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When I first learned web development, I found it pretty hard to figure out which tutorials were best and which ones were a waste of time. This would have helped a…",{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},"3641502","ABS","bravo! this is something a friend and I have been discussing on and off for more than 3 years, good that someone actually is doing it (rather than just talking ;-D). Break a leg",{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},"3641708","seansu4you87","Wow, this site has great design. This would've been perfect when I was first learning.",{"value":81,"source":66,"evidence":82},"Great design of the site",[83],{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},[85,103,110,117],{"value":86,"source":66,"evidence":87},"Facebook-only login is a privacy concern and deal breaker",[88,92,95,99],{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"3642110","sidcool","I am not comfortable with logging in with FACEBOOK account. Create a custom login, please.",{"id":93,"by":74,"text":94},"3641506","but.... facebook login only :-(",{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"3641794","thekungfuman","This looks great, but (as many others have stated) the Facebook only login is a deal breaker. I'll check this out as soon as there is another method, which I hope is soon.",{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"3641521","mtrn","It's stated, that it's FB-only for now. Made me left the page, though.",{"value":104,"source":66,"evidence":105},"Too many learning sites already exist",[106],{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"3641787","ChankeyPathak","There is no need, many online tutorials' sites are there. You will end up just by adding an another site on the stack.",{"value":111,"source":66,"evidence":112},"Books shown as Amazon links are confusing in course list",[113],{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"3641937","aarondf","The first course I went to was actually a book. Maybe move the books to a totally separate section? 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