At Pickcode we've seen the market for online IDEs for education change a lot in the past few years. Online IDEs are an important tool for teachers to run their CS classroom, especially for students using Chromebooks. In this post we'll look at the current state
We’re already a few months into the year, and it’s been a busy one! We’ve been working through many items in our roadmap and meeting lots of new teachers. This weekend we’ll be at the CSTA New England conference and then CSTA New York the weekend
Happy October! It’s been a busy start to the school year and we’re looking forward to a productive fall filled with meeting more teachers at conferences, improving the platform, and continuing to support computer science education. Despite all of the pessimistic AI headlines out there, we still believe
Our vision for Pickcode is to build the best online IDE for middle and high school computer science teachers. For the 2026-2027 school year, we will be implementing features and improvements along these three themes: * Student monitoring and feedback * Performance and reliability * Streamlined user experience We're working
The school year has started! We’re excited to have lots of new teachers starting to use the platform this fall, as well as welcoming many teachers back for another year. This month, we’ll be running a series of “office hours” for teachers to learn about the platform or
It’s been a great summer at Pickcode. We had a lot of fun meeting folks from the community at CSTA New Orleans, and we’ve had a lot of time to make improvements to the platform. The school year is fast approaching, and we’re excited to be working
In 2022 while I was still teaching high school CS, I wrote a Python class called PaintBrush for my students to use. This took 20-30 minutes on a Sunday afternoon with my laptop and a cup of coffee. Today, that code could be written by Claude in 20-30
The CSTA conference this week was a ton of fun. Some highlights: * Chatting with teachers from the community * Catching up with friends from other companies * Not triggering my shellfish allergy despite New Orleans' best attempts * Crocheting (!) At the end of the 2025 conference, Devorah Zamansky described the Blanket Statement
Happy summer! We had a great school year, and hope you did too. See us at CSTA! We’ll be at the CSTA Annual Conference in New Orleans from July 13th to 15th. Stop by booth 400, we’ll have free mints, Pickcode stickers, and we’re hosting the Blanket
This week, we’re finishing our 3rd full school year with students using Pickcode, so it’s a nice time to look at some numbers! First, this year 27,000 new users signed up for the platform, bringing our all time total to 47,500. Those users created over 280,
It’s almost the end of the school year! AP exams are over, graduation ceremonies are happening, and summer is around the corner. Here's what we've been up to this month: Python 3.14 We’ve upgraded the Python version for our code runners to 3.
Our goal with Pickcode has always been to provide a reliable and lasting service for teachers. That’s why we’re excited to announce that we reached two important milestones in April: We reached 40,000 registered users, and we’ve signed our first contract with a customer that extends