No, most of our learners have zero experience when they sign up. Our curriculum is designed to teach anyone to learn to code.

Skill paths and career paths are structured curriculum roadmaps that show you exactly where to start and what to learn next. They contain everything you need to accomplish a specific task or goal.

A career path prepares you for a job in tech. Choose from a variety of careers — including Data Scientist, Front-End Engineer, Back-End Engineer, Full-Stack Engineer, or iOS Developer. We’ll guide you through everything you need to know to land a job. Career paths are available in Pro.

A skill path equips you with a skill you can start using right away. Learn how to build a website or game, analyze or visualize data, and more. Most skill paths are available in Plus. We also offer a collection of interview prep skill paths, which you can view on the interview prep catalog page. Interview prep skill paths are available in Pro.

Yes! Eligible college students can join Codecademy Pro Student. It’s an annual membership with all the same features as Codecademy Pro, but for over 35% off the regular price. Click here to join Codecademy Pro Student.

All new Codecademy accounts are eligible to receive a free trial of Codecademy Pro or Plus to use within the first 7 days of account ownership. A valid credit or debit card is required to receive a trial, and accounts are charged after day 7 of the trial. 

To maintain access to these features after 7 days, you need a paid subscription. If you choose not to upgrade, progress made during trial will not be lost however your quizzes, paths, and projects will be unavailable until you upgrade. If you want to hold onto your projects, we recommend pushing them to Github or saving them on your personal computer.

You may cancel your subscription at any time in your payment settings. When you cancel, your subscription ends at the end of the current billing cycle.

You can also pause your subscription if you need to take a break.

Learn more in our Terms of Service.

Codecademy Pro and bootcamps are both great ways to learn how to code. The difference between the two is the time commitment, the type of instruction you receive, and the price. Codecademy Pro is designed to be much more self-directed than a bootcamp. And a bootcamp typically costs around 30–40 times more than a full year of Codecademy Pro.

With Codecademy Pro, you can choose exactly what skills to learn or career to focus on, and we'll guide you through every step toward your goal. You get to learn at your own pace whenever it's convenient to you, with no pressure and no rush. Bootcamps, by contrast, are typically full-time courses that last 12–16 weeks and speed through topics at a demanding pace.

A lot of people who take bootcamps find it really helpful to have some amount of coding knowledge going in. So many of our learners use Codecademy Pro as a way of preparing for a coding bootcamp, which allows them to learn the basics and test the waters before diving in.