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Codecademy
Codecademy homepage on March 3, 2013
Type of businessPrivate
Headquarters
New York City
,
United States
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)Zach Sims, Ryan Bubinski
IndustryInternet
URLCodecademy
Current statusActive

Codecademy is an online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in programming languages like Python, JavaScript, and Ruby, as well as markup languages including HTML and CSS.[2][3] As of September 2011, the site had over 550,000 users who had completed over six million exercises.[4] The site has received positive feedback and reviews from many blogs and websites, including the New York Times[4] and TechCrunch.[5]

To motivate users to participate, the site offers feedback, badges for completing exercises, as well as a function that keeps track of a user's total score and displays it to others. The site also allows anyone to create and publish a new course using a Course Creator tool.

History

Codecademy was founded in 2011 by Zach Sims and Ryan Bubinski.[6] Sims dropped out of Columbia University to focus on launching a venture, while Bubinski graduated from Columbia with a degree in computer science and biophysics.[7] The company, headquartered in New York City, raised $2.5 million in Series A funding in October 2011 and $10 million in Series B funding in June 2012.[6][8] The latest round of funding was led by Index Ventures.[9]

Code Year

Code Year is a free Codecademy program for anyone who is interested to learn how to program. The program intends to help people follow through on a New Year's Resolution to learn how to program, by introducing a new course for every week in 2012.[10] Over 450,000 people took courses in 2012,[11][12] and Codecademy has continued the program into 2013.

Courses

The first twelve interactive lessons of Code Year covered topics in using the JavaScript programming language. Beginning in week 13, topics in using the HTML markup language and the CSS style sheet language were added to the syllabus. Beginning in week 21, topics in using the jQuery JavaScript library were added to the syllabus. Beginning in week 30, topics in using the Python programming language were added to the syllabus. During 2012, new courses were released every Monday.[12]

More Courses

Outside of code year- codecademy offeres courses in: HTML,CSS,Javascript,PHP (work in progress), Python, Ruby and Javascript library jQuery. In addition- an API section was launched offering lessons on how to use the api's of several different participating services.

other services

Codecademy Labs- an Online IDE The Codecademy labs gives users the ability to write Javascript, Ruby and Python in a "terminal-like environment" and eliminates the need to download and install an ide.


Competitors

In addition to Codecademy, many other companies have entered the market for providing online learning resources in programming and other technology topics. Some of these include:[13]

References

  1. ^ "Codecademy.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
  2. ^ "Codecademy". Codecademy. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  3. ^ Indvik, Lauren. "Codeacademy Releases Free Ruby Development Courses". Mashable. Mashable. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  4. ^ a b Wortham, Jenna. "Codecademy Offers Free Coding Classes for Aspiring Entrepreneurs". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  5. ^ Cincaid, Jason. "Codecademy Surges To 200,000 Users, 2.1 Million Lessons Completed In 72 Hours". TechCrunch. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  6. ^ a b "30 Under 30: Zach Sims and Ryan Bubinski, Codecademy". Inc.com. 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  7. ^ Segall, Laurie (2011-11-29). "Codecademy says it can turn anyone into a Web programmer - Nov. 29, 2011". Money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  8. ^ Wortham, Jenna (2011-10-27). "Codecademy Lands $2.5 Million From Investors - NYTimes.com". Bits.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  9. ^ Colao, JJ (2012-06-19). "Codecademy Raises $10 Million To Conquer The World". Forbes.com.
  10. ^ Segall, Laurie (2012-01-06). "Code Year draws 200,000 aspiring programmers - Jan. 6, 2012". Money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  11. ^ "Learning JavaScript With Code Year " Feld Thoughts Feld Thoughts". Feld.com. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  12. ^ a b Codecademy. "Code Year". Code Year. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  13. ^ LearnStreet teaches newbies how to code. Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal. October 5, 2012.
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