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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?

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            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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                          • J Jeremy Falcon

                            _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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                            • S Storm blade

                              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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                                  • U User 10816502

                                    1.10 spoiler ahead x + y/3

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                                    oberon2006
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                                    Thank you so much!

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