General Assembly has launched a new online service that teaches basic web development for free, in your browser. It's called Dash, and it lets users learn how to use HTML, Javascript, and CSS by working through four projects of increasing difficulty.
As you progress through the
projects — starting by creating a small personal website for imaginary
friend Anna, before eventually coding your own CSS-powered robot —
you'll unlock skills. These skills are dispensed by completing
checkpoints, an engagement method borrowed from game design. General
Assembly's chief product officer Brad Hargreaves explained to The Next Web
that by using this method of learning, people were more likely to enjoy
the process and stay motivated than they would using abstract texts.
Dash is free and teaches users to code HTML, Javascript, and CSS
While Dash doesn't offer the
range of programming and computing courses rival Codeacademy does, its
design means that users are able to see the results of their coding
immediately. The service also shows how your efforts will look across a
range of viewing platforms, simulating both smartphone and computer
browsers. All four projects are free to use, and only require that users
sign up using Twitter or their email address.
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