Codecademy

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Codecademy is an interactive internet platform that offers free programming lessons in four languages ​​for many programming languages ​​(including Python , jQuery , JavaScript , AngularJS and Ruby , as well as HTML and CSS ). Since January 2014, the website has had more than 24 million user views, of which well over 100 million exercise units have been completed. On September 18, 2015, Codecademy was ranked 1608th among the most frequently visited websites in the world in the Alexa Traffic Rank .

The project received positive reviews from the New York Times and TechCrunch, among others .

Each user creates his own profile. In order to create learning incentives, the user receives feedback, badges for completed learning units and an entry in a high score. This can be viewed by other users. Each tutorial also contains CSS and HTML glossaries so that every user can design and publish additional learning units.

Codecademy also offers a forum where beginners and advanced users can exchange ideas and help. For some lessons there are sandboxes - programming environments in which users can test their code. There are four main areas: Web (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), Ruby, Python, and Miscellaneous.

As part of the Computer Science Education Week in December 2013, Codecademy launched their first iOS app under the name Hour of Code to teach programming basics. The same content is used as on the Codecademy website. The app helps to learn programming using gamification .

history

Codecademy was founded in August 2011 by Zach Sims and Ryan Bubinski. Sims dropped out of Columbia University to start a business, while Bubinski graduated from Columbia University in 2011. Through investors, the company started in 2011 with seed capital of 2.5 million US dollars. Further investor funds of US $ 10 million flowed into the company in June 2012. The company received a final grant from Index Ventures .

Code Year

Code Year was a free program from Codecademy that made it possible to learn to code. For a year, weekly learning content was offered to help put a New Year's resolution into practice. In 2012 450,000 users took part in the program, so the program continued in 2013. In 2014 the "Code Year" was discontinued.

Awards

  • Crunchie for Best Education Startup 2012
  • Skillies Technology Award 2015

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nick Summers: Codecademy surpasses 24 million unique users for its free online coding courses. In: The Next Web. January 2, 2014, accessed September 17, 2015 .
  2. ^ Sarah Frier: Codecademy Raises $ 10M, Sees Job Service as Part of Its Future. In: Bloomberg LP June 19, 2012, accessed September 17, 2015 .
  3. ^ Peter Kafka: Codecademy Rounds Up $ 10 Million for Web Lessons. In: allthingsd.com. June 19, 2012, accessed September 17, 2015 .
  4. ↑ How popular is codecademy.com? In: alexa.com . September 18, 2015, accessed September 18, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Jenna Wortham: Codecademy Offers Free Coding Classes for Aspiring Entrepreneurs. In: The New York Times . September 14, 2011, accessed September 17, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Jason Cincaid: Codecademy Surges To 200,000 Users, 2.1 Million Lessons Completed In 72 Hours. In: TechCrunch . August 22, 2011, accessed September 17, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Nick Summers: Codecademy: Hour of Code app for the iPhone lets you learn basic programming anytime, anywhere. In: The Next Web. December 9, 2013, accessed September 17, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Christine Lagorio-Chafkin: 30 Under 30: 2 Guys Who Want to Teach the World to Code. In: Inc.com. July 2, 2012, accessed September 17, 2015 .
  9. ^ Laurie Segall: Codecademy says it can turn anyone into a Web programmer. In: Money.cnn.com . November 29, 2011, accessed September 17, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Laurie Segall: Code Year draws 200,000 aspiring programmers. In: Money.cnn.com . January 6, 2012, accessed September 17, 2015 .
  11. ↑ Learning JavaScript With Code Year. (No longer available online.) In: feld.com. February 17, 2012, archived from the original on February 13, 2014 ; accessed on September 17, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.feld.com
  12. ^ Codecademy - Best Education Startup at The 2012 Crunchies. (Video; 4:55 min) In: huffingtonpost.com . February 1, 2013, accessed September 19, 2015 .
  13. ↑ Codecademy: Winner Skillies Technology Award. (No longer available online.) In: skilledup.com. September 3, 2015, archived from the original on November 25, 2015 ; accessed on September 19, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.skilledup.com