Codecademy

Codecademy
Codecademy homepage on July 13, 2018
Type of business Private
Headquarters New York City, United States
Area served Worldwide
Owner Ryzac, Inc.
Founder(s) Zach Sims, Ryan Bubinski
Industry Internet
Employees 57[1]
Website www.codecademy.com
Alexa rank Positive decrease 1,447 (September 2016)[2]
Commercial Yes
Registration Yes
Users 25 million (January 2016)[3]
Current status Active

Codecademy is an online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in 12 different programming languages including Python, Java, JavaScript (jQuery, AngularJS, React.js), Ruby, SQL, and Sass, as well as markup languages HTML and CSS.[4][5] The site also offers a paid "pro" option that gives users access to a personalized learning plan, quizzes, realistic projects, and live help from advisors.[6]

History

Codecademy was founded in August 2011 by Zach Sims and Ryan Bubinski.[7] Sims dropped out of Columbia University to focus on launching a venture, and Bubinski graduated from Columbia in 2011.[8] The company, headquartered in New York City, raised $2.5 million in Series A funding in October 2011 and $10 million in Series B funding in June 2012.[7][9] The latest round of funding was led by Index Ventures.[10] Crunchbase reports an additional Series C round of funding for an undisclosed amount, by Bloomberg Beta in June 2013.[11]

On July 22, 2014, the site appeared with a new redesigned dashboard.[12]

In August 2015, Codecademy partnered with the White House, willing to host in-person meet-ups for 600 students from disadvantaged women and minority groups over a twelve-month period.[13][14]

In September 2017, Codecademy partnered with Amazon for free Alexa skills training.[15]

In early 2017, Codecademy removed the PHP course previously offered. Community Manager @danieloduffy explained in a blog post that the course was the least popular course offered by the website and the number of people taking the course didn't justify the cost of maintaining and migrating the course to their new eLearning infrastructure.[16] At time of writing, the course is still accessible via old links but is no longer listed on the website or in the dashboard.

By October 2018, the company employed 85 people, up from 45 in 2016.[17] It had also raised $42.5 million from groups such as Union Square Ventures and Naspers.[17]

Features

The platform also provides courses for learning command line and Git.[4] In September 2015, Codecademy, in partnership with Periscope, added a series of courses designed to teach SQL, the predominant programming language for database queries.[18] In October 2015, Codecademy created a new course, a class on Java programming. As of January 2014, the site had over 24 million users who had completed over 100 million exercises.[19][20][21] The site has received positive reviews from the New York Times[22] and TechCrunch.[23]

As part of the Computer Science Education Week held in December 2013, Codecademy launched their first iOS app called "Hour of Code". The app focuses on the basics of programming, including the same content from the website.[24]

Code Year

Code Year was a free incentive Codecademy program intended to help people follow through on a New Year's Resolution to learn how to program, by introducing a new course for every week in 2012.[25] Over 450,000 people took courses in 2012,[26][27] and Codecademy continued the program into 2013. Even though the course is still available, the program has stopped.

Awards

  • Best Education Startup, Crunchies Awards 2012[28]
  • Skillies Technology Award 2015[29]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Codecademy - About the Company". Codecademy. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Codecademy.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ Loizos, Connie. "Zach Sims Of Codecademy On Running A Company That (Still) Doesn't Charge Users". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Codecademy". Codecademy. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ Indvik, Lauren. "Codeacademy Releases Free Ruby Development Courses". Mashable. Mashable. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Introducing Codecademy Pro". Codecademy. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  7. 1 2 "30 Under 30: Zach Sims and Ryan Bubinski, Codecademy". Inc.com. July 2, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  8. ↑ Segall, Laurie (November 29, 2011). "Codecademy says it can turn anyone into a Web programmer - Nov. 29, 2011". Money.cnn.com. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  9. ↑ Wortham, Jenna (October 27, 2011). "Codecademy Lands $2.5 Million From Investors - NYTimes.com". Bits.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  10. ↑ Colao, JJ (June 19, 2012). "Codecademy Raises $10 Million To Conquer The World". Forbes.com.
  11. ↑ "Jun 5, 2013: Codecademy - Funding Round - Series C - CrunchBase". crunchbase.com. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  12. ↑ "The New Dashboard". Codecademy. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Codecademy Partners With The White House". Codecademy. August 10, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Fact Sheet: President Obama Announces New Commitments from Investors, Companies, Universities, and Cities to Advance Inclusive Entrepreneurship at First-Ever White House Demo Day". The White House, White House Office of the Press Secretary. August 4, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Amazon and Codecademy team up for free Alexa skills training | VentureBeat". venturebeat.com. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  16. ↑ "What happened to the PHP course?". Codecademy Discuss. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  17. 1 2 TechCrunch. 2018 https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/04/as-some-pricey-coding-camps-fade-away-codecademy-barrels-ahead-with-affordable-paid-offerings-and-a-new-mobile-app/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ "Codecademy teams with Periscope to create a course that'll teach you SQL". VentureBeat. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  19. ↑ Summers, Nick. "Codecademy surpasses 24 million unique users for its free online coding courses". The Next Web. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  20. ↑ Frier, Sarah. "Codecademy Raises $10M, Sees Job Service as Part of Its Future". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
  21. ↑ Kafka, Peter. "Codecademy Rounds Up $10 Million for Web Lessons". Retrieved June 19, 2012.
  22. ↑ Wortham, Jenna (September 14, 2011). "Codecademy Offers Free Coding Classes for Aspiring Entrepreneurs". The New York Times. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  23. ↑ Cincaid, Jason. "Codecademy Surges To 200,000 Users, 2.1 Million Lessons Completed In 72 Hours". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  24. ↑ Summers, Nick. "Codecademy: Hour of Code app for the iPhone lets you learn basic programming anytime, anywhere". The Next Web. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  25. ↑ Segall, Laurie (January 6, 2012). "Code Year draws 200,000 aspiring programmers - Jan. 6, 2012". Money.cnn.com. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
  26. ↑ "Learning JavaScript With Code Year " Feld Thoughts Feld Thoughts". Feld.com. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
  27. ↑ Codecademy. Code Year Entitle=Code Year http://codeyear.com/ Entitle=Code Year Check |url= value (help). Retrieved February 16, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  28. ↑ "Codecademy – Best Education Startup at The 2012 Crunchies Awards". TechCrunch. January 31, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  29. ↑ "Codecademy: Winner Skillies Technology Award". SkilledUp. September 3, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
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