How much does zuzu.codes cost?

The starter track is free — read all lessons and practice for free. Full access to every track (current and future) is $14.99/month. Cancel anytime.

How long does each track take?

Each track is designed as a 30-day challenge — one lesson per day, about 15 minutes each. Go at your own pace, but the structure is built around daily consistency.

What's the lesson format?

Each lesson is a student-teacher dialogue with code examples, followed by a hands-on code challenge in an in-browser editor. You read, you understand, then you write real code.

Do I need prior coding experience?

Our beginner track starts from absolute zero — no prior experience needed. Advanced tracks build on earlier ones, and the platform tells you exactly where to start.

How is zuzu.codes different from freeCodeCamp or Codecademy?

zuzu.codes uses a structured 30-day track format with dialogue-based teaching, an in-browser code editor, and gamification (XP, streaks, progress tracking). The format builds genuine understanding through daily practice.

Week 1: How Python Holds Data — Python For Beginners

Day 2 · ~11 min●

This week you learn how Python holds the kind of data a tracker cares about — a category like "Food", an amount like 12.5, and a whole transaction bundled into one object. Five small functions, each doing one thing.

Do I need to memorize Python's type names before I can start?

Not at all. You'll pick them up as you need them. A string holds text, a float holds a decimal number, a dict holds key-value pairs. Three names, and you'll use all three by Friday.

What's the arc for the week — is every day a different topic or do they connect?

They connect. Day 3 formats one number. Day 4 combines two numbers. Day 5 formats a whole row. Day 6 builds a transaction dict. Day 7 reads from a dict. By Friday you can take raw data and shape it — that's the foundation everything from Week 2 on stands on.

This week

Day 3 — format a category and amount as "Food: $12.50" with an f-string
Day 4 — add sales tax to an amount using simple arithmetic
Day 5 — glue a category, amount, and tag into one printable line
Day 6 — build a transaction dict from three inputs
Day 7 — look up a category total safely with dict.get()

Goal: by Friday you can reshape raw values into tidy data.

Week 1

7 lessons this week

Day 2 · ~11 min●

Do I need to memorize Python's type names before I can start?

Not at all. You'll pick them up as you need them. A string holds text, a float holds a decimal number, a dict holds key-value pairs. Three names, and you'll use all three by Friday.

What's the arc for the week — is every day a different topic or do they connect?

This week

Day 3 — format a category and amount as "Food: $12.50" with an f-string
Day 4 — add sales tax to an amount using simple arithmetic
Day 5 — glue a category, amount, and tag into one printable line
Day 6 — build a transaction dict from three inputs
Day 7 — look up a category total safely with dict.get()

Goal: by Friday you can reshape raw values into tidy data.

This week

Day 3 — format a category and amount as "Food: $12.50" with an f-string

Day 4 — add sales tax to an amount using simple arithmetic

Day 5 — glue a category, amount, and tag into one printable line

Day 6 — build a transaction dict from three inputs

Day 7 — look up a category total safely with dict.get()

Goal: by Friday you can reshape raw values into tidy data.

This week

Day 3 — format a category and amount as "Food: $12.50" with an f-string

Day 4 — add sales tax to an amount using simple arithmetic

Day 5 — glue a category, amount, and tag into one printable line

Day 6 — build a transaction dict from three inputs

Day 7 — look up a category total safely with dict.get()

Goal: by Friday you can reshape raw values into tidy data.