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Posted by Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points

freeCodeCamp?

Hi,

I've been using Treehouse for about 2 months now. A friend of mine showed me www.freecodecamp.com and I was thinking maybe it could be a good idea to use in combination with Treehouse - It even have real-life-projects which I'm looking forward to try out.

My question is:

Have anyone in here used freecodecamp before? and was is your thoughts about this website?

3 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Yes, I have and still do. The drawback to freecodecamp is that there are no videos. There's only a small amount of text to each particular challenge. There are also not quite as many topics covered as there are here. The benefit is that 95% of what you do there will be some sort of coding challenge. If you are able to read and apply what you've read then it can be a great thing. If you're more of an auditory learner it might not be your thing. But given that it's free, it's definitely worth checking out!

Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points

At the moment I'm doing the Bootstrap section and I find it very interesting - the first basic section didn't take long to complete because I already knew everything in it :-)

I will keep learning from this site as a supplement to Treehouse - mainly because I want try out those real-life-projects and the extra features they offer and Treehouse doesn't + as you said "It's free!" ;-)

May I ask how long you've used freecodecamp and how far you are in your "study"? :-)

Jennifer Nordell
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I've completed in the area of 350 "tasks" there. I will say that when you get to the JavaScript section there the learning curve gets much steeper. I haven't been using it that long and am mostly active on Treehouse currently as I'm learning things here that aren't available there. (At least as of right now).

Meg Matty
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Meg Matty
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Meg Matty
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I am doing FCC at the same time as Treehouse and finding it a good supplement for practice and reinforcing things. I still need the videos for my primary learning, and the danger of FCC for me is that I can pass the coding challenges by identifying patterns without really understanding what I'm doing. BUT in conjunction with Treehouse, that doesn't happen, and I figure any other source of projects for practice and my portfolio can only help me. They have a friendly subreddit and a gitter chat as well.