really can’t decide which one is best as a beginner and will teach me the most , i want whichever one will help me leave with a solid understanding and not just the absolute absolute basics , i am completely fine paying a monthly fee as long as it’s worth it, so i’m just curious which you guys would choose knowing what you know and assuming you had the money for any of them which would you choose

$299 yearly or $59 monthly. It'd be nice if the monthly wasn't so steep and I'm not sure if worth shelling out 299 is worth it. Thoughts?

This is both out of curiosity, and because I kinda need some good resources anyway.

We all got/still are stuck into a path with two sides.. One one side there's beginner courses that don't challenge you, and on the other end are high level courses you don't understand.

So what are good courses (whether on udacity, udemy, coursera, MIT, etc etc) that helped you break that beginner's jail and get comfortable with your language/programming in general?

If its any use, I'm trying to learn C currently. Not a good starting point for a beginner but it'll make the rest of the path a walk in the park.

I realize this isn't a new question; but 2023, I begin my programming journey at last. The only problem is; there is so many different sources with which to get your knowledge from. I can't believe I'm saying this but I kind of wish there were LESS options - how dumb, right? I should be happy there's so many options.

Anywho, I'm signed up to a few coding learning sites and I'm sitting here in utter confusion. I have notepads and pens I bought ready. I'm an empty cup ready to be filled with Python-flavoured Lemonade.

FreeCodeCamp is, well, as the name suggests; free. Free is great. But the word 'free' should always be taken with caution. Free means there's compromise, correct? If something is free then it's not as good as it seems to be. is this the case with FreeCodeCamp? Does anyone here know if there are people really that kind and altruistic that they'd design a website and heavy curriculum of classes ABSOLUTELY free for other people to learn with ZERO hidden agenda or reimbursement?And the classes are really well-done and easy to follow?

I'm probably asking too many questions because it's free so I need to not complain about it. I'm just doing the most research I can because I need to pick SOMETHING to learn from.

Now, on the flip-side; there's Codecademy. While not free, looks promising. Plus, because it's paid, that means you get more content, right? More to learn? More promise of getting a job in the programming field? They would have to work extra hard since it's quite pricey so wouldn't they give customers their money's worth?

FreeCodeCamp mentions thousands of people who use it get their first software developer job. And Codecademy from what I've seen, uhhh...doesn't say anything about programming employers picking out Codecademy users who pique their interest and employing them.

BUT IT'S NOT FREE...so it must be good, right?The reason I'm harping on this "not free" thing is because they got a giant sale going on right now (as you can see from the link above) and if I feel like I pass this up, I'll miss a huge opportunity to get a huge deal on something potentially better than FCC.

But, on the flip side, they're a business, and businesses employ tactics like a "holiday deal" that seems huge but it's that price every other time of the year, so they up the price then make you think you're getting in on something good when you're paying regular price. Is this what they're doing? I don't know. Maybe I need to stop thinking about money and just go with FCC.

Truth is, I'm 31 now and I can't afford to not waste my own time with something that won't help me find a job in this field. So, whichever one has the highest success rate and employment rate is the one I'm going for.

ON THE OTHER HAND; I have some classes from CodeWithMosh. Mosh is great and has thorough and well-done classes on different languages. But since they're limited on a set of videos I downloaded (Sorry, Mosh) and not on a website where the learning is seemingly endless....will I learn just as much as I would on the aforementioned sites?

There's also the question if I need to use them at all. There's a wide ocean of knowledge on YouTube (the greatest video platform in the world). FreeCodeCamp even puts their classes on YouTube so I can just quickly search without even going to their websites.The problem with YouTube, however, is that I look up something like "Python for Beginners" and there's thousands of videos. Which one do I pick??! I mean, FCC's classes are HOURS long. So there's a lot I can learn, but who says this guy or girl from this channel has more effective strategies from his/her Python class with a nicely-sized playlist cut up in different parts? Like I said; there's too many options.

Maybe I'm over-thinking everything. Should I just go through different ones, pick one that catches my ears and stick with it? Or just go with FreeCodeCamp 100%?

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND; I'm also registered to sites like 42Heilbronn, w3Schools, GeneralAssembly, CodeNewbie, RealPython and Cisco Identity oh, God, it's too over-whelming!! I'm subscribed to over 100 programming people on YouTube, as well where does it end?!?!?

It's at this point of my thought process that I stop thinking about it and go back to watching stupid videos on YouTube because I get easily over-whelmed with all of this because the first jump is the hardest. It's best for me to not think about this. I'm writing an essay on it, you should see how my brain feels racing 5,000 miles per hour thinking about all of this and my life of laziness and remedial developmental delay-ness.

Ok, I'm out of hands. I'm sorry for this long post, I just needed to get all of this out. Thank you for reading or skimming through all of this, I appreciate it.

All responses are very, very very appreciated. I look forward to one day getting to know all of you.

With love,

Ralph

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.

It doesn't matter the price, the main thing is how effective it will be to learn from the entry level of knowledge HTML, CSS, JS to a full level, so that you can already go to work in the starting positions.

Codecademy basically taught me C++ and Java but there is no data structure lessons like linked list, array and queue etc. Would like an interactive platform to learn these.

Hello!
I am looking to dip my toe into learning Python, with a specific interest in data analysis. I know myself to be a very unfocussed and unreliable learner unless it is made super easy for me and I played around with Codeacademy a bit many years ago and found it to be very accessible.

Having scoured these threads, and a handful like it, I haven't seen Codeacademy mentioned once, and instead lots of Coursera and Youtube tutorials

Is Codeacademy no use any more, or more to the point, has anyone had major success with them? Also, is it just widely accepted that there are better places to start as a beginner?

Sincere thanks!