When comparing Platzi vs Codebrainer, the Slant community recommends Codebrainer for most people. In the question“What are the best websites to learn to code?” Codebrainer is ranked 24th while Platzi is ranked 25th. The most important reason people chose Codebrainer is:
No cheating straight up native apps.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Focuses on skill development
Platzi designs their courses in a way that will teach you tangible skills and encourages you to apply them right from the start.
Pro High course adherence
By focusing on teaching tangible skills, Platzi has a 70% adherence rate to their courses compared to the 20% of other online courses.
Pro Live streaming classes
Pro Courses taught by industry leaders
Platzi has a few courses available taught by well known industry leaders such as Y Combinator President Sam Altman.
Pro Learn to make native apps
No cheating straight up native apps.
Pro It's free for now
Codebrainer.com offers free courses on Android development. And they don't use an App builder.
Cons
Con Many courses are only offered in Spanish
Platzi originally launched as Mejorando.la, an educational resource offering all courses in Spanish. They have since rebranded and now offer courses in both English and Spanish, however their English courses are currently still limited.
Con Beginner courses
Codebrainer.com is new to the scene and for now they only have beginner courses.