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10 Websites To Learn Coding Interactively

Forget complicated setups and coldcommand prompts, which can force youto quit before you start, here are 10 funwebsites with interactive lessons toteach you programming languages!

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013: If

you are keen on taking theprogramming path, you don't reallyneed to go to universities to learnhow to code and program. Nowanyone and everyone can masterprogramming languages easily andthis list of websites could definitelyhelp. Presenting to you 10interactive websites to help youlearn coding!

1. Codecademy

Thanks to its helpful interface and well-structured courses, Codecademy is indisputablythe most famous website to teach you to codeinteractively. You can make your pick amongstWeb Fundamentals, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery,Python, Ruby and APIs.

Every lesson carries a panel which can explainthe necessary code and instruction. Anotherpanel lets you to try your hands on coding bywriting acceptable code, then checking if youare doing the right thing. Don’t worry if you aremaking errors, as both instruction and codepanels will warn you of errors, and providehints.

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2. Code Avengers

Take our words, Code Avengers is designed tomake you fall in love with programming.Although, as of now it only offers HTML5, CSS3and JavaScript courses, but every single coursehere is carefully designed to truly entertain youand level up your programming skills. It'salmost like playing a game and the end of eachlesson you literally get to play a mini game torelease the stress that you have cumulatedduring the lesson.

You can also play with the code and immediately

see how the changes impact. It carefully takescare of a beginner’s comfort.

3. Code School

After you finished courses in Codecademy orCode Avengers, and you are ready to stepfurther, Code School is the right place to be at.Unlike other interactive learning sites, CodeSchool provides you with more in-depth coursesto help you expertise.

Overall, the courses are categorized into 4 mainstreams i.e. Ruby, JavaScript, HTML/CSS andiOS.

The courses are streamlined with excellentdesign and informative screencasts. And withthe challenges provided after screencast, theyprovide hints and answers to help you try andlearn.

Most of the offered courses are free, some ofthem will require you to spend $25/month toaccess the entire course including allscreencasts and challenges, and also all othercourses in Code School.

4. Treehouse

The courses at Treehouse are more project-

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The courses at Treehouse are more project-

oriented than language-oriented. So if you are anovice programmer who have a plannedpurpose like creating a website, or anapplication. This is the way to go.

For example, the Websites course is all aboutbuilding a responsive website, interactivewebsite or even WordPress theme – a verypractical and efficient way to master relatedlanguages.

The courses at Treehouse are divided intodifferent stages or modules, and after everyfirst stage the learner will be invited to pay amonthly subscription fee of $25 to access allcourses with 650+ videos, and an exclusiveTreehouse Members Forum as a bonus.

Also if you are serious about your programmingfuture, you could subscribe the $49 monthlyplan to obtain in-depth interviews with leadingindustry pros and cutting-edge workshops.

5. LearnStreet

If you are someone who would rather go forcold hard codes instead of fancy playful designs,LearnStreet is your thing.

Currently the website offers JavaScript, Pythonand Ruby courses at beginner level. All you

need to do is to click on the ‘Start Course’button and you will start the lesson with anexercise, a code interpreter and a glossarypanel of new programming terms.

LearnStreet adopts command prompt-styledcode interpreters with human language toexplain function and encourage you wheneverpossible, the kind of command prompt you wantfor your own local machine.

It's indeed a friendly, enjoyable and freewebsite.

6. Udacity

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6. Udacity

Udacity is the combination of insightful videolectures and improved quizzes to achieve theinteractive feel for students. So if you aresomeone who don’t like to read and who wouldlike to listen from industry professionals likeGoogle employees, this website is for you!

The website provides screencast from prosdiscussing the topics and instructions, then youwill take either logic or programming quizzes tostrengthen your understanding on a particularskill.

The website is known for providing more videosthan any other site, and the instructors are

either real-life professors or industry veterans.

Although one drawback here is that most of thecourses offered are not much related to eachother. So we will not recommend Udacity as astarting point, but it is indeed a virtualuniversity to further up your study.

7. CodeHS

Most of the websites above were majorlydedicated to web development and computerscience, but here at CodeHS your will get simpleand fun game programming lessons, which willinvolve lessons on problem solving, JavaScript,animation, data structures, game design andpuzzle challenges.

CodeHS helps you to think and solve a problemlike a programmer right from its first course.The lessons are fun as you will learn how to usethe code to move the dog and puzzles likepicking up ball and building a towel.

Although other than its first course mentionedabove, one will be required to sign up first with$25 per month to continue your learningjourney, but trust us the amount is worth it ifyou are willing to learn basic gameprogramming effectively.

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programming effectively.

8. Khan Academy

The courses at Khan Academy might not be asstructured as CodeHS, but it definitely serves asan open playground for both novice andamateurs who are interested in learningdrawing, animation and user interaction withcode. It does not take you forward on anyprogramming language in particular, but thecode pattern it adopts can be applied anywhere,as a majority of languages share the similarprogramming pattern.

You can join the first Programming Basicscourse to watch and learn basic concepts, thenexplore the given code after the video tutorial tovalidate your doubts. In Khan Academy, youcan also save your modification as a Spin-Off foreveryone to enjoy and customize. You canimagine the community size and the lesson’seffectiveness as there have been hundreds ofspin-offs just from one lesson in one course.

9. Scratch 2.0

Your think CodeHS and Khan Academy were toohardcore? Nothing to worry, we have somethingeasier for the aspiring programmer in you andit’s called Scratch. Previously an offline softwarethat allowed kids to create, upload and sharetheir projects proudly, Scratch is now fully

online with its 2.0 successor.

Although it’s not all about programming but it isa good combination of visual blocks ofcommands that tell assigned objects how tobehave, such as telling the cat to move 10steps, or yell ‘meow’ when it touches theowner’s leg.

By using this visual programming method, aprogrammers will form a habit of breaking aproblem into smaller blocks, and solve them oneby one logically.

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2 Comments

VivEk Jindal 55 days ago

you didnt mentioned httpw w w .w 3schools.com

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Asha Mehbin 46 days ago

There is this w ebsite Rubymonk exclusively for ruby w hich help to learn Ruby from a level 0. you can try codes instantly

your performance w ill be getting feedback every time you try a code. The course is divided into few levels like Beginner

Intermediate etc. And it is ABSOLUTELY FREE.

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10. SQLZOO

Structured Query Language (SQL) is a languagewhich was designed with the pure intention ofstoring and retrieve data from a database. Soyou think the experience of learning thelanguage can be full of boredom? We bringSQLZOO, which will let you to learn SQL happilywith its interactive interface and smileys.

Since nothing too deep is there to explain for astraightforward language like SQL, the sitesimply ask you to replace the variables like citynames or population number, and raise thedifficulty from that level.

Although one drawback that we could think here

is the lack of hints, answers and forum whichcan leave someone probably doomed if they failto solve any one of the quizzes.

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