What are the best products for learning to code?

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Pavan Sethi · Accepted Answer

freeCodeCamp is a great place to start - as you can tell by the name, it's totally free and they do a really good job of starting off simple and slowly adding difficulty with each lesson.  I think CodeAcademy holds your hand a little too much, whereas freeCodeCamp was the right amount of difficult to allow you to learn a little more.

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I love the broad range of options for learning Codeacademy offers. From what seems like every language under the sun to flexible tutorials, freemium model with optional quizzes and advanced versions of their lessons, etc., it's an all-around great site.

Vinh Pham · Answer

I'm currently going through a Web Development course on Udemy taught by a dev bootcamp instructor. I like that I can learn at my own pace, there's also a Gitter board with other students that I can interact with and who can help me get past any roadblocks I encounter. I also tried Code Academy, but had trouble having the info stick. There's something about writing my own code versus just filling in blanks in a browser console that works better for my long term memory.

Michael Sitver · Answer

Codecamy, W3schools, and sites like those will help you get from 0 to 1. Github will help you get from 1 to 10.

To use the metaphor of literacy, if tools like Codecademy teach you how to write words and sentences, Github teaches you to write essays and books.

Once you know what a function, a loop, an object, and an array are, Github will be your best friend. It's a directory of thousands or millions of free programs written in every language, of every level of complexity. You can find one-line programs and 1-million line programs.

One of the best ways to learn how to code is to read and manipulate other people's code. A few times a week I download a different project from Github, run it, play with it, and read through the code to understand how it works. Whenever I'm building something specific, I try to find a project on Github doing something similar. I look at their implementation, and it helps me greatly in building my own.

Github is technically version-control. It's technically meant to help software professionals  AS they build software. Secondarily though, it is the best resource for learning how to code on the web.

Pizza Yap · Answer

Great step by step article and video tutorial to teach you Swift and React. At the end of the course, you will create a final product. And from there you can change it into your own idea. Many readers have launched their product and they're starting from zero coding knowledge.

Ayush Mittal · Answer

If you're just starting and exploring different ways to learning to code, consider Bubble! Bubble lets you build a fully functional web/iOS app with **Visual Programming** There is a bit of learning curve to understand the fundamentals of visual programming. Hope it helps, let me know if I can add any further info on this.

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Darrell and Dan have created something unique and wonderful with Thinkful's 1 on 1 mentorship approach to learning.

H.Murchison · Answer

After you begin reading well written code can be very beneficial

Heather · Answer

When I was learning to code, Treehouse was an incredible resource. It is a really nice balance of video lectures and hands on activities, and takes you through from the basics. The paths are nice if you're focusing on a particular area as well.

Nick Nish · Answer

As a constant student, I'm constantly encountering the best resources for learning how to code. I cannot recommend freeCodeCamp enough. First, I think there are few teams that are as genuine in their quest to teach people as this team. As far as their teaching process, they combine methodologies to use a project-based approach, while encouraging you to utilize Google and other students and the dev community (via Gitter) to learn.

Simon Bromberg · Answer

A simple programming "game" that teaches you coding while also demonstrating why algorithms are important, how to use an API, and how testing works. Can just jump right into it with any browser, so it's very accessible. Certainly not enough on its own, but its a cool supplement for learning to code.

Luis E Torruella · Answer

I used Udacity and FreeCodeCamp

kushagra gour · Answer

If you are learning frontend development, this tool is must have to do easy and offline practice n experiments.

Vidy Thatte · Answer

I taught myself how to code but it would have been super helpful if a mentor could guide me through the process because I remember getting stuck on a lot of trivial issues for weeks. Graam puts you in touch with engineers and PHD students who can help mentor you!

Michael Sitver · Answer

I love this free book, and I don't even use Ruby much. I recommend at least reading the intro and preface, regardless of what language you're learning, because it's probably the best theoretical guide to learning how to code **well** that exists.

Luís Otávio Ribeiro · Answer

Awesome code reviews.

