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There’s a pretty good chance that right now you’re reading our blog on a mobile device like your phone or tablet — statistics show that over half of all web traffic comes from mobile devices. Next time you’re looking for something to scroll, head over to Codecademy. We recently updated our platform so that now…

Breaking into tech can be hard without guidance. Many self-taught programmers and career switchers have a difficult time figuring out if their skills are up to par, and if not, what they need to learn to bridge the gap. You might’ve finished dozens of courses and even built a few projects, but is it enough…

If you’ve taken one of our data science courses, you’ve probably seen Jupyter Notebooks, the industry-standard workspaces for developing data science code and visualizations. Jupyter Notebooks are built right into lessons in many of our courses and paths — like Getting Started with Python for Data Science and Introduction to Big Data with PySpark —…

Talking through your coding questions or roadblocks is one of the best ways to overcome them. And while a quick chat with your teammate or a rubber duck typically does the trick, there’s a faster and more interactive way to make progress and work through problems as you learn: the AI Learning Assistant.  We’ve combined…

If you’ve always considered yourself a “bad test taker,” there’s a new Codecademy feature that’ll help you feel more confident taking a quiz. Introducing post-quiz review! Utilizing delayed feedback, post-quiz review helps you understand mistakes through answer explanations to retain key information for longer.  As someone who loves to learn, I’m excited to introduce myself…

It’s one thing to make it to the end of a course — it’s another to know what skills you’ve actually gained from it. Whether you’re switching careers, leveling up in your current role, or just trying to stay sharp, it can be hard to pinpoint what you know and how well you know it. …