Introducing Kodeco — the New raywenderlich.com

– By Chris Belanger, CMO

This submit is one in a collection about our rebrand; learn all of them right here:

Introducing Kodeco — the New raywenderlich.com – (you’re right here)
Why Rebrand? The Backstory of raywenderlich.com
To Infinity and Far, Far Past
319 Days to Constructing a New Model

If you happen to’re studying this, you’ll little doubt have realized that RW now seems lots completely different… and even has a distinct title! Kodeco is the brand new raywenderlich.com, however the identical nice content material, the identical nice crew, and the identical nice instructors are nonetheless right here, simply as they had been earlier than.

If you happen to wished to study a bit of extra about our change to Kodeco, then we’ve bought some particulars beneath for you on what’s modified – and what’s staying the identical!

Did raywenderlich.com Get Acquired Or Promote Out?

Nope! Kodeco is just the brand new title and model we’ve created for our firm and our tutorial crew. We’re nonetheless the identical, unbiased cell improvement and studying neighborhood that we’ve all the time been.

Why The New Identify?

Slightly historical past first: raywenderlich.com began as a private weblog by Ray Wenderlich, our founder. As time went on, the weblog started to develop, including crew members little by little, till at this time we’ve 28 firm workers that assist us hold issues working, together with our crew of 300+ content material contributors from around the globe who assist produce the content material you already know and love at raywenderlich.com.

Ray has all the time been happy with the crew, however as Ray moved extra into the operational behind-the-scenes elements of RW, and the dimensions of the content material crew grew, he realized that the title of the location didn’t correctly mirror the contributions of the crew as a complete. In truth, altering the title of the location has been on Ray’s radar for years.

We’ve spent the higher a part of 2022 working with our total crew of contributors to give you a reputation and model that we felt higher mirrored what we do as an organization, as a crew, and as a neighborhood. And Kodeco is the results of these efforts.

Why Did raywenderlich.com Rebrand Now?

Despite the fact that Ray has been hoping to alter the title of the location for years, it by no means felt just like the “proper time” to bear a reputation change. We had been busy rising the location, rising our content material crew, and rising our inside firm as effectively. We’ve all the time been a lean group, and on prime of that, we knew it will all the time be a problem to rename one thing that had turn out to be a mainstay on the earth of cell improvement.

Nevertheless, in late 2021 we made the choice to maneuver forward with a brand new model. Because the saying goes, the very best time to plant a tree was 50 years in the past and the second-best time to plant a tree is at this time. With our groups serving to to construct out new website options, new merchandise like bootcamps, and new platforms like Flutter, we knew that our new initiatives additionally wanted a brand new model and title to higher mirror our world neighborhood, and to offer us a broader basis on which to develop sooner or later. Enter: Kodeco.

What Does “Kodeco” Imply?

That’s a comic story. Once we got down to discover a title, we checked out actually a whole lot — a whole lot — of names. From literal to summary, from the humorous to the elegant, from techy to artsy, we thought of all of them. However what we found in that course of was that our crew actually wished two issues – a reputation that mirrored their id as a coding academic neighborhood, and a reputation that wasn’t too meaningless. We finally circled round code + neighborhood + firm and got here up with Kodeco. And there’s a hidden secret in that title, in addition to our stylized Ok emblem with the repeating blocks.

For the reason that title is pronounced “Code-ECHO”, we additionally take it to signify our obligation to teach different builders, and elevate them up so that they, in flip, may also help educate different builders. So the legacy of our mission “echoes” down via every successive era of devs. The repeating blocks within the emblem additionally signify that echo issue, but additionally a way of connection between our crew, and devs all over the place. Teamwork helps you dream larger.

What Modifications Will I Discover?

A lot of the adjustments you’ll discover up entrance are all beauty; we’ve redesigned our web site and its pages fairly a bit, however we’ve maintained the fundamental construction of our books, movies, and articles as you’ve come to know them. You’ll additionally see that our e-mail communications are actually coming from the @kodeco.com area, and have Kodeco branding on them. However what hasn’t modified is our high-quality content material, or our mission to assist devs all over the place stage as much as be the very best developer they are often.

One factor we couldn’t actually work round was password managers which have saved your credentials in your account on the location — you’ll need to log again in once more. If you happen to can’t keep in mind your password (who remembers passwords anymore, amirite?) you should use our password reset function, or contact [email protected] for help.

What Occurred To The Tutorial Workforce?

The tutorial crew is all nonetheless right here — they haven’t gone anyplace! As an alternative of being generally known as the raywenderlich.com Tutorial Workforce, they’re now proudly generally known as Workforce Kodeco. Your whole favourite authors and instructors are nonetheless right here that will help you ability up and develop your future as a developer.

Why Does Some Of My Content material Nonetheless Have raywenderlich.com On It?

We now have a number of content material. No, scratch that — a TON of content material. And there was no attainable manner we may undergo all of that content material and replace all of it to mirror our new appear and feel. Apart from, it’s not the title or the graphics that matter in relation to content material — the worth is in what our skilled authors and instructors convey to you, week after week. Finally you’ll see extra content material with Kodeco branding on it as time goes on!

Is All My Progress Information Nonetheless Saved?

Completely. Your progress information, bookmarks, notepad entries, discussion board information, badges and every part else has been retained. If you happen to discover any bizarre points, merely e-mail [email protected] they usually’ll do their finest to get you sorted.

What About The raywenderlich.com App?

Our official raywenderlich.com app (code named emitron) will take just a bit longer to replace visually and on the app shops. Nevertheless, it can nonetheless work in simply the identical manner because it all the time has.

The place Did Ray Go?

Good query! We’re undecided. Have you ever seen him? Simply kidding — Ray is right here as co-founder of the corporate as he all the time has been. He’s nonetheless round within the background, serving to dream up prospects for the longer term, and he’s enthusiastic about what’s to come back!

What’s The Plan For The Future?

Our CEO, Matt, has an ideal article protecting that right here. In 2022, we launched new issues like badges, skilled improvement seminars, bootcamps, state of cell improvement surveys, and extra. There’s tons on the horizon, so subscribe to our publication to remain within the loop.

Are Your Social Handles Staying The Similar?

Effectively, the unique handles (@rwenderlich) will probably be round for a while, however our new social handles are beneath — give them a observe!

What’s The Distinction Between Razeware And raywenderlich.com And Kodeco?

So when Ray first got down to be an indie developer, he shaped an organization and known as it Razeware (“Ray’s ware”, if you could be crushed over the top with the joke). And at the moment, as one did in 2010, he began a weblog named, unsurprisingly, raywenderlich.com. Over time, the weblog eclipsed Ray’s work on indie apps, and “raywenderlich.com” turned the model we had been recognized by.

And sure, having @razeware emails as a substitute of @raywenderlich.com emails prompted a number of bizarre questions over time. It additionally arrange a bizarre divide between the principle 25-person firm Razeware, and our 300-person-strong raywenderlich.com Workforce. So we unified every part below the Kodeco banner, as one neighborhood.

The place To Go From Right here?

There’s a number of fascinating initiatives on the horizon for us, together with extra bootcamps, extra reside occasions, extra books, extra movies, and extra of the nice article content material that you simply’ve grown to like. However our unique imaginative and prescient to be the very best academic website for cell builders around the globe hasn’t modified in any respect.

We’re excited to have you ever alongside for the experience — thanks in your assist over time, and we stay up for having you alongside for the experience as we develop as Workforce Kodeco!