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Add to SafariWhen comparing Khan Academy vs Thinkster, the Slant community recommends Khan Academy for most people. In the question“What are the best websites to learn to code?” Khan Academy is ranked 12th while Thinkster is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose Khan Academy is:
Khan Academy is 100% free and does not require you to sign up in order to access the courses.
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Pros
Pro Free
Khan Academy is 100% free and does not require you to sign up in order to access the courses.
Pro Motivation through gamification
Users collect badges and points through completing missions, watching videos, adding comments and more.
Pro Q & A Section
There is a Q & A section after every video where you can ask questions there and let other users answer them.
Pro Real-world projects
The tutorials walk you through building different apps such as a Slack clone and simplified Google+ clone.
Pro Available online, as a PDF and screencast
Depending on your needs or wishes you can get the ebook, screencasts, sample code on thinkster.io.
Cons
Con Limited programming courses
The programming courses are not in-depth, giving students only a basic knowledge of programming. The language choices are also limited (HTML, CSS and JavaScript).
Con Monthly subscription to access videos
With a free account, you are able to view all the text in a tutorial. However to view the videos, you have to sign up for a monthly subscription ($19/month).
