Is Codecademy worth it? Review

Let’s review Codecademy and see what’s inside for data scientists and coders.

World of online education is saturated with platforms and courses, and it’s often hard to decide what’s really good and worth trying. Codecademy presents a unique opportunity for coders, data scientists, and developers to learn through interactive coding exercises. No videos, just coding.

Codecademy — is it worth it? Review of Codecademy Platform.

What’s inside Codecademy?

Codecademy gives you access to various courses divided into Languages and Subjects. You can choose from:

Languages: HTML & CSS, Python, JavaScript, Java, SQL, Bash/Shell, Ruby, C++, R, C#, PHP, Go, Swift, Kotlin.

Subjects: Web Development, Data Science, Computer Science, Developer Tools, Machine Learning, Code Foundations, Web Design, Game Development, Mobile Development, Data Visualization.

This means that you can either study a particular language or go into a particular skill you want to acquire.

Unique part about Codecademy is that it doesn’t provide any video lectures. It’s simply instructions followed by a window where you can code right away. This unique style of teaching will suit some and will be impersonal for others: