{"id":642979,"date":"2013-02-19T17:00:09","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T22:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=611852"},"modified":"2013-02-19T17:00:09","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T22:00:09","slug":"codecademy-expands-api-lessons-with-twitter-gilt-groupe-23andme-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/642979","title":{"rendered":"Codecademy expands API lessons with Twitter, Gilt Groupe, 23andme, Box"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wannabe developers on Codecademy<\/a> are getting even more opportunities to build virtual tools.\u00a0Last month, the New York-based learn-to-code startup launched a new track of lessons<\/a> on using APIs (application programming interfaces) with partners like YouTube, NPR, SoundCloud and others.\u00a0 On Tuesday, Codecademy said that it had added another set of lessons through partnerships with 14 companies, including Twitter, Gilt Groupe and Box.<\/p>\n

\"Codecademy<\/a>With the new lessons, a student could access historical tweets or tweet from her website with Twitter’s API; explore her heritage and health risk with 23andme; or build apps for scouring the latest designs on Gilt.\u00a0The full list of new partners includes WePay, Twitter, Box, Evernote, Microsoft Skydrive, 23andMe, Mashape, Gilt Groupe, Ordr.in, Firebase, Easypost, Github, Mandrill (mailchimp), and Dwolla.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really wanted to have a diverse set of partners that were real consumer brands \u2013 brands that people use in their everyday lives \u2013 so that we could show them that programming isn\u2019t just abstract,\u201d said Zach Sims, Codecademy\u2019s co-founder and CEO.<\/p>\n

For students on Codecademy — whether they’re first-time programmers or more experienced developers — the lessons provide ways to create tools\u00a0they can actually use and are connected to media sites, productivity apps and other consumer sites they frequent. As we’ve said before<\/a><\/strong>, that project-based approach is wise given all the\u00a0options for learning how to code online (although others also focus lessons around specific projects). For the partners, it’s a way to get more exposure among a big and growing group of developers. The lessons are provided by the partners and Codecademy has said there is no financial relationship between the companies at this point.<\/p>\n

Codecademy declined to share specifics but said “many thousands” of users have taken its API classes to date.<\/p>\n

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