<s>
freeCodeCamp	B-Application
(	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Free	B-Application
Code	I-Application
Camp	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
non-profit	O
organization	O
that	O
consists	O
of	O
an	O
interactive	O
learning	O
web	O
platform	O
,	O
an	O
online	O
community	O
forum	O
,	O
chat	O
rooms	O
,	O
online	O
publications	O
and	O
local	O
organizations	O
that	O
intend	O
to	O
make	O
learning	O
web	O
development	O
accessible	O
to	O
anyone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
tutorials	O
that	O
introduce	O
students	O
to	O
HTML	O
,	O
CSS	B-Language
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
students	O
progress	O
to	O
project	O
assignments	O
that	O
they	O
complete	O
either	O
alone	O
or	O
in	O
pairs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
freeCodeCamp	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
October	O
2014	O
and	O
incorporated	O
as	O
Free	B-Application
Code	I-Application
Camp	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
founder	O
,	O
Quincy	B-Application
Larson	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
developer	O
who	O
took	O
up	O
programming	O
after	O
graduate	O
school	O
and	O
created	O
freeCodeCamp	B-Application
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
streamline	O
a	O
student	O
's	O
progress	O
from	O
beginner	O
to	O
being	O
job-ready	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2015	O
podcast	O
interview	O
,	O
he	O
summarized	O
his	O
motivation	O
for	O
creating	O
freeCodeCamp	B-Application
as	O
follows	O
:	O
freeCodeCamp	B-Application
is	O
my	O
effort	O
to	O
correct	O
the	O
extremely	O
inefficient	O
and	O
circuitous	O
way	O
I	O
learned	O
to	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
 [ ... ] 	O
All	O
those	O
things	O
that	O
made	O
learning	O
to	O
code	O
a	O
nightmare	O
to	O
me	O
are	O
things	O
that	O
we	O
are	O
trying	O
to	O
fix	O
with	O
freeCodeCamp	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
curriculum	O
focused	O
on	O
MongoDB	B-Application
,	O
Express.js	B-Language
,	O
AngularJS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Node.js	B-Language
and	O
was	O
estimated	O
to	O
take	O
800	O
hours	O
to	O
complete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
curriculum	O
was	O
updated	O
in	O
January	O
2016	O
to	O
rely	O
less	O
on	O
outside	O
material	O
,	O
remove	O
the	O
unconventional	O
section	O
names	O
,	O
and	O
switch	O
focus	O
from	O
AngularJS	B-Application
to	O
React.js	B-Application
as	O
the	O
front-end	O
library	O
of	O
choice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
additions	O
to	O
the	O
coursework	O
,	O
including	O
D3.js	B-Language
and	O
Sass	B-Language
,	O
which	O
brought	O
the	O
total	O
time	O
estimate	O
to	O
2,080	O
hours	O
and	O
two	O
more	O
certificates	O
,	O
data	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
,	O
and	O
back-end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quincy	B-Application
Larson	I-Application
was	O
a	O
school	O
director	O
for	O
six	O
years	O
before	O
he	O
started	O
to	O
learn	O
to	O
code	O
so	O
that	O
he	O
could	O
create	O
tools	O
for	O
making	O
schools	O
more	O
efficient	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
analyzing	O
data	O
on	O
coding	O
boot	O
camps	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
and	O
realizing	O
how	O
inaccessible	O
coding	O
education	O
was	O
to	O
the	O
masses	O
,	O
he	O
set	O
out	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
fully-online	O
inclusive	O
free	O
platform	O
for	O
peer-driven	O
learning	O
of	O
coding	O
-	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
freeCodeCamp	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
lives	O
in	O
Texas	O
with	O
his	O
family	O
and	O
spends	O
his	O
time	O
working	O
on	O
freeCodeCamp	B-Application
,	O
writing	O
and	O
interviewing	O
authors	O
for	O
the	O
freeCodeCamp	B-Application
publication	O
,	O
co-ordinating	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
projects	O
such	O
as	O
Chapter	O
(	O
a	O
free	O
MeetUp	O
