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Show HN: SkillPress – Learn JavaScript via spaced repetition and active recall

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Post by delabroj »

When I was getting into web development I used a combination of Anki and git to help me quickly learn and retain skills. Figuring there might be demand for a product that uses the same strategy (without the requirement that you already know Anki and git), I created SkillPress. No account is needed to start learning. I would greatly appreciate any feedback or suggestions.

Show HN: SkillPress – Learn JavaScript via spaced repetition and active recall
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Post by tomxor »

Sorry but this will not help you learn JavaScript.

I am sure it will help you remember built-ins and terminology, but using PLs is far more than a human memory game, I know JS pretty thoroughly and cannot recall every Math or Array method, it's just not very important. If you want to get better at any PL, write it, write it, write it.

If you don't know what to write, I'd recommend heading over to somewhere like rossetacode and picking an unimplemented problem you like the look of.

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Post by taccicardia »

tomxor wrote: post #3

Sorry but this will not help you learn JavaScript. I am sure it will help you remember built-ins and terminology, but using PLs is far more than a human memory game, I know JS pretty thoroughly and cannot recall every Math or Array method, it's just not very important. If you want to get better at any PL, write it, write it, write it. If you don't know what to write, I'd recommend heading over to somewhere like rosse…

Yeah, a lot of this just looks like trivia. There are a couple of very rudimentary “coding problems,” but I’m unsure how useful this would be. Writing code >>>> answering trivia questions about terminology.

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Post by [deleted] »

tomxor wrote: post #3

Sorry but this will not help you learn JavaScript. I am sure it will help you remember built-ins and terminology, but using PLs is far more than a human memory game, I know JS pretty thoroughly and cannot recall every Math or Array method, it's just not very important. If you want to get better at any PL, write it, write it, write it. If you don't know what to write, I'd recommend heading over to somewhere like rosse…

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Re: Show HN: SkillPress – Learn JavaScript via spaced repetition and active recall

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Post by delabroj »

tomxor wrote: post #3

Sorry but this will not help you learn JavaScript. I am sure it will help you remember built-ins and terminology, but using PLs is far more than a human memory game, I know JS pretty thoroughly and cannot recall every Math or Array method, it's just not very important. If you want to get better at any PL, write it, write it, write it. If you don't know what to write, I'd recommend heading over to somewhere like rosse…

Thanks for checking it out. The course starts with the basics, so if you are already proficient at JS you would get less value from it.

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Post by delabroj »

taccicardia wrote: post #4
tomxor wrote: post #3

Sorry but this will not help you learn JavaScript. I am sure it will help you remember built-ins and terminology, but using PLs is far more than a human memory game, I know JS pretty thoroughly and cannot recall every Math or Array method, it's just not very important. If you want to get better at any PL, write it, write it, write it. If you don't know what to write, I'd recommend heading over to somewhere like rosse…

Yeah, a lot of this just looks like trivia. There are a couple of very rudimentary “coding problems,” but I’m unsure how useful this would be. Writing code >>>> answering trivia questions about terminology.

I agree - the best way to learn to write code is to practice writing code. After you learn the basic terminology the course progresses on to more and more advanced coding problems.

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Post by taccicardia »

delabroj wrote: post #7
taccicardia wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, a lot of this just looks like trivia. There are a couple of very rudimentary “coding problems,” but I’m unsure how useful this would be. Writing code >>>> answering trivia questions about terminology.

I agree - the best way to learn to write code is to practice writing code. After you learn the basic terminology the course progresses on to more and more advanced coding problems.

For clarity, are advanced problems something like “write the output of this anonymous function” or does it teach this concept before asking the question? Is this supposed to be adjunct to a more holistic course?

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Post by delabroj »

taccicardia wrote: post #8
delabroj wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree - the best way to learn to write code is to practice writing code. After you learn the basic terminology the course progresses on to more and more advanced coding problems.

For clarity, are advanced problems something like “write the output of this anonymous function” or does it teach this concept before asking the question? Is this supposed to be adjunct to a more holistic course?

The course leans pretty heavily toward active recall - there are a lot of high quality tutorials out there, so I wanted this one to focus more on maximizing retention instead of serving as a gentle introduction.
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