Here’s What You Need to Know About Port Forwarding
Port forwarding is a crucial concept that often comes into play when engaging in certain activities. Whether you’re setting up a game server to facilitate seamless gaming experiences, hosting your own website directly from your home, or ensuring remote access to security cameras while you’re away, port forwarding plays a pivotal role. The examples above…
What is Bytecode & Why Should You Learn About It?
Bytecode is a low-level representation of code that’s typically generated by compilers or interpreters and processed by a virtual machine (VM) instead of a CPU or machine. Machines can’t understand bytecode, so instead, a virtual machine needs to process it and translate it into instructions for its hosting CPU. Bytecode is most often used in…
Learn About Black Technologists Through These Code Exercises
February is Black History Month, and this year’s theme centers around celebrating Black artists and their impact. When most of us think about art, our minds usually go to traditional expressive mediums like music, performance, visual art, literature, and film. You can probably think of countless influential Black artists who’ve shaped culture and the world.…
Behind the Build: Autocomplete in the Code Editor
A common misconception people have about learning to code is that it requires a lot of memorization. The truth is that developers are constantly looking up documentation and taking advantage of tools like autocomplete and ChatGPT so they can code faster and more efficiently. We recently added autocomplete to the code editor in our learning…
Here’s How to Make Your Desk Setup a Little Cozier This Winter
There’s a particular moment during the workday that people working from home dread: when the sun begins to set in the late afternoon, and only the glow of the computer monitor lights the room. The solution, of course, is to flip on the overhead light, but that doesn’t necessarily make the feelings of malaise dissipate.…
The Benefits & Risks of Overclocking a CPU
If you’ve been around the tech sphere long enough, you’ve probably heard about people overclocking their central processing units (CPUs) so they can get more out of their hardware. Overclocking is a relatively easy and inexpensive way to improve your computer’s performance, but it’s important to approach it with caution, because there are definitely risks.…
The Productivity Apps That Developers Use to Stay Organized
No matter where you stand on the whole “new year, new me” thing, the start of a new year always provides a bit of momentum and enthusiasm. And if your 2024 vision board has some career and coding goals on it, we are here for you every step of the way. We know that it…
9 Relatable Rites of Passage All New Developers Go Through
You made your first real blunder at work. You got yourself in a tangle trying to rebase. You’re banging your head against a wall with legacy code. These don’t sound like success stories, but we’re here to tell you that these rites of passage (even if they’re painful) are a natural part of the journey.…
How I Went from Business Owner to Software Engineer II in 2 Years
Learning to code so that you can land a job in tech can feel daunting. That’s why we’re sharing inspiring stories from Codecademy’s community — to show how people like you (yes, you!) can embark on a learning journey and end up with a totally new career. We hope these stories serve as a reminder…
14 Quotes About Coding, Learning, & Life to Inspire Your 2024
Sometimes an inspirational quote really hits. We’re not talking about the corny trite ones (“Live, Laugh, Love” or “But first, coffee”), but the poignant and beautiful sayings that articulate our complex thoughts and emotions. It’s often difficult to translate the zeros and ones of coding into words. But there are lots of quotes from notable…
