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Re: Code School now open to the public

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j_baker wrote: post #28

"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.

You're right. Look for it to be changed in the next round of design revisions.

Re: Code School now open to the public

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Post by j3 »

eli wrote: post #37

I see "Featured Courses" on the homepage, and a "My Courses" link that requires a login, but no way to see any other courses. I take it that means the four I see are the only ones available/scheduled right now?

Yep. The HTML and jQuery courses are in post-production now and will be released soon. From there, we're shooting for at least one course per month.

Re: Code School now open to the public

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peteysd wrote: post #5

Rails for Zombies is brilliant. Very high-quality stuff, and the website design is beautiful. I can't wait to see their JS courses.

The initial jQuery course is very introductory, but the plan is to continue ramping up that path in 2-3 further courses. I'd also like to do courses in JS techs like Backbone, Mustache, etc.

Each one of these courses takes man-months of labor input between design, prepping content, refining it, shooting video, editing, building the backend interpreter, writing exercises, and implementing the exercises.

Trust me -- I wish they could be knocked out in a few days!

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Post by j3 »

nerdyworm wrote: post #26

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.

That's a cool idea. In the future we'll build the capability for bigger "projects" rather than individual exercises. Then we'd be able to solve problems like this the right way.

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Post by j3 »

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

While we want this to be a huge success, we wouldn't stoop to astroturfing. A little extra traffic today isn't worth soiling the great reputations of the companies and people involved.

I agree that three stories on the front page seems unusual, but two have slid down now.

Re: Code School now open to the public

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Post by j3 »

stcredzero wrote: post #59
j3 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm thinking about doing a MacRuby course this summer. That's at least in your direction.

You are going to have a Ruby focus, then?

Most of the people involved are Ruby people, but we'll look to bring in new authors as the site grows.
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