alternative	O
)	O
,	O
advocating	O
for	O
a	O
free	O
and	O
open	O
internet	O
and	O
playing	O
with	O
his	O
two	O
young	O
kids	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
self-paced	O
curriculum	O
involves	O
1,400	O
hours	O
of	O
interactive	O
coding	O
challenges	O
and	O
web	O
development	O
projects	O
,	O
plus	O
800	O
hours	O
of	O
contributing	O
to	O
open-source	B-License
projects	O
for	O
nonprofits	O
and	O
is	O
constantly	O
expanded	O
by	O
more	O
challenges	O
and	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
curriculum	O
is	O
divided	O
into	O
Responsive	B-General_Concept
Web	I-General_Concept
Design	I-General_Concept
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
Algorithms	O
and	O
Data	B-General_Concept
Structures	I-General_Concept
,	O
Front	O
End	O
Libraries	O
,	O
Data	B-Application
Visualization	I-Application
,	O
APIs	B-Application
and	O
Microservices	O
,	O
and	O
Information	O
Security	O
and	O
Quality	O
Assurance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
languages	O
and	O
technologies	O
currently	O
taught	O
by	O
freeCodeCamp	B-Application
include	O
HTML5	B-Application
,	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
CSS	B-Language
3	I-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
jQuery	B-Language
,	O
Bootstrap	B-Application
,	O
Sass	B-Language
,	O
React.js	B-Application
,	O
Node.js	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Express.js	B-Language
,	O
MongoDB	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Git	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
celebrate	O
freeCodeCamp	B-Application
's	O
8th	O
birthday	O
on	O
October	O
25	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Quincy	B-Application
Larson	I-Application
published	O
a	O
tweet	O
that	O
announced	O
free	O
accredited	O
degree	O
programs	O
in	O
mathematics	O
and	O
computer	O
science	O
are	O
currently	O
in	O
active	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
now	O
,	O
FreeCodeCamp	B-Application
runs	O
the	O
largest	O
programming	O
channel	O
on	O
YouTube	O
,	O
with	O
7.58	O
million	O
subscribers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
students	O
of	O
freeCodeCamp	B-Application
finish	O
all	O
certificates	O
of	O
the	O
curriculum	O
,	O
they	O
get	O
the	O
opportunity	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
encouraged	O
,	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
nonprofit	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
freeCodeCamp	B-Application
announced	O
their	O
"	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
for	O
Good	O
"	O
initiative	O
,	O
which	O
extends	O
and	O
open	B-License
sources	I-License
their	O
nonprofit	O
work	O
to	O
all	O
nonprofits	O
and	O
organizations	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
ten	O
months	O
of	O
launching	O
,	O
the	O
initiative	O
has	O
created	O
seven	O
open-source	B-License
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mail	O
for	O
Good	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
projects	O
,	O
which	O
helps	O
organizations	O
send	O
bulk	O
email	O
messages	O
at	O
a	O
low	O
cost	O
,	O
which	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
cheaper	O
alternative	O
to	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
MailChimp	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
freeCodeCamp	B-Application
's	O
platform	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
about	O
350,000	O
unique	O
visitors	O
per	O
month	O
,	O
with	O
students	O
from	O
over	O
160	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
freeCodeCamp	B-Application
has	O
international	O
,	O
community-run	O
groups	O
where	O
students	O
can	O
interact	O
in	O
person	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
groups	O
have	O
been	O
featured	O
in	O
local	O
news	O
,	O
citing	O
freeCodeCamp	B-Application
as	O
an	O
introduction	O
to	O
programming	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
fill	O
the	O
estimated	O
vacancy	O
in	O
programming-related	O
jobs	O
in	O
the	O
next	O
decade	O
.	O
</s>
