Want to learn to code?

[Thatdad]

Would you like to learn to code but have no money to be taught in school?

Not a problem at all!

Just head over to http://www.codecademy.com

They teach you how to code, in a fun, interactive environment.
And best of all, it's free.

Give it a shot and see if you like it. :thumbup:

 

[9to5cynic]

I'm a big fan of codeacademy.

 

[Thatdad]

I'm a big fan of codeacademy.

Me too. :thumbup:

I'm trying to relearn HTML again. (easiest in my opinion)

Back to the basics! (haven't don't HTML since freshmen year of high school)

 

[Thatdad]

This is where I want to get to.

 

[jonbanjo]

I'm trying to relearn HTML again. (easiest in my opinion)

It's also different to the others as it is a mark up language rather than a programming language.

I had a quick play with the php one yesterday. It seems to take you through a fair amount.

I did have a couple of problems with it though. Sometimes it evaluated a loop before I'd completed the code, causing lock ups. Also, although this might be down to me rushing, it wasn't always clear to me exactly what they wanted. I was really scratching my head with an array one that needed "=<" outputting before it would accept the code. I'm reasonably familiar with php but I don't know what it would be like for someone new to the whole thing.

 

[Thatdad]

It's also different to the others as it is a mark up language rather than a programming language.

I had a quick play with the php one yesterday. It seems to take you through a fair amount.

I did have a couple of problems with it though. Sometimes it evaluated a loop before I'd completed the code, causing lock ups. Also, although this might be down to me rushing, it wasn't always clear to me exactly what they wanted. I was really scratching my head with an array one that needed "=<" outputting before it would accept the code. I'm reasonably familiar with php but I don't know what it would be like for someone new to the whole thing.

I was messing around with the Java one and sometimes I'd put a code in and it would give me a syntax error. Well I'd backspace one letter or number and retype it and it would work?

I'm sure there's some bugs in it. But overall it's pretty good.

 

[9to5cynic]

Last I was on, the php (I think it was php) lessons were just starting and were really lacking.

I'm planing to run through the css and jquery pages again pretty soon. I found their jquery section to be really cool. I haven't been too active there after their big outage a few months back. I lost a bunch of progress (like 5 days worth), but got a 404 badge

 

[sfbloodbrother]

I'm also seeing that Lynda . Com a lot on YouTube being promoted by top youtubers.

 

[Mehta23]

I found codecademy to be pretty good, although a few times I had to consult the question section because I got stuck.