Codecademy Articles

Get Python setup on your own computer

Navigate your operating system like a professional programmer

This article provides an overview of servers, databases, routing, and anything else that happens between when a client makes a request and receives a response.

In this article, we will learn the difference between the standard Python distribution and alternatives, such as Anaconda and Miniconda, and how to install each on Mac and Windows.

Bootstrap is a popular CSS framework of prewritten stylesheets designed to help you build webpages faster.

Many visually-impaired users browse the Internet with the user of a screen reader. In this article, you'll learn about various ways to make your content accessible to visually-impaired or blind users.

This article explains how to set up and use a screen reader in order to think critically about the accessibility of the websites that you're building.

Guide for putting your Rails app online with Heroku.

Glossary of commonly used commands

Fighting Wasteful DOM Manipulation

Learn to read and write ruby files from the command line

In this article, you'll learn about Anaconda, a Python distribution used for data analysis. By the end of the article, you will know how to install Anaconda and use IPython, an interactive Python shell for computing.

Learn about IPython and how to use some of its features.

Learn about Jupyter Notebooks and how you can use them to run your code. (Using Python 3)

Learn about Jupyter Notebooks and how you can use them to run your code.

This article provides an introduction to user centered design.

This article explains how to interpret common analytics used to understand the users and measure the success of a website.

Learn about IPython and how to use some of its features.

So far, you've learned to write Python using Codecademy's learning environment. In this article, you'll learn how to install and run Python code on your computer and use pip to manage Python packages.

Resources on servers (like web pages) often make requests to load resources on other servers. In this article, you'll learn how these requests are managed with CORS.

Learn about Node.js, a JavaScript runtime for building server-side or desktop applications.

In this article, you will learn how to make credentials for using the Google URL Shortener API.

Use GitHub issues to track features and improvements for your projects.

Programming reference for CSS covering Comments, Properties, and Selectors

Understand the basics of how your web browser communicates with the internet.

Guide for navigating a dynamic Rails app.

Where to write your code when you're not on Codecademy

App organization explained

Programming reference for HTML elements

Guide for mapping a custom domain to your app.

A short guide on when and when not to use inline CSS styles in HTML.

If you've completed many Codecademy courses, but still find yourself asking, "Where can I write code on my own computer?", then start here!

Guide for navigating a Rails app with a form.

An introduction to the Web's most popular error

Overview of HTML5 features introduced in Codecademy's Make a Website course.

Programming reference for Ruby

Guide for Rails' seven standard controller actions used for displaying and modifying data.

Debug and experiment with code from within your browser.

Setup Ruby on your own computer

Programming reference for Python

Guide for managing your code with Git and sharing your code with GitHub.

Overview of CSS3 features used in the Make a Website course.

Getting started with the command line

Text Editors: Atom and Sublime

In this article, learn more about the differences between HTML classes and IDs.

Feed your Programs Ruby Arguments via the Command Line

Guide for navigating a Rails app with static pages.

5 Steps to leverage design practices and tools while you build websites

Never fear losing work with this professional versioning system

Guide for hosting your images on Dropbox.

In this article, we'll use Bootstrap to implement these three common website features:

Programming reference for JavaScript

Glossary of commonly used SQL commands

Use create-react-app to bootstrap a React application on your own computer