1.0Lifehacker Australiahttps://www.lifehacker.com.auDavid Gallowayhttps://www.lifehacker.com.au/author/davidgalloway-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RYrHNO4gO5"><a href="https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/09/codeacademy-teaches-basic-programming-syntax/">Codeacademy Teaches Basic Programming Syntax</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/09/codeacademy-teaches-basic-programming-syntax/embed/#?secret=RYrHNO4gO5" width="600" height="338" title="“Codeacademy Teaches Basic Programming Syntax” — Lifehacker Australia" data-secret="RYrHNO4gO5" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> If you’ve ever wanted to dip your toe in a programming language, Codeacademy allows you to learn the basics of coding syntax through eight easy lessons that teach variables, letters and strings, editor arrays, what if statements, incrementing and decrementing, and the while loop. After finishing the basic lessons you can take four additional lessons […]