If you are really motivated, knowledge you gain from Codecademy will suffice for you to be able to build real-life apps.
Have you heard about a non-tech guy (Sam Fellig) who have built one of Time's Top 50 sites of 2013?
Check this out: http://www.codecademy.com/stories/99-how-to-outgrow-the-fear...
As for me, Codecademy helped me to understand Python basics and I've built a web-scraper. Now I'm learning Django.
Codecademy is of great use for developing countries -- it's text-based and light-weight, meaning it's the best choice for mobile-connectivity-only learners:
-- you pay less for data usage. (Mobile data is getting cheaper, but to take Udacity's CS 101 I had to spend something around $100 for data packages).
-- you can go through its lessons using USB-dongle even with EDGE/GPRS (2G) connectivity. In our country 3G is available only to 50% of the population, the other half of it use 2G.
It's interesting, how popular is Codecademy in developing countries? What's the portion of the learners coming from African or exUSSR states?
As for me, Codecademy helped me to understand Python basics and I've built a web-scraper. Now I'm learning Django.
Codecademy is of great use for developing countries -- it's text-based and light-weight, meaning it's the best choice for mobile-connectivity-only learners:
-- you pay less for data usage. (Mobile data is getting cheaper, but to take Udacity's CS 101 I had to spend something around $100 for data packages).
-- you can go through its lessons using USB-dongle even with EDGE/GPRS (2G) connectivity. In our country 3G is available only to 50% of the population, the other half of it use 2G.
It's interesting, how popular is Codecademy in developing countries? What's the portion of the learners coming from African or exUSSR states?