Hey!
I’ve signed up to check out how the Python course holds up but in the first lesson I noticed Codecademy is still using the Python 2 syntax and has no option for using Python 3. I was wowed. This is like teaching Windows XP. Just let both go.
Guys, it’s 2016. Python 3 has been out for 8 years already. Teaching newbies to code in a legacy language version that was scheduled for running out of support last year and is now finally on its last breath is not the way to go. I cannot recommend Codecademy for my colleagues until this is fixed.
So, any roadmaps for updating it?
Hello, @chipsolver91549 ,
https://discuss.codecademy.com/t/course-poll/7928/1
This is a poll for users to vote for which language they want to be added to Codecademy. You can put in votes for Python3 in there. I voted for Python Django! Hope this clears out your issue!
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Well, as it’s just an update to the present state of Python and not a different language or framework it should not be a different course, just an upgraded version of the current one.
Besides, a poll is just reflective of what a small sample of people already on Codecademy think, not potential newcomers, and as such should be taken with a grain of salt.
So I think your suggestion does not exactly solve this issue, but thanks for it. I appreciate your attention. I voted for Python 3 there.
@chipsolver91549 Due to the changes in how Codecademy courses are powered, when this gets updated, it will have to be as a new course.
I don’t have a timeline for when it will happen, but I do know that Codecademy plans on bringing out a new Python course at some point in the future 
So, could it be that the new Learn Python course (coming on Q1 2017 according to Iga’s Sep 7th post) is finally this brand new Python 3 course? 