Want to learn coding? These 5 apps can help
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In an increasingly tech-driven world, coding is certainly a must-have skill even for people with non-technical backgrounds.
Whether you're into coding for furthering your career, or just wish to pursue it to keep up with the times, know that formal schooling isn't a necessity. Aptitude is.
So, here are the top 5 apps to help you learn coding. Try your hand.
Udacity
Become a pro with the Udacity app
The Udacity app helps you master in-demand skills developed by industry experts from giants like Facebook, Google, Amazon etc.
The app offers its users personalized learning, and learn-on-the-go facility with downloadable classes and content.
Languages taught are HTML, CSS, Python, and JavaScript, among others.
On the PlayStore alone, the app enjoys 1 million+ downloads, and still a rating of 4.3/5.
Programming Hub
Programming Hub: A one-stop solution to all your coding needs
Created in collaboration with experts from Google, Programming Hub teaches languages like JavaScript, C, C++, HTML, and R.
The app comes with concept-based illustrations, interactive lessons, and quick program searches.
While it's free, premium subscription of the app offers an ad-free interface, and offline access.
An Editors' Choice app on the PlayStore, it has over 1 million downloads and a rating of 4.3/5.
Encode
Encode: Your personal coding tutor
The 'Encode: Learn to Code' app is a great code-learning platform, especially for beginners.
The app provides 'bite sized' coding lessons that one can easily and conveniently access, even on the go.
The different coding languages taught are Python, JavaScript, and Web programming.
The app has seen over 100,000 downloads on the PlayStore, and has a rating of 4.7/5.
SoloLearn
Learn to code for free with SoloLearn
Facebook FbStart's App of the Year 2017, SoloLearn offers fresh, free content on programming languages like Python, Java, C, and C++.
It's a virtual community of coders where one can share and seek knowledge, at the same time.
The major pros of this free-of-cost app are its personalized approach, and free peer support.
It also offers advanced lessons like machine learning.
Tynker
Tynker: A highly interactive and addictive code-learning platform
"Tynker makes programming more accessible and fun for kids, regardless of prior experience," says TechCrunch.
With a focus on young learners, Tynker teaches coding through amazingly interactive, engaging, and fun games and puzzles.
There are 50 templates and tutorials, connected device-support, and an in-app workshop.
Tynker, on the PlayStore, has been downloaded more than 100,000 times, and has a rating of 4/5.