From Side Project to 25 Million Downloads 📈

Newsletter #26 May 17, 2017 Essential news, trends, and stories from Codecademy and the world of code. From Side Project to 25 Million Downloads In 2011, Ryan joined Codecademy and used what he learned to turn his app idea into reality. Five years later, his side project has been downloaded 25 million times and Ryan is now the VP of Product & Engineering with the company that acquired his app. See the full story and learn how Ryan's app Sworkit was: featured in publications like Lifehacker, Mashable, and Elle acquired by another health startup pitched on the TV show Shark Tank This month, Sworkit hit three straight months of profitability, a massive milestone in the startup lifecycle. Congratulations to Ryan and the team at Sworkit! READ THE FULL STORY In Other News Code Challenge: Test Your Scripting Skills Each week, we feature the sorts of questions full-stack developers get in job interviews. This week, try a word transformation question reportedly asked at Snap, Inc.! Take the challenge and see last week's results. This Month in Tech: Ten Years of Scratch Scratch - the free, fun, visual programming language designed by MIT for children between 6 and 16 years of age - turns ten years old this month! Read about Scratch or see it for yourself. Project of the Week: Twitter Bot Amelie used the Twitter API and JavaScript to make an improved, accessible Twitter Bot engine using a pseudo-markov algorithm. See Amelie's project or share yours. CODE SOMETHING Connect with Us Codecademy 49 W 27th Street, New York, NY 10001 Unsubscribe from these alerts.