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  • L Lost User

    no, not some strange rhyming slang, but a new MS site for learning to code. here[^] I must admit, I thought it a good idea at first, but as I progressed, i'm thinking "nah, rubbish!" Interested in your thoughts.

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    DaveAuld
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    I got to 1.06 and looked at the initial test cases and thought WTF? X, Expected Result 29, 0 3, 1 1, 4 2, 2

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      I got to 1.06 and looked at the initial test cases and thought WTF? X, Expected Result 29, 0 3, 1 1, 4 2, 2

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      phil o
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      I'm stuck on this one, too :) [Edit] Na, finally I got it! [/Edit] Otherwise, I find it quite a good idea. A little bit of gray matter exercising cannot do any harm, can it?

      [Flags]
      public enum Bool {
      True, False, ForSure, Maybe, ProbablyNot, Depends, NotDecidedYet, Undefined
      }

      private interface IStealth { }

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      • L Lost User

        no, not some strange rhyming slang, but a new MS site for learning to code. here[^] I must admit, I thought it a good idea at first, but as I progressed, i'm thinking "nah, rubbish!" Interested in your thoughts.

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        Marc Clifton
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        That got dull real fast, but that's because I know C#. On the other hand, I could see it actually as a useful way to learn a language. I should try the Java version, since my only experience with Java is JavaScript, and that consists entirely of "google stackoverflow and copy the solution." :) If they did something like this for jQuery or languages like Python, Julia, F#, etc., I could definitely see benefiting from it. Marc

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        • L Lost User

          no, not some strange rhyming slang, but a new MS site for learning to code. here[^] I must admit, I thought it a good idea at first, but as I progressed, i'm thinking "nah, rubbish!" Interested in your thoughts.

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          PIEBALDconsult
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          You mean this: http://www.codeproject.com/Insider.aspx?fid=1658735&tid=4822206[^] ?

          You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.

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          • L Lost User

            no, not some strange rhyming slang, but a new MS site for learning to code. here[^] I must admit, I thought it a good idea at first, but as I progressed, i'm thinking "nah, rubbish!" Interested in your thoughts.

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            David ONeil
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            Been programming too long - looked at the intro and the routine was labeled 'Puzzle'. W(hy)TF would someone name a piece of wild code that? Fire them! And whoever coded their 'game' won't let me change the name to 'RoutineToCalculateSomethingYouMustFigureOut'! ;P

            My website :: My book revealing the forgotten astronomy of our ancestors.

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            • L Lost User

              no, not some strange rhyming slang, but a new MS site for learning to code. here[^] I must admit, I thought it a good idea at first, but as I progressed, i'm thinking "nah, rubbish!" Interested in your thoughts.

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              AspDotNetDev
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              I see Microsoft had opted to crowdsource Windows 9.

              Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

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              • P phil o

                I'm stuck on this one, too :) [Edit] Na, finally I got it! [/Edit] Otherwise, I find it quite a good idea. A little bit of gray matter exercising cannot do any harm, can it?

                [Flags]
                public enum Bool {
                True, False, ForSure, Maybe, ProbablyNot, Depends, NotDecidedYet, Undefined
                }

                private interface IStealth { }

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                rriegel
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                Finally got it too. Took me 11 attempts. Looks simple after I figured it out. LOL

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                • L Lost User

                  no, not some strange rhyming slang, but a new MS site for learning to code. here[^] I must admit, I thought it a good idea at first, but as I progressed, i'm thinking "nah, rubbish!" Interested in your thoughts.

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                  rriegel
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                  Level 01.08 got me stumped. Can't make any sense out of those numbers. Who got that one so far?

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                  • P PIEBALDconsult

                    You mean this: http://www.codeproject.com/Insider.aspx?fid=1658735&tid=4822206[^] ?

                    You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.

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                    Lost User
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                    yes, that's the one.

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                    • R rriegel

                      Level 01.08 got me stumped. Can't make any sense out of those numbers. Who got that one so far?

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                      Storm blade
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                      I got that one. It's 1.10 and 1.13 I haven't worked out yet. This is more a guess the formula game than any kind of programming challenge. I'll give the answer to 1.08 below in small text in case you want it.... ((2 * y) + x)

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                      • L Lost User

                        no, not some strange rhyming slang, but a new MS site for learning to code. here[^] I must admit, I thought it a good idea at first, but as I progressed, i'm thinking "nah, rubbish!" Interested in your thoughts.

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                        BobJanova
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                        Can't really click a button entitled 'Play' at work! Might check it out later.

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                        • L Lost User

                          no, not some strange rhyming slang, but a new MS site for learning to code. here[^] I must admit, I thought it a good idea at first, but as I progressed, i'm thinking "nah, rubbish!" Interested in your thoughts.

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                          Jeremy Hutchinson
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                          It seems less like a learn to code game than a pattern recognition practice game. I develop in C# all day, so I expected to just breeze through (the beginner levels at least). The coding isn't the hard part, it's determining the relationship between the numbers. Once I know that, there's a small challenge to getting the skill rating to 3 bars, but that takes guessing and googling. There's no hints, no teaching.

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                          • J Jeremy Hutchinson

                            It seems less like a learn to code game than a pattern recognition practice game. I develop in C# all day, so I expected to just breeze through (the beginner levels at least). The coding isn't the hard part, it's determining the relationship between the numbers. Once I know that, there's a small challenge to getting the skill rating to 3 bars, but that takes guessing and googling. There's no hints, no teaching.

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                            PIEBALDconsult
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                            Jeremy Hutchinson wrote:

                            There's no hints, no teaching.

                            Just like real life then?

                            You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.

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                            • L Lost User

                              no, not some strange rhyming slang, but a new MS site for learning to code. here[^] I must admit, I thought it a good idea at first, but as I progressed, i'm thinking "nah, rubbish!" Interested in your thoughts.

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                              Jeremy Falcon
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                              _Maxxx_ wrote:

                              Interested in your thoughts.

                              It bores me, but then again I'm not new. I like the concept, just as long as it builds up to something useful like a project. Building a project is the best way to learn IMO.

                              Jeremy Falcon

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                                _Maxxx_ wrote:

                                Interested in your thoughts.

                                It bores me, but then again I'm not new. I like the concept, just as long as it builds up to something useful like a project. Building a project is the best way to learn IMO.

                                Jeremy Falcon

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                                Lost User
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                                Yeah - I agree. When I first looked at it I liked the concept of providing running code and failing test cases - but it didn't seem to be going anywhere after a while, and was relying on the user spotting patterns - so was more of a "what is this function meant to be doing" than "how would you implement this function" I'd like to see the same concept with, as you said, a program building up Something simple like, off the top of my head, calculating the area of various shapes. Functions for rectangle, triangle, circle etc. etc. Arguments of side lengths/radius whatever You can then introduce the IShape interface, and Square, Circle etc. classes. Hmm - I really should get into this!

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                                  I got that one. It's 1.10 and 1.13 I haven't worked out yet. This is more a guess the formula game than any kind of programming challenge. I'll give the answer to 1.08 below in small text in case you want it.... ((2 * y) + x)

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                                  oberon2006
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                                  Any luck with 1.10, 1.13?

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                                    Any luck with 1.10, 1.13?

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                                    User 10816502
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                                    1.10 spoiler ahead x + y/3

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                                    • O oberon2006

                                      Any luck with 1.10, 1.13?

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                                      User 10816502
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                                      1.13 (x%3) + 1

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                                        1.10 spoiler ahead x + y/3

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                                        oberon2006
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                                        Thank you so much!

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