Which site, CodeAvengers or CodeCademy is the more fun and effective way for a novice to learn Javascript online?
I enjoyed the lessons on CodeCademy, but had reservations as to whether the lessons would be effective for teaching complete novices computer programming. So I got 6 friends and family members (novice programmers) to spend 30-60 minutes going through 'Getting Started with Programming' on CodeCademy. 3 got bored, and a 3 thought it was OK. But all of them commented that they didn't really feel as thought they had learnt anything after completing the lessons.
There has been a lot of buzz surrounding Codecademy.com since its launch in August 2011. Thousands of blog posts have been written, some positive, some negative.
Negative posts have critisized:
Positive posts praise Codecademy for:
- Making it easy to get started with learning to Code
- Being more fun and interesting than other sites
- Interface for creating your own lessons
The mission for CodeAvengers.com is to create a site that is both fun and effective for novices learning Javascript. Here is example feedback from initial users:
great job again, definitely addicted to this. Tried code academy was not addicted... I definitely believe you have a better product/lesson plan
I just wanted to start of by saying your website so far is better then Codecademy's
Anyone care to disagree? Try CodeAvengers.com now.
If you have another online tutorial for any language, that you believe is the most effective, we would love to hear about it!