New Free Courses: Build Amazon Alexa Skills 🗣

Our newest free courses teach voice assistant development on Amazon Alexa · Answers to your top questions from our CEO · 20 years of "Think Different" · Coding at any age · Read more in our newsletter! Newsletter #37 September 27, 2017 Essential news, trends, and stories from Codecademy and the world of code. New: Build Amazon Alexa Skills, for Free At Codecademy, it's our goal to arm you with the skills you need now and in the future of work – that's why we paired up with Amazon to bring you a new series of free courses that will teach anyone, even beginners, everything they need to build their own Alexa Skills from scratch: Build your first Alexa Skill and create a voice-user interface Use Amazon Web Services (AWS) and create a Lambda Function Coming soon: use slots to allow your skill to get input from users Coming soon: persist your session attributes using DynamoDB Coming soon: train Alexa to quiz you on the topic of your choice Completing these courses will give you the foundation for working with many AI and VUI applications, from smartphones to smart homes! Code the future: learn Alexa today, for free. LEARN ALEXA In Other News Coding: empowering people of all ages. More people of all ages are learning to code: one million Codecademy users are 55 or older! This week, the New York Times analyzes this growing trend. Read the NYT article on coding at 50+. Zach Answers Your Questions You asked our Co-Founder and CEO, Zach Sims, questions about the future of work, tech, education, Codecademy, and more. See Zach's answers to your questions on Quora. 20 Years Ago This Week: "Think Different" In 1997, Apple was in trouble, struggling to become profitable. Then, Steve Jobs released one of the greatest ad campaigns in tech history. Watch the ad that changed Apple forever. CODE SOMETHING Connect with Us Codecademy 49 W 27th Street, New York, NY 10001 Unsubscribe from these alerts.