All the (Internet of) Things

Program appliances with Python; Your Career + Code; the benefits of note-taking Newsletter #47 April 23, 2018 Essential news, trends, and stories from Codecademy and the world of code. What Is IoT? In 1982, a group of Carnegie Mellon computer scientists wanted to check the inventory of their soda vending machine without leaving their desks. They came up with a solution that was revolutionary at the time—they connected the machine to the internet. In 2018, you don't have to be a computer science PhD to set up a smart vending machine. You can thank Limor "Ladyada" Fried for that change. She's the founder and CEO of Adafruit Industries, a company that makes hardware programming and the Internet of Things accessible to everyone. She wrote an article for us in which she explains: What the term "Internet of Things" actually means The IoT projects she's most excited about The programming language she recommends learning (hint hint: 🐍) READ ON In Other News Explore Your Career + Code We launched a tool to show you exactly how learning to code can help you upgrade your career. Poke around the site and be sure to take the quiz. Let's Get Meta Browser developer tools let you peek under the hood of any webpage. Modify our interactive article to see just how powerful these tools can be. Community Notes While you take a course to gain new skills, take notes to reinforce them. Check out one learner's notes on our "Make a Website" course, and then try it out yourself. Connect with Us Codecademy 575 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 Unsubscribe from these alerts.