Codecademy Review [Best Coding Schools Online?!]

This is a similar concern for Udemy wherein most of the students complained about its slow-paced instruction and sometimes low-quality and outdated information.

Personally, this rant centers on the smart ones in the class. If not, those who already have backgrounds in programming.

The reason Codecademy has to do it is that they also have to cater to those students without any background in computer programming and are using the platform as a learning resource. 

This is when students prefer learning the coding classes on Udacity. According to some students who ranted on the forum, they mentioned that Udacity tends to be comprehensive and caters to the intermediate learners than Codecademy does.

“It's nice for beginners. But there's not real meat beyond that. I wish they did have a learning environment like that for coding beyond the basics. I can't stand to watch videos. I need to be hands on the entire time,” one of the students wrote.

Aside from having a D rating on the Better Business Bureau’s records, Codecademy also fails to get its accreditation. Even if they have fewer complaints received from the students, they still get this low remark.

This is especially to those students, who find it hard to learn and master the material. Before the instructor moves on to the next material, you go through the lessons first and master them.

According to one student, who tried Codecademy, he wrote, “They show you what the completed project is going to look like before you begin, but if you're not just using it as a refresher (which most of us would be) then it's all Greek to you... it walks you through writing that exact page/program one step at a time, explaining which each line of code does it goes.”

If it's too difficult for you, you can simply quit the lesson and come back anytime. Unlike Udacity, where students lost their lessons after coming back, Codecademy makes sure its students won't find a single hassle when returning to the lesson they left off.

Aside from giving you the time to master the material before moving on, Codecademy also makes sure its IDE Interface is implemented to provide helpful hints on the material for easy following. This is only made available when the student requests it.

This is one of the plus points for Codecademy. They provide this option to learn the 12 coding tracks for students who are unable to pay a monthly subscription.

In the past 3 years, there are only 3 complaints recorded against Codecademy with 2 complaints resolved in the past 12 months.

There are many opposing thoughts when it comes to which of the learning platforms do best in terms of teaching computer programming and its 12 coding tracks. In fact, the students recommend this program and that program alongside its respective pitfalls. 

For example, this student recommends Udacity more than Codecademy by saying, “Udacity CS101 is really good. The teacher is great. Well-done material or presentation. The quizzes are sometimes really hard. They make you think. You'll have no choice but to learn something into. Especially if you're just starting out with programming.”

But if you check my post about it, there have been many student complaints because of unresponsive mentors, among others. 

“[Codecademy] is a legit place to start and worth finishing [the material]. But it is by no means complete,” another student stated his sentiment about the program.

Others disagree in which they stated that the platform is a great starter for those who want to begin learning CS and a great refresher for graduates and teachers. 

Nonetheless, there are pros and cons in relying on Codecademy as a learning resource for its stakeholders.

Yet, the fact that the bigger companies like Amazon and IBM trusted and partnered with them means they are real and sincere with their mission towards the aspiring coders.