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Re: Code School now open to the public

#21

Post by acrum » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 6:09 PM UTC

falcolas wrote: post #20

Doesn't it seem to anyone else that there's more than a little astroturfing going on here? Many positive commenters in this thread have 1 karma and no other posts, and this link has shown up in no less than 3 front page links as of this writing. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2354776 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2354830 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2355091

FWIW, no "astroturfing" from me. I got the e-mail that they launched and submitted the URL, because I've been looking forward to taking a look at it (didn't get a beta invite). Haven't used it much yet, but I like the concept, and to me the execution looks promising.

Re: Code School now open to the public

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Post by norova » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 6:19 PM UTC

I'd recommend putting the price for the level next to the "Buy Now" button after the level description. The price already exists in the top right, but after I've scrolled down and read everything, I'd rather see the price next to the button I'm about to click, rather than having to scroll back up to the top.

Re: Code School now open to the public

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Post by joshbert » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 6:21 PM UTC

BvS wrote: post #11

75 US$ (final price for Rails Best Practices) for 5 videos of 10-15 minutes seem a little expensive. Are the non video parts worth the money?

I was invited to be a part of the beta and can confirm that the quality of the RBP videos is top-notch.

Re: Code School now open to the public

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Post by dev_Gabriel » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 6:21 PM UTC

Just registered and I'll try Rails for Zombies(never programmed Ruby/Rails before).

The design is pretty cool.

Re: Code School now open to the public

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Post by mquander » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 6:24 PM UTC

petercooper wrote: post #12

nathanwdavis wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I sincerely hope they don't do a course on Website performance or page asset loading. Turn on Firebug and refresh the site, and you'll see no script/css combining, lots of un-minified js, and a total download of more than half a megabyte on the homepage. It feels slow too.

Successful entrepreneurs release and sell first, refine later.

The courses claim to teach programming, not entrepreneurship.

Re: Code School now open to the public

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Post by nerdyworm » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 6:36 PM UTC

I'd love to see computer science problems explained and solved.

For instance start with a problem like http://www.coderloop.com/puzzles/friendsfinder and then show various approaches and solutions to it.

Just a thought.

Re: Code School now open to the public

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 6:46 PM UTC

acrum wrote: post #21

falcolas wrote: post #20

Doesn't it seem to anyone else that there's more than a little astroturfing going on here? Many positive commenters in this thread have 1 karma and no other posts, and this link has shown up in no less than 3 front page links as of this writing. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2354776 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2354830 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2355091

FWIW, no "astroturfing" from me. I got the e-mail that they launched and submitted the URL, because I've been looking forward to taking a look at it (didn't get a beta invite). Haven't used it much yet, but I like the concept, and to me the execution looks promising.

[deleted]

Re: Code School now open to the public

#28

Post by j_baker » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 6:50 PM UTC

"An interactive online marketplace where you can learn to code directly in the browser"

Is it just me or does something seem ... off about this blurb? For whatever reason, "interactive online marketplace" just rubs me the wrong way, but I can't quite put my finger on why.

Re: Code School now open to the public

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Post by smarterchild » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 6:54 PM UTC

mquander wrote: post #25

petercooper wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Successful entrepreneurs release and sell first, refine later.

The courses claim to teach programming, not entrepreneurship.

They're in the business of coding first, the coding of business second.

Re: Code School now open to the public

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Post by twymer » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 7:21 PM UTC

Rails for Zombies was very well done, but not too long into it I found myself going straight to the end, looking at what I needed to do and then clicking through the video to find to the parts where he actually got to the guts of what it was about and how to do it.

Overall it's a neat idea and the guys at EnvyLabs are great but I couldn't see myself paying for more.