17-Foot Python
What story could this image tell? The 17-foot, 140-pound Burmese python pictured above was recently found at Big Cypress National Preserve in the Florida Everglades. How did it get there? How did these people find it? Why were they looking for it in the first place? What would you do if you came across it?…
This Is the Most Popular Programming Language for Learning to Code
Stack Overflow’s 2024 Developer Survey just dropped, with Python ranking the most popular programming language among people learning to code. This finding tracks with our Codecademy community’s taste: Our Learn Python 3 course is the most popular in our catalog, meaning it’s the course learners visit and enroll in the most. Millions of experienced developers…
8 Python Code Challenges to Try During Pride
Completing code challenges, bite-sized problems that can be solved with code, is an excellent way to sharpen specific coding skills and concepts — not to mention, code challenges are fun. In honor of Pride Month this June, we’re giving you a list of code challenges to try that all relate to uplifting the LGBTQ+ community…
Celebrating 32 Years Of Python With All The Reasons Why It’s So Iconic
On February 20, 1991, Dutch programmer Guido van Rossum released the first version of a project he had been tinkering with since Christmas break two years prior: A brand new scripting language, called Python. Back then, there was no telling how popular Python would become and the impact the language would have on the world…
Use these 15 Django Interview Questions to Prepare for Your Next Technical Interview
If you’re looking for career opportunities in web development, learning Django is one way to get your foot in the door. Not only is it a powerful tool for developing scalable web applications, but it’s also a skill hiring managers look for when filling open roles on their web development teams. But before you land…
Alison Anniversary Interviews: Jamie Alexandre
Jamie Alexandre is the co-founder and Executive Director of Learning Equality, an education technology non-profit focused on creating and supporting open source tools to enable equitable access to quality educational opportunities for learners and educators with limited or no Internet access. Learning Equality’s pioneering offline-first platforms have reached over 6 million learners in more than…
Educator spotlight: Using Open Educational Resources to create learning ‘For Everybody’
This month we travel to the US and one of its top public universities, the University of Michigan. By partnering with FutureLearn, Michigan furthers its commitment to shaping the future of learning which perfectly aligns with our vision of transforming access to education. Its first three courses on Python, Sleep Deprivation and Successful Negotiation started…
12 Python Code Challenges for Beginners
One of the best ways to test and practice your skills with Python is by solving coding challenges. You can learn a lot from books and online courses, but coding isn’t an armchair activity. You have to write some code to make genuine progress. Coding challenges are perfect for this. Coding challenges are small problems…
10 Python Code Challenges to Try During Pride
Completing code challenges, bite-sized problems that can be solved with code, is an excellent way to sharpen specific coding skills and concepts — not to mention, code challenges are fun. In honor of Pride Month this June, we’re giving you a list of code challenges to try that all relate to uplifting the LGBTQ+ community…
This is the Most Popular Programming Language for Learning to Code
Stack Overflow’s 2024 Developer Survey just dropped, with Python ranking the most popular programming language among people learning to code. This finding tracks with our Codecademy community’s taste: Our Learn Python 3 course is the most popular in our catalog, meaning it’s the course learners visit and enroll in the most. Millions of experienced developers…
