Want to learn programming? Here's a good place to start!

[DoctorWho]

Hey guys,

On my travels across the Internet, I came across this website which has been sat in my bookmarks for some time now and I figured I'd share it for those who might be interested. It's a website called Codecademy. It's completely free and it's basically an interactive self-teaching "course" as it were. At the moment it only has web based languages such as CSS/HTML, Ruby, JavaScript, Python, etc. but there are plans to expand into languages such as C++. C# and so on and so forth. If you ever wanted to learn how to code, or mess around/experiment - which is always fun! - or just brush up on existing knowledge, I would highly recommend this website. It's all presented in layman's terms, very easy to understand but it teaches you a lot.

Give it a try

http://www.codecademy.com/

 

[Kevin]

Thank you for this topic! Helpful!

 

[The_Jedi_Master]

Will definitely check this out! Thanks!

 

[Shrimp]

Hmm.... might try this out. Does it help that I made really awesome userpages back in VMKMagic? LOL. Those required a lot of codes & designing and all that good stuff.

 

[Snaps]

I've wanted to learn programming for so long but I never knew where to go! thank you so much for this link! c:

 

[Jasmine]

Codeacademy is okay, but you need something else as a supplement.
The JavaScript course is pretty bad, so I'd definitely find some other resources if you really want to learn.

 

[Vary]

Thanks for the direction Dr. Who.

 

[Alyce]

Thank you Dr.Who!

Maybe I it will help me understand things better. I am lost sometimes.

 

[oatman]

If anybody is interested in learning iOS or OS X development I started a series on Objective-C. So far I've been given pretty good reviews.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCHuTD4BTCM&hd=1

 

[Championdog]

Oatman will always be a good person to ask questions to.

 

[ClaireMarie]

thank you so much! i'm working on a national project for bullying and i have to create a website (no spoilers now...) (:

 

[Ebony]

Thank you! I've been wanting to learn CSS/HTML for a while now.

 

[iamabigdisfan]

Thanks for this info.

 

[smilescanbecaught]

My Web Development 1 teacher at my university recommended this as a study tool. It really helped my class out!

 

[MagicChrome]

Eh, It's alright. I used it a while ago, it never really taught me more than I already knew.

 

[rach]

Hi. I am currently using that website that I found from
http://www.bentobox.io/
I found this all on Reddit today actually. I just completed the Html part now I'm about to head onto the CSS portion. So far, I've definitely learned a lot just from the codecadamy thing.

 

[sabby]

woohoo im trying it right now.. thanks!

 

[Ness]

That's pretty sweet. I'll have to give it a try!

 

[Wingsofhalo]

Learning coding isn't easy, but is definitely rewarding. It's almost like memorizing an entire new language -- but more conceptual. Luckily there are programs out there in the developing world that assist with doing your coding, like Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver really helps out if you're looking to do some CSS and HTML to create a basic website.