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Bro-gramming - teaching my brother to code

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Post by randylubin » Wed, Jan 16, 2013, 12:47 AM UTC

Bro-gramming - teaching my brother to code
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Re: Bro-gramming - teaching my brother to code

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Post by zachgalant » Wed, Jan 16, 2013, 1:55 AM UTC

Hey Randy,

If your brother wants to get a good foundation in problem solving and some JS fundamentals, he should check out http://codehs.com

I'm making it to be a really fun, accessible entry point to learning how to code. We have a bunch of different modules that stress different concepts.

If he's already started learning, he might find some stuff a bit basic, but it quickly gets much more challenging.

Let me know if he gets a chance to check it out and what he thinks.

Zach

Re: Bro-gramming - teaching my brother to code

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Post by randylubin » Wed, Jan 16, 2013, 2:01 AM UTC

zachgalant wrote: post #2

Hey Randy, If your brother wants to get a good foundation in problem solving and some JS fundamentals, he should check out http://codehs.com I'm making it to be a really fun, accessible entry point to learning how to code. We have a bunch of different modules that stress different concepts. If he's already started learning, he might find some stuff a bit basic, but it quickly gets much more challenging. Let me know i…

Nice! I like the game-centric approach; it's what I loved about 106a.

I'll definitely pass it along to my brother.

Re: Bro-gramming - teaching my brother to code

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Post by zachgalant » Wed, Jan 16, 2013, 2:07 AM UTC

randylubin wrote: post #3

zachgalant wrote: post #2

Hey Randy, If your brother wants to get a good foundation in problem solving and some JS fundamentals, he should check out http://codehs.com I'm making it to be a really fun, accessible entry point to learning how to code. We have a bunch of different modules that stress different concepts. If he's already started learning, he might find some stuff a bit basic, but it quickly gets much more challenging. Let me know i…

Nice! I like the game-centric approach; it's what I loved about 106a. I'll definitely pass it along to my brother.

Awesome! My cofounder and I were actually TAs for that class for the last 3 years before making CodeHS, so a lot of what we've done is inspired by the 106 classes.