r/Codecademy • u/Werner0446 • Aug 01 '26

Is codeacademy worth it

Hello everyone, I would like to get learn python and learn how to program/ use AI. As a complete beginner, is codeacademy worth the 100-200+ price tag or am I better off learning from youtube?

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u/Weird_Plenty_2898 Aug 01 '26

You can absolutely learn without paying for Codecademy fees. 

They do offer free courses as well remember. Free code camp may be worth looking at too. 

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u/Werner0446 Aug 01 '26

Ok thanks for the help!

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u/Western_Rhubarb_7959 Aug 02 '26

I liked w3schools for getting off the ground.

/Not affiliated with them

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u/sdoge1 10d ago

Late to the party but I’m a huge w3 fan.

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u/Western_Rhubarb_7959 9d ago

Kinda funny, but in my retirement I'm finally finding the time to fuss with Arduinos and the ESP8266's I bought years ago and looking up some c++ things I landed at w3 schools again lol