Codecademy

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
Employees 18[1]
Website Codecademy
Alexa rank 1,639 (November 2015)[2]
Registration Yes
Users 24 Mio. (January 2014)[3]
Current status Active

Codecademy is an online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in 9 different programming languages including Python, Java, PHP, JavaScript (jQuery, AngularJS), and Ruby, as well as markup languages HTML and CSS.[4][5] The platform also provides courses for learning command line and Git.[4] In September 2015, Codecademy, in partnership with Periscope, added a series of courses designed to teach SQL, the predominant programming language for database queries.[6] In October 2015, Codecademy created a new course, a class on Java programming. As of January 2014, the site had over 24 million users who had completed over 100 million exercises.[3][7][8] The site has received positive reviews from many blogs and websites, including the New York Times[9] and TechCrunch.[10]

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.[11] The site allowed anyone to create and publish a new course using a Course Creator tool. Currently this feature is disabled, if and when it will be made available again is unknown.[12]

Codecademy also provides a forum where enthusiasts, beginners, and advanced coders can come together and help each other. For some courses, there are 'sandboxes' where users can test out their code. There are four main topics: Web (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP), Ruby, Python, and Miscellaneous.[13]

As part of the Computer Science Education Week held in December 2013, Codecademy launched their first iOS app called "Hour of Code". The app focuses on the basics of programming, including the same content from the website, and it's aimed for people who want to learn programming in a fun way and on the go.[14]

History

Codecademy was founded in August 2011 by Zach Sims and Ryan Bubinski.[15] Sims dropped out of Columbia University to focus on launching a venture, and Bubinski graduated from Columbia in 2011.[16] 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.[15][17] The latest round of funding was led by Index Ventures.[18] Crunchbase reports an additional Series C round of funding for an undisclosed amount, by Bloomberg Beta in June 2013.[19]

On 22 July 2014, the site appeared with a new redesigned dashboard.[20]

In August 2015, Codecademy partnered with the White House, willing to host in-person meet-ups for 600 students from disadvantaged women and minority groups over a period of 12 months.[21][22]

Code Year

Code Year is a free incentive Codecademy program for anyone who is interested in learning 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.[23] Over 450,000 people took courses in 2012,[24][25] and Codecademy continued the program into 2013.

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Codecademy - About the Company". Codecademy. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Codecademy.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 Summers, Nick. "Codecademy surpasses 24 million unique users for its free online coding courses". The Next Web. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Codecademy". Codecademy. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Indvik, Lauren. "Codeacademy Releases Free Ruby Development Courses". Mashable. Mashable. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Codecademy teams with Periscope to create a course that’ll teach you SQL". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  7. ↑ Frier, Sarah. "Codecademy Raises $10M, Sees Job Service as Part of Its Future". Bloomberg. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  8. ↑ Kafka, Peter. "Codecademy Rounds Up $10 Million for Web Lessons". Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  9. ↑ Wortham, Jenna (2011-09-14). "Codecademy Offers Free Coding Classes for Aspiring Entrepreneurs". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  10. ↑ Cincaid, Jason. "Codecademy Surges To 200,000 Users, 2.1 Million Lessons Completed In 72 Hours". TechCrunch. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  11. ↑ "HTML Glossary". Codecademy. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "Codecademy on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  13. ↑ "Groups". Codecademy. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  14. ↑ Summers, Nick. "Codecademy: Hour of Code app for the iPhone lets you learn basic programming anytime, anywhere". The Next Web. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  15. 1 2 "30 Under 30: Zach Sims and Ryan Bubinski, Codecademy". Inc.com. 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ Wortham, Jenna (2011-10-27). "Codecademy Lands $2.5 Million From Investors - NYTimes.com". Bits.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  18. ↑ Colao, JJ (2012-06-19). "Codecademy Raises $10 Million To Conquer The World". Forbes.com.
  19. ↑ "Jun 5, 2013: Codecademy - Funding Round - Series C - CrunchBase". crunchbase.com. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  20. ↑ "The New Dashboard". Codecademy. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  21. ↑ "Codecademy Partners With The White House". Codecademy. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  22. ↑ "Fact Sheet: President Obama Announces New Commitments from Investors, Companies, Universities, and Cities to Advance Inclusive Entrepreneurship at First-Ever White House Demo Day". The White House, White House Office of the Press Secretary. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  23. ↑ Segall, Laurie (2012-01-06). "Code Year draws 200,000 aspiring programmers - Jan. 6, 2012". Money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  24. ↑ "Learning JavaScript With Code Year " Feld Thoughts Feld Thoughts". Feld.com. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  25. ↑ Codecademy. "Code Year". Code Year. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  26. ↑ "Codecademy: Winner Skillies Technology Award". SkilledUp. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  27. ↑ "Codecademy – Best Education Startup at The 2012 Crunchies Awards". TechCrunch. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2015.

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