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Re: Show HN: Codecademy.com, the easiest way to learn to code

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Post by zds »

chanux wrote: post #113

This is awesome. It definitely revolutionises learning programming. One thing to improve, make the program sound the nice guy it sound when the user does things right. I tried doing something wrong and presented with just an error. Probably not good for the type of audience that would embrace this. `> 2w2 ERROR: identifier starts immediately after numeric literal` Wishing very good luck.

We'll try to wrap the errors with something a little more user friendly. Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Codecademy.com, the easiest way to learn to code

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Post by zds »

zachshallbetter wrote: post #105
planckscnst wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why does the hint suggest making sure case is right then? I can't imagine a mistake someone would make where that would be a helpful hint.

Dunno, I didn't write it. I actually refreshed once because I thought there was an error. I then realized it was my fault after looking at the previous question.

Looking into fixing this tomorrow as soon as we get the load under control. Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Codecademy.com, the easiest way to learn to code

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Post by nealsales »

jolan wrote: post #32
nealsales wrote: post #23

We are going after the same problem with a different solution - http://codeacademy.org Looks great, looking forward to seeing it develop!

Charging $41/hour to learn Rails isn't a different solution.

How so? And we're definitely providing much more than just "learning rails."

Re: Show HN: Codecademy.com, the easiest way to learn to code

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Post by nealsales »

reemrevnivek wrote: post #42
nealsales wrote: post #23

We are going after the same problem with a different solution - http://codeacademy.org Looks great, looking forward to seeing it develop!

Thought that your link was pointing at the OP's site until I followed it. The parent's link is to code a cademy.org, the OP's link is to codecademy.org (No 'a').

Yep...that was intentional.

Re: Show HN: Codecademy.com, the easiest way to learn to code

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Post by nealsales »

evro wrote: post #35
nealsales wrote: post #23

We are going after the same problem with a different solution - http://codeacademy.org Looks great, looking forward to seeing it develop!

Good luck with http://codemountain.org

Thanks. Both http://codemountain.org and http://codeacademy.org are doing very well!

Re: Show HN: Codecademy.com, the easiest way to learn to code

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Post by HiroshiSan »

zds wrote: post #127
HiroshiSan wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any advice on starting something if you're not a developer, or how you gathered the resources to do it with your limited knowledge? I'm not a developer but I just started doing LPTHW, I'd love to create something of my own but I was never good at making something from 'nothing'.

LPTHW is terrific. we're hoping to offer courses beyond basic javascript so you'll be able to learn from Codecademy too. the easiest thing to do is make something - think of what you'd like to make and keep referencing books on your way to completing it!

Thanks for the tip, I linked your website out to some of my non-programmer friends who I would have never thought would like it, and one of them is already on lesson 3!

Re: Show HN: Codecademy.com, the easiest way to learn to code

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Post by tolmasky »

Interesting feedback: I had my gf do it, and she got stuck in the .length portion, because she kept typing:

    "name".length.
This is because the prompt said:

    Well done! How long is your name? Find out by typing your name in quotes and ending it with .length.
    
    For me, that'd be "Ryan".length.
Apparently its not clear enough what is code and what isn't. While you and I can tell that the last period belongs to the sentence and not the code, it was a bit confusing for her. Perhaps putting the code in a different font (as well as the current highlighting) would do the trick?
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