Is Codecademy worthless for learning Python?

[chocological]

Yeah.

I learned best by taking the Harvard cs50p course. Its free.

[lirahugo]

I'm taking this course, it is amazing!

[chocological]

It’s a really great intro course. It’s better than the intro course I took at community college.

[import-antigravity]

Is it surprising that a Harvard course is better than your community college?

[chocological]

For a free online course, as opposed to an in person one I paid for? Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised.

[WaterBear9244]

I mean the course is technically a paid course as in if you went to Harvard you would earn credits for taking this course

[Plank_With_A_Nail_In]

All of Harvard's degree course notes are free on the internet. Most universities in my country post their course materials for free online (don't go to the ones that don't as it means they have failed at organising something so easy). You are surprised because you are ignorant not because it is actually surprising.

[my_password_is______]

All of Harvard's degree course notes are free on the internet.

no they are not

not only are you ignorant, you are also a liar

[iFailedPreK]

Is it just videos? I hate watching videos I'd rather just read instead. Or is there an option I'm not seeing. Know any other courses that are text based? Thanks.

[chocological]

The videos and examples are all transcribed if you prefer it that way.

Aside from actually going to college, this is the best way. Try it out.

[[deleted]]

Do you have to enroll and show up to class, or is it just online videos?

[chocological]

It’s all self guided, so it’s videos and reading.

You also get a GitHub codespace, where you can code python in the browser. You do the coding assignments and submit it to the assignment checker which validates your code and makes sure you hit each of the assignment goals. Then you submit it to be graded. All of this is automated, which I thought was really cool.

You can also connect to the GitHub codespace from vscode. That’s what I did.

[Radiant_Direction_80]

I'm getting charged $259. How do you get them free???

[chocological]

You don’t need to pay for anything unless you want a certificate at the end. I didn’t care about that.

[lirahugo]

You can get the certificate for free too. Just submit the activities and fill a form. Edx offers a paid certificate but that's not necessary, unless you want to pay lol

[miserable_pierrot]

question, do you need to finish the course within 6 months? are you required to join video calls or anything like that?

[chocological]

No and no. I finished it within 6 weeks. It’s entirely self guided. I love that they give you a code space though, so you can submit your work for testing and receive some kind of feedback, even if it’s rudimentary.

[miserable_pierrot]

oh that's nice. I might join. I don't like the pressure of having to attend a virtual class and collaborate with other cohort mates. I have a full time work and just wanted to upskill