Updates We're launching a course using Python 3! The Python language community experienced a fracturing in 2008 when it released Python 3.0. Python 3.0 was a new major version of Python, which means that code written in earlier versions
Updates Song Lyric Topic Analysis Livestream Join us as we perform a natural language processing topic analysis on the song lyrics of one of the world's most popular artists: Taylor Swift.
Partnerships Ask a Data Engineer: Warby Parker Edition đź‘“ Ryan Tuck, a Data Engineer at Warby Parker, dropped by our office to work on a Learn SQL from Scratch project. I broke out my notebook to ask some questions.
Updates Build an Alien Chatbot Livestream The 1950s ushered in excitement about outer space and, incidentally, UFO sightings and conspiracies about alien life. The decade also brought about a new theory of artificial intelligence—computer scientist Alan Turing proposed
Updates Facebook Messenger Analysis Learn how to analyze your Facebook messenger chat data to discover insights about your relationships with your friends.
Insights Go Behind-the-Scenes of Our Curriculum Hackathon (and Pick the Winner) Codecademy recently held our bi-annual internal hackathon. Now, we’re explaining what a hackathon actually is, and why you might want to take part in one.
Developing Stories_ Ask a Software Engineer: Airbnb Edition 🏡 We sat down with Luba Yudasina, a YouTuber, opera singer, and software engineer at Airbnb, to discuss her journey from Codecademy to Airbnb.
Insights How Learning Data Structures and Algorithms Helped Me Ace My Coding Interviews When I walked into my first coding interview, I assumed I didn't have to understand data structures and algorithms. Oh, how I was wrong.
Updates Introducing Codecademy Go Answers to frequently asked questions about Codecademy Go, our new mobile app for iOS and Android that makes it easier than ever to practice and review coding concepts on the go.
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.
Updates Updates to Codecademy Paths We launched new versions of our Web Development, Programming and Computer Science, Code Foundations, and Data Science Paths with new content that provides extra practice, deeper curriculum, and instructional videos.
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 What Are Data Structures? Learn what data structures are, why they are useful, and how you can use them effectively.
Insights JavaScript: How Did It Get So Popular? How the first browser war— and an especially productive 10 days—led to the creation of JavaScript, the most important language in modern web development.
Updates Updates to our JavaScript Content Good news! We're updating several lessons in our JavaScript curriculum. Now, you'll be able to read legacy code and extend your learning to another language.
Insights How Schools Use Codecademy to Teach Computer Science We're taking a look at how educators use Codecademy, which school systems use it the most, and best practices for incorporating it into your curriculum.
Insights Learning, Teaching, and Changing Computer Science My experiences as a computer science student, teacher, and curriculum developer have given me a perspective on CS education that I would love to share.
Insights Coding Bootcamp vs. Codecademy: 7 Ways Codecademy Teaches Differently Learning to code can level up your career, but how (and where) should you learn? Let’s dig into the differences between coding bootcamps and Codecademy.
Insights Data Science Jobs: How (and Why) to Land One Data science is one of this century's hottest fields, but breaking in is still a little confusing. This is a step-by-step guide to landing your first gig.
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 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 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.
Partnerships Test Conversations: How I Wrote the Latest Alexa Course To write our newest Amazon Alexa course, I hit all kinds of constraints. But constraints breed creativity. Here's how I created a new testing methodology for the course.
