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Codecademy

3 recommenders · 3 threads · recommended in 3 years, 2018–2022 · score 3.3

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Codecademy's guided web development path teaches the basics of building websites, starting with HTML, CSS and JavaScript and moving toward more complete front-end and back-end projects. It is delivered as interactive exercises in the browser.

Commenters describe it as an amazing free starting point and say it was where they typed their first HTML, CSS and JS, with one calling it the best return on a $150 spend.

Web & Mobile Developmentbeginnerfreemiuminteractive MOOC#html#css#javascript#front end#interactive coding

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20182022

On Reddit (3)

  1. Strongly recommendsstable_moodr/learnprogramming2022in “I can't seem to do anything and need advice”▲ 2

    At this point pick a project and go with it :) You run into problems? google. You don't know how to start? google. You forgot how to write an if statement? shameless google. If you have trouble finding a project I highly recommend Codecademy.com That's what I used to type my first lines of…

  2. RecommendsTrident_Truer/webdev2020in “£5k Unit Accredited Course or Online?”▲ 6

    Does that £5k include an industry placement? Would consider it then as experience trumps all qualifications. Accreditation doesn't really mean a whole lot unless it's from a prestigious University. When doing the selection process for new hires our order of importance is firstly their experience…

  3. Recommendsreportbugzr/Entrepreneur2018in “I have a MacBook and lots of spare time, what shall I learn?”▲ 4

    I would recommend doing some web development courses from codecademy.com

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