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freeCodeCamp
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Completely free
Free for anyone who wants to take the camp.
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No longer offers opportunity to build projects one-on-one with nonprofits
There are no nonprofits to help upon completing the program.
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Open source
Due to freeCodeCamp being open source, you are able to contribute to the program that helped teach you how to code in the first place. It's a great way to give back and gain experience.
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Learning material is not in-depth
The teaching content provided by freeCodeCamp tends to act more as an introduction than a solid learning resource. Unless you already have some prior experience, you won't have enough knowledge to get through the coding challenges and development projects without using outside learning resources to fill in the gaps.
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Self-paced
There is no set schedule with freeCodeCamp. You can work through the program as fast or as slow as you want.
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Massive time waste
Content mainly focuses on trivial concepts and is very sparse in those few areas that inch beyond 'complete beginner'.
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Browser-based
All courses used by freeCodeCamp are done in the browser, rather than students having to set up their own environment. This makes it much easier for beginners to get started.
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Is an email list generator
Early focus isn't on programming. It is on signing up for all of FreeCodeCamp's social media and getting looped into their newsletters. The content is trivial. It is all just a massive marketing scheme to get email addresses of aspiring programmers to affiliate sell to by pushing novice developers to blog posts containing affiliate links. That is until they sell to a 3rd party. Read their disclaimer. Whoever buys them out gets all their user data, email lists, etc.
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Actively developed
They are frequently updating courses and adding new material.
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No offline version
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Welcoming, active community
freeCodeCamp strongly encourages interacting with other learners and experienced programmers. They provide chatrooms which are always active and full of members happy to answer any questions you may have. Pair programming (programming with another user) is encouraged as a great way to work through some of their coding challenges. There are also meetup groups where you can code in person with other freeCodeCamp students.
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Excessive focus on the basics
This platform focuses too much on the basics.
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Six certificates available
There are currently six certificates available that you can get once you've completed all the projects: Responsive Web Design Certification Javascript Algorithms And Data Structures Certification Front End Libraries Certification Data Visualization Certification Apis And Microservices Certification Information Security And Quality Assurance Certification
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Gain real world experience while helping nonprofits
Once you've completed all the courses and practice levels on freeCodeCamp, you are able to participate with other learners on developing software for non-profits. It's an amazing way to gain experience and build your portfolio as a developer, while helping out a non-profit organization.
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Full stack certificate
There is a cool Full stack certificate
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HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python
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Projects, chat, exercises, written tutorials, video tutorials, progress saver
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Codewars
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Challenges cover all areas of programming
Algorithms, OOP, functional programming, you name it - there's a challenge class for it and in just about every language.
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Require some coding knowledge
You require some coding knowledge to get an account with code wars. The topics are limited
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Submit your own challenges
If you think you have a good idea for a challenge that could be added to the dojo then go add it and get feedback.
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Multi-language support
Users can complete code challenges in over 12 different languages.
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Learning gamification
Get points and increase your level by completing coding challenges.
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Free
Codewars is completely free to use.
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BF / C / C++ / C# / Clojure / CoffeeScript / Crystal / Dart / Elixir / Erlang / F# / Go / Haskel / Java / JavaScript / Lua / Nim / Objective-C / OCaml / PHP / Python / R / Ruby / Rust / Shell / SQL / Swift / TypeScrypt
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Code School
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Practice the code after each video
After each video, there are a series of challenges that give you a chance to apply what you just learned. The great thing about these challenges are that they force you to think through a problem, and use the new skills to solve it. It's not just regurgitating facts; it requires some effort.
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Acquired by Pluralsight
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Paths for learning different skills
While you can jump into any video you like, there is also the option to follow a path for what you are wanting to learn. These give a nice direction if you are wanting to improve on a particular area and guide you into what to do next. They currently offer Ruby, Javascript, HTML/CSS, and iOS.
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Videos are of a tone that some people cannot stand
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Videos show how to build an app in real time
Soup to Bits is a series of videos that shows a developer creating an app from scratch in real time. It's easy to pause a video and follow along with the developer.
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Requires paying to complete courses
Although the beginning of each course is free and you can see if you are interested in pursuing it, to complete the course you must pay.
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Video tutorials
Videos give an overview of the course/lesson plan before a single line of code is written. This gives context and a general understanding of what is possible and how teaching will be approached.
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A bit too basic
There is not a lot of advanced content.
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Fun and engaging teaching style
The instructors often use humour throughout the videos while letting their passion for the topic show.
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In-depth courses
Code School is not just for beginners to programming, but provides plenty of intermediate and advanced courses for students as their skills grow.
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C#, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ruby, SQL, Objective-C
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Editor, video tutorials, progress saver, forum
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Codecademy
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Not the best structure for quick refreshers
The content of the lessons is aimed very much at people just starting to learn how to code. This is perfect for beginners but if you want to use Codecademy to refresh your knowledge the lessons are not designed to be quickly done.
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Interactivity
Right from the start, users write code. They start small in an environment that has constant feedback and gradually progress to more complex concepts. Users can see code results instantly, giving great feedback.
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Lack of context
Codecademy is great for providing a hands-on approach, but there is a lack of context regarding how to start a project in real life. While users may learn how to code using Codecademy's interface, they may not have any idea how to code independently.
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Excellent progression
Codeacademy doesn't overwhelm beginners with information. It gives bite-sized information, the bare minimum needed to finish a task and get to the next one. As the course progresses, it slowly fills in background information.
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Sticks to pretty basic
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Good editor
Codeacademy has a powerful, beginner-friendly integrated development environment (IDE) that can also be used outside of curriculum.
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Deleted a lot of content
A lot of free content has been taken away, for example the PHP course was removed from the site.
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Bite-sized lessons
Each lesson in code-academy focuses on a single concept, and repetition is provided to drill the concept.
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Buggy
Codecademy is known to have many bugs which interfere with the editor, resulting in error messages despite having the correct answer.
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Mostly free content & best progression series for beginners
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Allows infinite loops to run
If you run an infinite loop, the browser freezes. Many other similar websites will give you an error, preventing the loop from running. Though not a bug, the lack of feature to stop infinite loops from running can be quite frustrating to beginners.
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Community forums
It has forums which can be used to discuss with other learners
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HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Ruby, Python
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Code editor, forum, progress saver, written tutorials
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Zoombowi
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Very addictive
Users gain XP for every challenge they complete, can unlock achievements and climb the global leaderboard. This provides the user with a genuine sense of progression as their skillset increases.
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Learn to think like a programmer
Almost everything relating to learning to code is geared toward only teaching basic syntax. Edabit goes beyond syntax and teaches its users how to think like real programmers (problem solving) in a fun and interactive way.
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Get instant feedback
Users can start coding immediately while getting instant feedback. If their code works, they pass the challenge. If it doesn't, they fail and must try again.
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C++, C#, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Java, Ruby, Swift
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