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I'm often asked for recommendations on how to learn to program and this will probably be perfect for nerdier types (but looks like it assumes zero initial knowl
by dreeves 13y ago
I'm often asked for recommendations on how to learn to program and this will probably be perfect for nerdier types (but looks like it assumes zero initial knowledge, which is awesome). What other things do folks recommend? Coursera? Code School? Khan Academy?
- gsaines 13y agoHi Dreeves, here's a partial list of the projects we've seen: ONLINE VIDEO LECTURES Let's Code Test Driven JavaScript: http://www.letscodejavascript.com/ http://www.letscodejavascript.com/ One Month Rails: https://onemonthrails.com/ https://onemonthrails.com/ Learnable: https://learnable.com/ https://learnable.com/ Code School: http://www.codeschool.com/ http://www.codeschool.com/ Treehouse: http://teamtreehouse.com/ http://teamtreehouse.com/ CodeHS: http://codehs.com/ http://codehs.com/ - "Computer science class in a box" for k-12 schools Learn Street: http://www.learnstreet.com/ http://www.learnstreet.com/ CODE CHALLENGES Top Coders: http://www.topcoder.com/ http://www.topcoder.com/ Hacker Rank: https://www.hackerrank.com/ https://www.hackerrank.com/ Interview Street: https://www.interviewstreet.com/ https://www.interviewstreet.com/ OTHER CodeCombat: http://codecombat.com http://codecombat.com - online game that teaches Javascript Codecademy: http://codecademy.com/ http://codecademy.com/ CodeAvengers: http://www.codeavengers.com/ http://www.codeavengers.com/ - Pay-per-module coding game Hakitzu: http://www.kuatostudios.com/games/hakitzu/ http://www.kuatostudios.com/games/hakitzu/ - Paid iPad game that teaches coding Kodable: http://www.surfscore.com/ http://www.surfscore.com/ - iPad game that teaches coding Full disclosure, I run CodeCombat. There are dozens upon dozens of other not-for-profits and pre-monetization projects out there, but this list covers most of the major players.