Freecodecamp or courseforward. Worth it?
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Hello all: I have a friend interested in learning coding and she found www.freecodecamp.com and www.courseforward.com. I know nothing about the sites and was wondering if they are legit, have anything to teach, and could help a complete beginner. Thanks. Kurt
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I am already supplying books, and plan on helping her out all the way, but I just figured since I have limited time one of these freeby camps might help. Do they have anything at all to offer?
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Hello all: I have a friend interested in learning coding and she found www.freecodecamp.com and www.courseforward.com. I know nothing about the sites and was wondering if they are legit, have anything to teach, and could help a complete beginner. Thanks. Kurt
There was a post about Microsoft Small Basic[^] a while ago. Might be worth looking into for a newbie.
Jeremy Falcon
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There was a post about Microsoft Small Basic[^] a while ago. Might be worth looking into for a newbie.
Jeremy Falcon
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Hello all: I have a friend interested in learning coding and she found www.freecodecamp.com and www.courseforward.com. I know nothing about the sites and was wondering if they are legit, have anything to teach, and could help a complete beginner. Thanks. Kurt
KurtPW wrote:
...was wondering if they are legit, have anything to teach, and could help a complete beginner.
How could anyone other than your friend possibly answer that? What helps one person may not necessarily help another. Training is an individual thing. If she goes through the training and is then able to solve a problem via code, then the training was likely beneficial.
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Hello all: I have a friend interested in learning coding and she found www.freecodecamp.com and www.courseforward.com. I know nothing about the sites and was wondering if they are legit, have anything to teach, and could help a complete beginner. Thanks. Kurt
Here's how I learned... 1) Pick a language that's both easy and available 2) Get someone to show you a few basic commands (Hello world type stuff) 3) Get a reference 4) Think of something fun and simple you want to make 5) Figure out how to make it using reference material 6) Goto #4. Granted... I did this back in 1984 in Atari Basic... I'm sure there are better ways now... But hey, the above list worked for a four-year-old...
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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Hello all: I have a friend interested in learning coding and she found www.freecodecamp.com and www.courseforward.com. I know nothing about the sites and was wondering if they are legit, have anything to teach, and could help a complete beginner. Thanks. Kurt
Have a look at Pluralsight.com - they do a free trial, month subscription and annual. At least you can try before you buy. Reasonably large catalogue of courses.
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Here's how I learned... 1) Pick a language that's both easy and available 2) Get someone to show you a few basic commands (Hello world type stuff) 3) Get a reference 4) Think of something fun and simple you want to make 5) Figure out how to make it using reference material 6) Goto #4. Granted... I did this back in 1984 in Atari Basic... I'm sure there are better ways now... But hey, the above list worked for a four-year-old...
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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Have a look at Pluralsight.com - they do a free trial, month subscription and annual. At least you can try before you buy. Reasonably large catalogue of courses.
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They have great authors. :-D
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Hello all: I have a friend interested in learning coding and she found www.freecodecamp.com and www.courseforward.com. I know nothing about the sites and was wondering if they are legit, have anything to teach, and could help a complete beginner. Thanks. Kurt
The only thing i see those sites offering in return, at the most; is a reference to say that you've been there. I'd go with the majority of people here and agree, to spend productive time in a good programming book. Which would be time better spent!
Regards, CodingK
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Hello all: I have a friend interested in learning coding and she found www.freecodecamp.com and www.courseforward.com. I know nothing about the sites and was wondering if they are legit, have anything to teach, and could help a complete beginner. Thanks. Kurt
Hi Kurt, I went through : freecodecamp [^] It feels like code project, i mean the discussion etc are almost the same. So why not join code project it self. I would better suggest either W3Schools or may be tutorials Point to learn the basics. You have a try it editor there, so you can very well practice as well. I would then recommend going to such sites for advancing to the next level. Thanks, Rahul