Jose Niño Pérez · Answer

The freCodeCamp community is a key asset. The newsletters and Medium posts are a great aditional resource. Depending on your interest you will find a lot of relevant content and recommendations. For instance, I am into data science and regularly get on my Medium digest well explained and analyzed resources (e.g. Check this or that MOOC for learning about Neural Networks). Time saver!

stuffman · Answer

Short and attractives lessons

Alex Nabokov · Answer

For me CodeCombat became breakthrough.
Yes tagline of CC not lie, users of the platform really play an RPG game while learning how to code. And they have to play more to learn more. One of the best solution to start for kids and gamers.

Dominic Monn · Answer

I am the founder of this small community with some very amazing mentors. We concentrate on teaching you programming - with a mentor!

Lisa Dziuba · Answer

Design + Code is amazing!!

Suresh Dasari · Answer

Tutlane.com is the best site to learn coding online for free

Suhas Motwani · Answer

If you're based out of NYC, this is a great one! The Recurse Center is a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for programmers. This is not a bootcamp, but a retreat.
Best part - The Recurse Center is free for everyone.

Jitesh Dugar · Answer

Learning does not feel like learning. It feels like playing a game while building knowledge. Lessons are interactive and supported with good real-life examples at the end of the lesson.

Emily Kellert · Answer

I can highly recommend Udacity! I started with absolutely zero knowledge about programming and have come a far way since then. Super videos, community, mentors, and support!

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This one is great! Learning from great courses. Courses are projects oriented, meaning you get to practice right away. You also have a skill assessment quiz to know your level so you don't lose a lot of time.

immortal · Answer

The best part of this platform is 
CoursE lessons and quizzes

Debdatta Basu · Answer

Interactive courses. Wide range of technologies. Will make you a pro in days instead of years. Highly recommend.

Pavan Sethi · Answer

Mainly compared to freeCodeCamp and CodeAcademy, I really preferred Code School for a few reasons.  I thought the format of the lessons were better - generally a video, multiple choice questions, and/or a multi-part problem.  During the videos, I thought the instructors did a great job of taking complex topics and making them much more simple.  They also make sure to keep the videos fairly short with small chunks of work to keep up a good flow.

Much of it isn't free though, so I would recommend trying out Code Academy and/or freeCodeCamp first.

Eric Anderson · Answer

Thoughtful and on-trend videos and examples make learning efficient.

Suhas Motwani · Answer

If Mobile app dev is your thing - check CodePath.
CodePath is an organization that provides free, accelerated mobile engineering classes for professional developers.
The program concludes with a demo day where the top group projects are judged by a panel of notable mobile and engineering leaders.

Mohammed Rafy · Answer

This is one of the interesting platforms I came across while I was starting to code. I had already used and completed most of the resources for the web like HTML, JavaScript, CSS through Codecademy but when I came across freeCodeCamp I restarted again. It's awesome and it's free. ;)

Tushar Borole · Answer

Awsome content

Gad Bouskila · Answer

Find courses in major universities by accessing this platform

Suhas Motwani · Answer

Personally I didn’t try this one (yet), but looks like that this is a reworked Odin Project, and based on the contents I can tell that this is a pretty solid introduction to software engineering. I can recommend it especially for those who are interested in Ruby/Rails development.

Vije Vijendranath · Answer

Designed with DESIGNERS in mind!

Peter Javorkai ⚡ · Answer

I really like the way Rik and the other teachers are going through the different learning materials from the basics. The foundation course is really about the barebones of HTML, CSS and a little JS, but they have other more advanced courses on React or the one dealing with APIs. Besides the extensive amount of materials the homeworks and the course itself is supercool! The community is really engaging, and helping a lot to consume the information and just sharing the most useful new resources!

Suhas Motwani · Answer

Why do I reco this? Austen. You won't find an entrepreneur with more passion than this. Take it & change your life!

Felipe Molina · Answer

For people who also want to get a job.

Valentin · Answer

because by Woz

keyul · Answer

Quick Code is the best place to find free tutorials to learn coding. For newbies, pick your programming language and find tutorials those are for beginners on Quick Code to start.

keyul · Answer

Quick Code has a great collection of all the free courses available to learn different programming languages. These free courses are very useful for people who want to start learning code and also someone who needs to revise their concepts in different programming skills.