Plug Codecademy on Get Involved

[danirabbit]

Something that might be interesting is to try to give people a place to go to gain the skills they would need to get involved. For example in the web section we talk about the things we use to build our website. Maybe we should also link to Codecademy and let people know that there is an awesome and free way for them to gain these skills if they don't already have them.

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[mmatthews1981]

perhaps have several resources? There are quite a few, and not all resources work for all people. Freecodecamp, The Odin Project and code.org all spring immediately to mind.

[lewisgoddard]

We should probably collect a comprehensive list, rank by the amount of applicable lessons and price, then shortlist from there.

• Codecademy [Recommended]
• Code School
• Teaching Tree
• Linux Academy
• Free Code Camp [Disqualified]
• The Odin Project [Non-Interactive]
• Code.org [?]

[danirabbit]

Codecademy is like 90% free. They offer extra paid projects, but you can learn 100% of the lessons without paying.

I think I would disqualify freecodecamp.com just on the way their website looks. I'm not sure I trust someone to teach web skills when their website looks like it does.

The Odin project seems like a text book and structured like a college course list, which I don't think is as good as something that's interactive and teaches the skills directly instead of hiding what is actually in the lesson behind "Web 101".

I can't even find proper web development courses on code.org

[sudopluto]

I think that a link to something like MDN would be useful: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Learn

In addition to providing a handy reference for tags and stuff, their intro to web dev was short and sweet. I think they start with installing a text editor and end with publishing a web site via github pages. I dont think it would be necessary to link stuff like the odin project and free code camp because both programs are set up as a free "bootcamp" for people who want a web dev job.

[suhasdarsi]

I have done courses on freecodecamp I would say their courses are not that bad for beginners however their website might look

[duckydreams]

I think this is a great idea! I'd be happy to help out with this :)

[ghost]

@danrabbit I'm trying FreeCodeCamp right now and yes it looks ugly, but the courses are free, the philosophy is great and the method is awesome ! So to disqualify it just because it's UI is not great.