After my first experience with CodeAcademy (CA), I knew that I was hooked. Literally, addicted. I’m a learner AND an achiever, and so the format of CodeAcademy was the perfect way for me to begin learning HTML and CSS.<\/p>\n
Yes, correctly completing a lesson, getting a green check and moving on to the next lesson was like taking a hit from [insert your favorite addictive substance<\/em>].<\/p>\n I’ve done a lot<\/em> <\/strong>of schooling, and loved it, but this was the most fun I’d had learning in a while.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In these lessons, CA teaches you what you need to know, taking you from nothing to how to build a static HTML based webpage: your online resume.<\/p>\n There are very helpful forums and moderators are quick to respond on these forums. If I was ever stuck banging my head against the wall, I knew I wasn’t the only one with a headache. The community and comradery aspect of CA surprised me.<\/p>\n The final addictive part of CA was that they let you know how many days in a row you’ve signed in and completed a lesson. In the top right corner of your account, they show your days-in-a-row streak count.<\/p>\n Addictive and<\/em> competitive. Nice!<\/strong><\/p>\n While I’ve only ever gotten to 62 days in a row, I’m sure others have blown past me.<\/p>\n At the end of the Web Fundamentals course, you have static HTML page that you can upload to any site you like (www.yourname.me, for example).<\/p>\n Two questions I had after this were:<\/p>\n I’ve embedded the videos below.<\/p>\n After completing this, what was next<\/em><\/strong>?<\/span><\/p>\n On to the next courses: jQuery<\/strong> and JavaScript<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Let’s do this…<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I was now 20 hours ahead of where I was before.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nQuestions After the Course<\/h2>\n
\n
Estimated hours of learning and practice: 18<\/h3>\n
Helpful Videos on HTML\/CSS and NotePad++<\/h2>\n