Codecademy

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Codecademy

Codecademy homepage on March 3, 2013
Type Private
Headquarters New York City, United States
Area served Worldwide
Founder(s) Zach Sims, Ryan Bubinski
Industry Internet
Website Codecademy
Alexa rank positive decrease 2,227 (February 2014)[1]
Current status Active

Codecademy is an online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in six different languages: programming languages like Python, PHP, jQuery, JavaScript, and Ruby, as well as markup languages including HTML and CSS.[2][3] As of June 2012, the site had over 5 million users who had completed over 100 million exercises.[4][5] The site has received positive reviews from many blogs and websites, including the New York Times[6] and TechCrunch.[7]

Each individual who joins has their own profile. To motivate users to participate, the site offers feedback, badges for completing exercises, as well as a function that keeps track of a user's total score and total day streak, and displays it to others. There are also CSS and HTML glossaries available within each tutorial.[8] The site allows anyone to create and publish a new course using a Course Creator tool.

Codecademy also provides a forum where enthusiasts, beginners, and advanced coders can come together. There are four main topics: Web (HTML, CSS & JS), Ruby, Python, and Miscellaneous.[8]

History

Codecademy was founded in 2011 by Zach Sims and Ryan Bubinski.[9] Sims dropped out of Columbia University to focus on launching a venture, while Bubinski graduated from Columbia with a degree in computer science and biophysics.[10] The company, headquartered in New York City, raised $2.5 million in Series A funding in October 2011 and $10 million in Series B funding in June 2012.[9][11] The latest round of funding was led by Index Ventures.[12]

Code Year

Code Year is a free Codecademy program for anyone who is interested to learn how to program. The program intends to help people follow through on a New Year's Resolution to learn how to program, by introducing a new course for every week in 2012.[13] Over 450,000 people took courses in 2012,[14][15] and Codecademy continued the program into 2013.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Codecademy.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-02-01. 
  2. ↑ "Codecademy". Codecademy. Retrieved 2012-08-04. 
  3. ↑ Indvik, Lauren. "Codeacademy Releases Free Ruby Development Courses". Mashable. Mashable. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
  4. ↑ Frier, Sarah. "Codecademy Raises $10M, Sees Job Service as Part of Its Future". Retrieved 19 June 2012. 
  5. ↑ Kafka, Peter. "Codecademy Rounds Up $10 Million for Web Lessons". Retrieved 19 June 2012. 
  6. ↑ Wortham, Jenna. "Codecademy Offers Free Coding Classes for Aspiring Entrepreneurs". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 July 2012. 
  7. ↑ Cincaid, Jason. "Codecademy Surges To 200,000 Users, 2.1 Million Lessons Completed In 72 Hours". TechCrunch. Retrieved 26 July 2012. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "HTML Glossary". Codecademy. Retrieved 10 December 2013. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "30 Under 30: Zach Sims and Ryan Bubinski, Codecademy". Inc.com. 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2012-08-13. 
  10. ↑ Segall, Laurie (2011-11-29). "Codecademy says it can turn anyone into a Web programmer - Nov. 29, 2011". Money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2012-08-13. 
  11. ↑ Wortham, Jenna (2011-10-27). "Codecademy Lands $2.5 Million From Investors - NYTimes.com". Bits.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-08-13. 
  12. ↑ Colao, JJ (2012-06-19). "Codecademy Raises $10 Million To Conquer The World". Forbes.com. 
  13. ↑ Segall, Laurie (2012-01-06). "Code Year draws 200,000 aspiring programmers - Jan. 6, 2012". Money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2013-02-16. 
  14. ↑ "Learning JavaScript With Code Year " Feld Thoughts Feld Thoughts". Feld.com. Retrieved 2013-02-16. 
  15. ↑ Codecademy. "Code Year". Code Year. Retrieved 2013-02-16. 

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