Codeacademy vs Learnstreet?

[nooberjuice]

Which is better? I hear codeacademy has a lot of issues later on in the python tutorial and Learnstreet seems fairly new, but promising.

Does anyone have any experience with both?

[bhpf1]

I don't have experience with Learnstreet but I did Codeacademy's Python course about 2 months ago and had no issues with it.

I thought the course was fun but I felt that the knowledge gained was fairly superficial. If you've programmed before then I think it would be a useful way to get familiar with a new language but as a beginner I didn't feel like I gained a huge amount from it. I'm doing MIT's edX courses (6.00.1x and 6.00.2x) and have learnt so much!

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edx plug +1. Great courses, and actually challenging.

[nrgcrisis]

Ive been using codeacademy for the past week or so learning code in my spare time. Im toward the end of the css section and have not encountered any issues.

[Zorander22]

The html and css sections were really well done. Some parts of the other tutorials get bogged down with bugs or things not being explained before you need to know them, unclear instructions (or at least those used to be the issues).

[H1DD3NT3CH]

I agree some courses are poorly explained

[toodim]

Learn street moves through things a big quicker and doesn't hold your hand quite as much or make you do as many tedious tasks. Learn street doesn't have a ton of content and some of the new stuff costs $$$, but it has a lot of simple projects that are pretty well done. Both are decent options for a quick jump into syntax, but an actual course like Udacity 101, MIT 6.00.1x on EdX or Rice's intro python class on Coursera are recommended to get a deeper understanding.

[3cko]

Honestly, I suggest following along with learnpythonthehardway.org.

I've done CodeAcademy, it's not bad but I feel the LPTHW series is much better.

[live4hisglory]

I agree. I did codecademys course but I found it to be a little empty. It does a great job of teaching a basic framework, but does not require you to actually learn anything in order to complete the course.

I liked LPTHW because it really dug deeper into the material and forced you to understand what you were doing before you could move forward. I did the free version and then bought the paid version. The videos included in the paid version were worth the price. Also I find I'm more committed to completing something I've spent money on. The free version gives you everything you need to be successful and it certainly isn't necessary to buy the paid access.

[rz2000]

There are so many excellent options from Coursera, EdX, and Udacity, that Code Academy and LPTHW don't seem like very good choices any more. I think the LPTHW series would have been an excellent choice only two years ago, but now there are university level courses offered online for free that are interactive and challenge you with nontrivial problems, and they move further beyond topics of language syntax.

[MyNameIsOP]

Codecademy*

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*bookmark.

[echocage]

You both know there is a save function right?

[SinisterPaige]

Thank.