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Re: Show HN: Learn how to build a small Twitter clone in 7 days

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Post by nsp »

shane_burkhart wrote: post #22
Veratyr wrote: post #21

Interesting that your site doesn't work at all without allowing third party scripts. I don't think I've ever seen anything like this before, hosting the entire page on another domain.

Yeah long story on how I ended up here. I was using http://teachable.com , but then I decided it would be easier to use jekyll since it's good for code highlighting. I already had the homepage built in leadpages, so I used their snippet to include it on the page. I don't like it, but I haven't had time to rewrite the page.

Ouch - I'm the CTO of teachable, had syntax highlighting on the todo list forever - it just got bumped up on the list.

Re: Show HN: Learn how to build a small Twitter clone in 7 days

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Post by dom96 »

This looks like a really cool course.

In case anybody is interested in learning how to build a Twitter clone in Nim then consider taking a look at my book[1]. It's not free but it is a good way to learn Nim and web development concepts in a systems programming language.

1 - https://manning.com/books/nim-in-action?a_aid=niminaction&a_...

Re: Show HN: Learn how to build a small Twitter clone in 7 days

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Post by briandear »

tent wrote: post #36
codesternews wrote: post #34

Is their any other sites/courses like this freely available?

Though I have not used it yet, https://www.railstutorial.org by Michael Hartl also focuses on building a Twitter clone.

Rails Tutorial is probably the single most influential training course among the Rails community -- at least anecdotally.

I have worked with dozens of Rails devs over the years and in my estimation at least 80% have done the Rails Tutorial. In my opinion, it's the single best resource for learning Rails in a way consistent with real-world best practices.

Re: Show HN: Learn how to build a small Twitter clone in 7 days

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Post by gazarullz »

zizimaza wrote: post #7

Lurker here. Someone mentioned this the other day here too. Too bad Twitters dying, but you get the idea. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13157254

Twitter is far from dying given the restructuring and the current pile of VC cash it's sitting on atm.

Re: Show HN: Learn how to build a small Twitter clone in 7 days

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Post by Haydos585x2 »

bootload wrote: post #23

@Shane, is the course emailed in one hit, or in batches. If so that is an interesting way to do it (phased roll-out of course by email) in itself.

If you're interested in that style of learning and would like to learn more I recommend Nathan Barry and ConvertKit. It's basically a tool for running courses via email amongst other things.
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