Culture The first computer programmer Curious about the first computer programmer? Learn about Ada Lovelace and how she changed the future of computer programming and how we think about computers.
Culture What is competitive programming? Competitive programming can build your programming skills and make you a better developer. Read this to find out how you can become a competitive programmer.
Teams How a group of Product Managers at Paradox is connecting through coding Calli is a Product Manager at Paradox, a Codecademy for Teams customer. Towards the beginning of the pandemic, she and a group of PMs at Paradox decided to start learning together on Codecademy.
Interviews An interview with Isabel Abonitalla: Chapter leader, student, and entrepreneur Meet Isabel Abonitalla — a computer science and biology student, programmer, entrepreneur, and one of the leaders of Codecademy’s CUNY Tech chapter.
Culture 6 Reasons Now’s the Perfect Time to Commit to Coding We believe that learning a new skill during this challenging time can provide a sense of empowerment and so much more. Here are six reasons to learn to code while you’re at home.
Insights MySpace and the Coding Legacy it Left Behind For an entire generation, Myspace was a gateway to writing code. We looked back on the site’s code editor and explained how it led to the site’s downfall.
Insights Protect Your Personal Data By Thinking Like a Data Scientist Data is a currency we spend more often than we realize. Understanding how our data is collected and used can help us evaluate the decisions we make with it.
Partnerships Talking C++: An Interview with Bjarne Stroustrup Bjarne Stroustrup is the creator of C++. We got a chance to chat with him about the “golden years” of Bell Labs and the top C++ questions on Stack Overflow.
Insights When One Teaches, Two Learn: Meet Codecademy’s Community We believe “when one teaches, two learn.” To make that belief a reality for learners, we host an online community with tens of thousands of members.
Partnerships Talking C++: An Interview with Simon Brand The authors of Codecademy's Learn C++ course sat down for a chat with Simon Brand, a C++ Developer Advocate for Microsoft and frequent conference speaker.
Insights Web Scraping MLB Stats with Python and Beautiful Soup Python web scraping libraries like Beautiful Soup can automate the collection of website data. Let's try it out by scraping MLB batting stats from ESPN.
Insights Engaging with Communities as a Female Technologist As a woman in a male-dominated field, I started to feel more confident when I joined communities that connect women in computer science to each other.
Insights Climbing the Ladder: Investigating the "American Dream" with Python We used Python to analyze how wealth, location and collegiate selectivity affect student outcomes and economic mobility.
Insights Aggregating Pokémon Data with Python and Pandas Python is a more flexible and scalable tool for data analysis than spreadsheets. To prove it, we're analyzing the same Pokémon data with both and comparing.
Insights Using Machine Learning to Analyze Taylor Swift's Lyrics I used natural language processing and other machine learning techniques to analyze the discography of an artist with an intriguing history: Taylor Swift.
Insights Identifying Storylines in Survivor with Machine Learning I made a machine learning model that gave me some insights into my favorite reality TV show, Survivor. Now, I'm explaining how I did it, step-by-step.
Insights What are Neural Networks? Artificial neural networks are interconnected groups of nodes, akin to the vast network of neurons in a brain. Let’s explore how they came into existence.
Insights Visual Studio vs. Sublime Text: Which Editor Should You Choose? We're providing an in-depth comparison of two of the most popular code editors: Visual Studio and Sublime Text.
Insights Thinking About Errors in Your Code Differently Great programmers know that errors are part of the process. We'll teach you how to find the solutions to errors while learning something new from each one.
Insights The Future of Work Will Be Changed by Today's Tech Workers in all industries are being asked to do more and learn more. The future of work may mean wearing multiple hats—one of which is coding.
Insights Excel to SQL: Why You Should Make the Switch Spreadsheet applications like Excel are ubiquitous, but they come with risks. Learn why SQL is a faster, easier, and safer way to manipulate and analyze data.
Partnerships All the (Internet of) Things Ladyada explains what the term “Internet of Things” actually means, the IoT projects she’s most excited about, and the programming language you should learn to get involved.
Partnerships How to Gain Influence as a Marketer at a Tech Company Claire Suellentrop and Georgiana Laudi share a collection of tactics to help you demonstrate your value, prove you’re thinking strategically, and ultimately, get better results at work.
Developing Stories_ Teen brothers from Nigeria taught themselves how to code and started with Codecademy Osine and Anesi went from replicating their schools website as students in Nigeria, to building their own browser and making a name for themselves in the tech industry! Osine and Anesi code because
Partnerships Code in the Classroom This is an excerpt of an article by Jon L. Denby of NYU explaining a Coding 101 course using our curriculum. "If you don't speak 'computer' in our current economy, it's a