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Learning and science
interactive coding course
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How HN took it
4 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 14 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score -0.33.
Execution: 0 for, 8 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun to go through the steps, even for non-programmers
From 3 comments
I'm not a programmer, yet I'm having a ton of fun going through the steps on this site.
jaysonelliot on HNNice work guys , it was fun learning like this. But when I had to go back after finishing the course , the share window , i mean the option to tweet and deploy still follow me in…
teja1990 on HNBaller
samdjohnson on HN
Streamlined code-to-deploy process in the browser
From 1 comment
Interesting, I've yet to see such a nicely streamlined code-to-deploy process, in a browser. Cloud9 + github + heroku comes close (and is more powerful), but the initial cost of…
lucian1900 on HN
Objections
Code validation accepts invalid input and gives no deploy failure message
From 2 comments
Nice site. One thing I came across: Your code validation checks for necessity without checking for sufficiency. In other words while ``` "hello world" ``` will be accepted. So…
DanielN on HNShould probably do some more careful code checking, or actually run a validator on the code.
djbender on HN
Looks too similar to Codecademy
From 1 comment
Great idea but the design is very similar to http://www.codecademy.com/ you guys should make some UI changes to avoid being tagged copy-cat.
darwindeeds on HN
Buttons, focus and progress bugs in the console
From 3 comments
Once I click 'next' focus is not on the console window. FF8/MacOS. Very distracting.
blrgeek on HNBackspace sent me back to this post and I lost my progress.
brandnewlow on HNconsole doesn't work to well with the xoom keyboard. Looks like the focus goes away and comes back with every key press. I suspect android tablet wasnt a target for the demo :-)
abrown28 on HN
Unclear what the site is or why to invest time up front
From 2 comments
I just get an interactive ruby and it wants me to move through a bunch of steps... Just visiting the page I have no idea where I am going and why I should invest my time. It…
JakeOnRails on HNIf this is going to end up in an awesome website that I can show my friends, how about you show me that up front? That sounds pretty motivating!
shawndrost on HN
Grading step hangs on the URL shortener course
From 2 comments
it's taking super long to grade the creating random numbers step of the URL shortener (1min and counting)
czzarr on HN34min now...
czzarr on HN
Requests
Show the end result up front
From 1 comment
If this is going to end up in an awesome website that I can show my friends, how about you show me that up front? That sounds pretty motivating!
shawndrost on HN
Clearer error messages on failed deploys
From 1 comment
Nice site. One thing I came across: Your code validation checks for necessity without checking for sufficiency. In other words while ``` "hello world" ``` will be accepted. So…
DanielN on HN
A close button for the share window
From 1 comment
Nice work guys , it was fun learning like this. But when I had to go back after finishing the course , the share window , i mean the option to tweet and deploy still follow me in…
teja1990 on HN
Questions
Is it like TryRuby?
From 1 comment
So is this site like a TryRuby deal?
johnnyjustice on HN
How to see the app error logs?
From 1 comment
it was due to a typo..is there a way to see the error logs? url - http://young-forest-975.herokuapp.com/
k3dz on HN
Alternatives named
Codecademy
From 1 comment
Great idea but the design is very similar to http://www.codecademy.com/ you guys should make some UI changes to avoid being tagged copy-cat.
darwindeeds on HN
Code School
From 1 comment
I feel like it's worth mentioning that if you like learning through an application interface similar to this, I really recommend http://codeschool.com. (I'm completely…
djbender on HN
TryRuby
From 1 comment
So is this site like a TryRuby deal?
johnnyjustice on HN
Cloud9 + GitHub + Heroku
From 1 comment
Interesting, I've yet to see such a nicely streamlined code-to-deploy process, in a browser. Cloud9 + github + heroku comes close (and is more powerful), but the initial cost of…
lucian1900 on HN