on Codecademy is really more of an introduction to the language. For learning more about JavaScript as a language and its interactions with HTML documents, I'd recommend the material over at superherojs.com.
You can also play around with a JS REPL on the Eloquent JavaScript site.
The JavaScript is Sexy blog has some solid tutorials & resources on thoroughly learning JavaScript/JS technologies & frameworks (like Node.js and Backbone.js).
If you're interested in books, I'd recommend these (more or less in this order):
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Eloquent JavaScript
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JavaScript: The Good Parts
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Professional JavaScript for Web Developers
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Learning JavaScript Design Patterns
I understand that Javascript and Java are very different, I'm mostly interested in making cool it text based choose your own adventure games for web browser and android. I have a desire to write and a desire to learn to code, so I'm deciding to make my own Zork.
Where can I best learn Javascript or Java? Either one is good, though I would prefer Javascript as an online format fits me better.
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Thank you all for so many helpful responses! I'm also sorry for the abysmal grammar in my post... I'll blame that on being overworked.
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?
Hi r/webdev!
I'm kind of new to web developing and I just completed 100% of the JavaScript course on Codecademy, so whats next? Should I jump straight to a framework like AngularJs or should I learn more vanillaJS before I dive into a framework? What is your tips?
http://www.codewars.com/
It has Javascript.
Angular is a good next step bit if you feel you need to brush up your vanilla javascript skills then learning more on that side isn't a bad route either.
The key thing to realize is that while tutorials and programming books are excellent, you will never master any language using just these resources. Mastery comes through figuring out solutions on actual projects and learning as you go. You don't have to start with a new or difficult idea but definitely pick a project to work on for your personal use and just start building.
Which one do you recommend me to learn html/css/js ?
I saw a video with a guy saying that learning the three in codeacademy is great and another one saying to learn html/css in freecodecamp then js on udemy
What do you guys think about it ?