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Re: Show HN: Teach Yourself To Code

#31
Many of the descriptions aren't nearly as good as they could be. I think if they were made to be editable like wiki pages they would be much better.

I have another idea: what if the link data were stored in the git repo, with pull requests to merge them, and only the votes and comments were added with the website?

Re: Show HN: Teach Yourself To Code

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post #15

These seems to be really ruby and python centric. Is there anybody who knows any good ones for IOS development?

Other good sources for learning iOS are HackRocket.com[1], Stanford CS193P[2], Lynda.com [3] and Raywenderlich.com [4]

[1] http://www.hackrocket.com

[2] http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/ipad-iphone-application-dev...

[3] http://www.lynda.com/iOS-tutorials/iOS-SDK-Essential-Trainin...

[4] http://www.raywenderlich.com/

Re: Show HN: Teach Yourself To Code

#33
Why not have downvotes too?

If you ask me, upvotes-only (as here on HN) works great if post get hidden when x time goes by. But AFAIK links "value" will not devalue over time on TYTC and therefore the early submissions will get ahead by far, even if they are of lower quality than the links posted later on.

Downvoting does not mean bullying, and I cant imagine people will be afraid to publish links with the risk of getting a downvote or two.

But I may be wrong, and please point that out, HN!

EDIT: Also, I wouldnt mind if there was an adsense ad on the left side of the list. A small tower one that would not be in the users face. I'd turn off adblock for you!

Re: Show HN: Teach Yourself To Code

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We just launched (in preview mode).. http://CodePupil.com We have games where code flies around & u click in proper order http://codepupil.com/game5 - Also, visual exercises that teach you how to build webpages in a crazy simple/fast sense http://codepupil.com/ex (that's the aim). Focused on HTML/CSS for now but creating games & exercises for other languages too. You could say our focus is towards pupils - though you…

Getting a browser warning and am unable to use/view your product using firefox 12.0

Re: Show HN: Teach Yourself To Code

#35
post #34

We just launched (in preview mode).. http://CodePupil.com We have games where code flies around & u click in proper order http://codepupil.com/game5 - Also, visual exercises that teach you how to build webpages in a crazy simple/fast sense http://codepupil.com/ex (that's the aim). Focused on HTML/CSS for now but creating games & exercises for other languages too. You could say our focus is towards pupils - though you…

Getting a browser warning and am unable to use/view your product using firefox 12.0

Hi thank you for the feedback. There is a small issue with Firefox MAC users we are working on fixing.

It works on chrome and safari as of now. In a week or two that will be fixed.

Sorry about that, but thanks again for comment!

Re: Show HN: Teach Yourself To Code

#36
post #33

Why not have downvotes too? If you ask me, upvotes-only (as here on HN) works great if post get hidden when x time goes by. But AFAIK links "value" will not devalue over time on TYTC and therefore the early submissions will get ahead by far, even if they are of lower quality than the links posted later on. Downvoting does not mean bullying, and I cant imagine people will be afraid to publish links with the risk of ge…

Or have "value" exponentially decay over time (e.g. continuously & adding up to 50% decay per year. Which is equivalent to the value of a vote being 2^(year the vote is cast).)

Re: Show HN: Teach Yourself To Code

#39
Looks promising. However I selected C++ and the first result was railscast? 2nd results also rails.

Seems like you are just pushing matched results to the top instead of removing unmatched results? Anyways with some work this could go in my bookmark bar.

Re: Show HN: Teach Yourself To Code

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post #36
post #33

Why not have downvotes too? If you ask me, upvotes-only (as here on HN) works great if post get hidden when x time goes by. But AFAIK links "value" will not devalue over time on TYTC and therefore the early submissions will get ahead by far, even if they are of lower quality than the links posted later on. Downvoting does not mean bullying, and I cant imagine people will be afraid to publish links with the risk of ge…

Or have "value" exponentially decay over time (e.g. continuously & adding up to 50% decay per year. Which is equivalent to the value of a vote being 2^(year the vote is cast).)

But that would need a constant growing userbase, otherwise new (and not neccesary better) would get a favor. In the system that 1 upvote === 1 point old links get a favor.

If upvote===1 point and downvote===-1 point old posts would get a head start (from being in the top lists) but it wouldnt be that hard for a competing link. Bad links would quite quickly get low rankings though.

An important thing to note is that this isn't a social news site (as reddit or HN) but a social link sharing site, and thusly doesnt need to have fresh link at the top, but only best links.

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