If you are really motivated, knowledge you gain from Codecademy will suffice for you to be able to build real-life apps. Have you heard about a non-tech guy (Sa

If you are really motivated, knowledge you gain from Codecademy will suffice for you to be able to build real-life apps. Have you heard about a non-tech guy (Sam Fellig) who have built one of Time's Top 50 sites of 2013? Check this out: http://www.codecademy.com/stories/99-how-to-outgrow-the-fear-of-starting http://www.codecademy.com/stories/99-how-to-outgrow-the-fear... As for me, Codecademy helped me to understand Python basics and I've built a web-scraper. Now I'm learning Django. Codecademy is of great use for developing countries -- it's text-based and light-weight, meaning it's the best choice for mobile-connectivity-only learners: -- you pay less for data usage. (Mobile data is getting cheaper, but to take Udacity's CS 101 I had to spend something around $100 for data packages). -- you can go through its lessons using USB-dongle even with EDGE/GPRS (2G) connectivity. In our country 3G is available only to 50% of the population, the other half of it use 2G. It's interesting, how popular is Codecademy in developing countries? What's the portion of the learners coming from African or exUSSR states?