Beverly Agius
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The age-old discussion on whether designers should learn to code or not has been explored from pretty much every angle possible. So let’s just agree on the very general statement that “knowledge is power” and take it from there.
Many designers think each discipline should mind their own business, while others see no problem in professionals wearing multiple hats. Many developers see designers who code as a threat, while others see it as a facilitator. These courses will open the door to integrating code into your website, helping you take your web design to a whole other(worldly) level. Here’s a handpicked selection of the 10 top online coding courses:
- Codecademy
- Udemy
- Skillshare
- SuperHi
- Coursera
- Khan Academy
- edX
- Treehouse
- Codewars
1. Codecademy
With 45 million students to date, Codecademy is one of the biggest and most popular online coding schools. They have a huge selection of classes, covering a wide range of topics: web development, programming, data science, partnerships and design. The courses also include many different languages, from the more common (like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript), to others such as Ruby and SQL.
Consequently, not only are many of the courses free, but you can also pick the lessons that suit you according to certain parameters: subject, language, level and time taken to complete the program. There’s something for practically any level, from a short tutorial for first-timers, to full-on 10 week programs for more in-depth learning. Another benefit of Codecademy is that there’s a huge forum in which you can interact with other coders, get help and share (slash, show off) your fresh new knowledge.
2. Udemy
Udemy.com is an online learning platform. It is aimed at professional adults. Unlike academic massive open online course (MOOC) programs which are driven by traditional collegiate coursework, Udemy uses content from online content creators to sell for profit. Udemy provides tools which enable users to create a course, promote it and earn money from student tuition charges.
No Udemy courses are currently credentialed for college credit; students take courses largely as a means of improving job-related skills. Some courses generate credit for technical certification. Udemy has made a special effort to attract corporate trainers seeking to create coursework for employees of their company.
As of 2018, there are more than 100,000 courses on the website.
3. Skillshare
Skillshare is an online learning community for people who want to learn from educational videos. The courses, which are not accredited, are available through subscription. The majority of courses focus on interaction rather than lecturing, with the primary goal of learning by completing a project. The main course categories are creative arts, design, entrepreneurship, lifestyle, technology, and many more subtopics
4. Superhi
Learn to code on flexible online courses for creative people, whatever your background. You can join their global community learning together. Just like the others, the courses offered are not accredited however they are a great learning tool for designers wanting to advance their skill sets.
5. Coursera
Coursera is an online learning platform founded by Stanford professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller that offers courses, specializations, and degrees.
Coursera works with universities and other organizations to offer online courses, specializations, and degrees in a variety of subjects, such as engineering, humanities, medicine, biology, social sciences, mathematics, business, computer science, digital marketing, data science, and others.
As of June 2018, Coursera had more than 33 million registered users and more than 2,400 courses. Earn official recognition for your work, and share your success with friends, colleagues, and employers.
6.Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a non-profit educational organization created in 2008 by Salman Khan with the goal of creating a set of online tools that help educate students. The organization produces short lessons in the form of videos. Its website also includes supplementary practice exercises and materials for educators. What makes Khan Academy fantastic for any beginner is that it is forever free.
7. LinkedIn
LinkedIn Learning is an American massive open online course website offering video courses taught by industry experts in software, creative, and business skills. It is a subsidiary of LinkedIn. It was founded in 1995 by Lynda Weinman as Lynda.com before being acquired by LinkedIn in 2015.
You can (for an affordable price) enhance your skills with expert-led, online video tutorials. With hundreds of courses on code, the monthly membership offers unlimited access to over 13,000 business, design & technology online courses.
8. edX
EdX is a massive open online course provider. It hosts online university-level courses in a wide range of disciplines to a worldwide student body, including some courses at no charge. 150+ University Partners. Learn On Any Device. Real-world Projects. Courses: Data Science, Business, Computer Science, Personal Development.
9. Treehouse
With the usual pattern as all other previous examples, Treehouse or is an online technology school that offers beginner to advanced courses in web design, web development, mobile development and game development taught by a team of expert teachers. Its courses are aimed at beginners looking to learn coding skills for a career in the tech industry.
10. Codewars
Last but not least – Codewars, founded in 2012 is an educational community for computer programming. On the platform, software developers trained on programming challenges known as kata. These discrete programming exercises train a variety of skills in a variety of programming languages and are completed within an online IDE.
