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CodeWars: the Hacker Society where devs compete

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Re: CodeWars: the Hacker Society where devs compete

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Interesting, what's the long term goal?

The vision's to create a global arena, where as devs we can compete and build projects that matter.

So in the long term, how exactly will this be different from http://www.topcoder.com/ ?

Just wondering... I signed up already anyway.

Re: CodeWars: the Hacker Society where devs compete

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Granted you have to start somewhere, but the second challenge (appears) to not only be JS-specific, but specific to the Prototype JS library.

JS is a prototype based language. I think the word prototype might be throwing you off but its a core concept within JavaScript.

Shows how much I know about JS, then. :x

Re: CodeWars: the Hacker Society where devs compete

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The vision's to create a global arena, where as devs we can compete and build projects that matter.

So in the long term, how exactly will this be different from http://www.topcoder.com/ ? Just wondering... I signed up already anyway.

Good question. Top Coder is more of a crowd-sourced approach to solving a problem, where as we're focused on building an interactive community.

Re: CodeWars: the Hacker Society where devs compete

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The vision's to create a global arena, where as devs we can compete and build projects that matter.

We already have that. It's called real life. Still I signed up and am present on the leaderboard.

Same here! I am utterly unenthused by the stated mission but I still hunted down every possible point just because they were there. Great game mechanics. I guess I'm just a sucker for ratings.

Re: CodeWars: the Hacker Society where devs compete

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Not to troll, but this seems quite close to Codecademy and HackerRank, without much of those sites' additional benefits.

No worries, appreciate the feedback. Codecademy is aimed at beginners, we're focusing on experienced devs. HackerRank provides challenges, whereas we're promoting interactive competition.
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