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Learn To Code: 10 Free And Fantastic Online Resources To Hone Your Skills

A topic that is avoided by many. Why? Probably because it seems like an impossible and unreachable goal to attain. It is a difficult skill, but if you have the purpose to learn to code, there’s no better time than now. The topic of coding has been covered throughout MakeUseOf, from what languages to learn for software development to teaching your kids how to code. Smashing Magazine Smashing Magazine is a company focused on coding and web development, covering topics of techniques, individual coding languages, mobile, design, graphics and WordPress.

WordPress Codex Although not entirely focused on only coding, this resource provided by WordPress offers some excellent tools in the languages of HTML, CSS and others. Mozilla Webmaker Mozilla Webmaker has actually recently been featured in an article of it’s own, by our very own MakeUseOf Editor, Saikat Basu.

Mozilla Developer Network Peer-to-Peer University: School of Webcraft Codecademy PHPAcademy.org Google Code University. 7 ways to start learning how to code right now for free. Learning to code is one of the most powerful and satisfying things you can ever do.

7 ways to start learning how to code right now for free

If you’re a designer, learning to code can help you understand what you’re creating for, and if you’re looking to build a startup from scratch, being a technical founder can make things exponentially easier for you. No matter why you want learn, the only thing you really need is curiosity. But if you’re just starting out as a novice and don’t know where to begin, here’s a list of 7 ways to start learning how to code right now for free: 1. Processing Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions. . ➤ Processing (Reference, Tutorials, Wiki, Forum, Inspiration) 2. Codecademy bills itself as “the easiest way to learn how to code,” and thanks to this startup, learning to code online has never been so accessible. . ➤ Codecademy 3. Bloc, a new educational startup, makes it easy for you to start writing in Ruby. . ➤ Bloc 4. 5. 6. 7. 10 places where anyone can learn to code.

Teens, tweens and kids are often referred to as “digital natives.”

10 places where anyone can learn to code

Having grown up with the Internet, smartphones and tablets, they’re often extraordinarily adept at interacting with digital technology. But Mitch Resnick, who spoke at TEDxBeaconStreet, is skeptical of this descriptor. Sure, young people can text and chat and play games, he says, “but that doesn’t really make you fluent.” Mitch Resnick: Let's teach kids to code Fluency, Resnick proposes in this TED Talk, comes not through interacting with new technologies, but through creating them. The former is like reading, while the latter is like writing. The point isn’t to create a generation of programmers, Resnick argues. Impresionante juego para aprender a programar.