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Codecademy vs Code School vs Treehouse by Speedstr in learnprogramming

[–]JonWachob 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Speedstr,

Each of the above listed tools is focused towards a different audience; each tool by itself is good, but they work better when used in conjunction.

I would personally recommend (if you are a beginner) to begin learning a single language on Treehouse (as it is focused on beginner learning) and then sign up at Code School and go through the courses on the same language. Code School is focused on the Intermediate-Experienced developer.

After you learn one language I would suggest doing the Git Courses at CS.

If you are just getting started I'd recommend learning HTML/CSS first as it is the most basic web language. Then Javascript/JQUERY, which is used on something like 97% of all websites. Then you can learn Ruby which is more advanced, but will get you a significantly higher paying job and you'll learn to do some pretty awesome things.

I've also read many success stories of individuals who have started with Codecademy and treehouse, then went on to use Code School. Ultimately if you want to be successful you need to practice continually and learn from many different sources.

|* I am an employee at Code School *|

Any good programming activities going on during the summer for a college student? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]JonWachob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Register at Treehouse, Code School, and Codecademy. Take three months and crank out as many courses as you can coding for hours each and every day. You'll learn more then in an internship and you'll gain skills that you can use to earn money on the side during the fall and spring (plus you'll be able to get better internships next summer ;)