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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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                        • 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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