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May 22, 2014 07:26 pm GMT

Codecademy Takes Its Free Coding Lessons Worldwide

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Codecademy, the free online learning platform that teaches users to code, is going global.

Since its launch in 2011, more than 24 million users have completed more than 100 million exercises on the Codecademy platform. But even though 70% of all those users are from outside the United States, the lessons themselves have always been in English.

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Until now. On Thursday, Codecademy announced a new global initiative to help bring those lessons and skills to other languages. According to Codecademy CEO and cofounder Zach Sims, this initiative is the first step to making the platform truly global. Read more...

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