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I wish these types of projects would identify themselves as koans in the README or something. Makes it much easier to surface exercises like this when googling.

I wish these types of projects would identify themselves as koans in the README or something. Makes it much easier to surface exercises like this when googling. I think this is the best way to learn languages. Does anyone know of any for TypeScript?

jamesholden 6y ago
I saw your comments and I was thinking to myself.. "They should have one for Regex (regular expressions). That would be a cool way to learn it." Apparently someone did. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ TIL https://regex101.com/ https://regex101.com/
- markbnj 6y ago
  I have regex101 open in a tab any time I am developing a regex :). It's an awesome tool, and I especially appreciate the mini language reference in the lower right corner of the window.
- nick__m 6y ago
  Regex101 is especially useful, I use it to check for catastrophic backtracking¹ before committing a regex. 1-https://www.regular-expressions.info/catastrophic.html https://www.regular-expressions.info/catastrophic.html
yarinr 6y ago
https://github.com/typescript-exercises/typescript-exercises https://github.com/typescript-exercises/typescript-exercises
BasedInfra 6y ago
Never heard of koans before, it’s a brilliant idea for learning a new language. Opportunity for a index or site for koans.
- danpalmer 6y ago
  Koans are a fairly well-known technique, and if you Google "<language> koans" you'll find something for most languages. I like it as a learning style.
  - gmfawcett 6y ago
    Let's hope that nobody invents a language called Zen -- they will run into problems. :)
    - kristoff_it 6y ago
      if you want to have a laugh, check the news section of ziglang.org. There was also a pretty big discussion on HN at the time.
      - gmfawcett 6y ago
        Hah! I didn't know of any Zen languages -- just to find one a stone's throw away from Zig. Thanks for pointing that out. (And that news story... what an absolute mess of a situation.)
maddyboo 6y ago
I love these sorts of resources! I just created an "awesome list" [1] to keep track of resources specifically centered around learning by example. I've only got a few so far, several of them being from this thread. Contributions welcome! [1]: https://github.com/b0o/awesome-by-example https://github.com/b0o/awesome-by-example
davegauer 6y ago
You're absolutely right. My own first exposure to this type of learning resource was Ruby Koans. I believe Rustlings (which was my direct inspiration) also credits RK. I'll update the README with the grandparent attribution. :-)

jamesholden 6y ago

I saw your comments and I was thinking to myself.. "They should have one for Regex (regular expressions). That would be a cool way to learn it." Apparently someone did. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ TIL https://regex101.com/ https://regex101.com/

markbnj 6y ago
I have regex101 open in a tab any time I am developing a regex :). It's an awesome tool, and I especially appreciate the mini language reference in the lower right corner of the window.
nick__m 6y ago
Regex101 is especially useful, I use it to check for catastrophic backtracking¹ before committing a regex. 1-https://www.regular-expressions.info/catastrophic.html https://www.regular-expressions.info/catastrophic.html

yarinr 6y ago

https://github.com/typescript-exercises/typescript-exercises https://github.com/typescript-exercises/typescript-exercises

BasedInfra 6y ago

Never heard of koans before, it’s a brilliant idea for learning a new language. Opportunity for a index or site for koans.

danpalmer 6y ago
Koans are a fairly well-known technique, and if you Google "<language> koans" you'll find something for most languages. I like it as a learning style.
- gmfawcett 6y ago
  Let's hope that nobody invents a language called Zen -- they will run into problems. :)
  - kristoff_it 6y ago
    if you want to have a laugh, check the news section of ziglang.org. There was also a pretty big discussion on HN at the time.
    - gmfawcett 6y ago
      Hah! I didn't know of any Zen languages -- just to find one a stone's throw away from Zig. Thanks for pointing that out. (And that news story... what an absolute mess of a situation.)

maddyboo 6y ago

I love these sorts of resources! I just created an "awesome list" [1] to keep track of resources specifically centered around learning by example. I've only got a few so far, several of them being from this thread. Contributions welcome! [1]: https://github.com/b0o/awesome-by-example https://github.com/b0o/awesome-by-example

davegauer 6y ago

You're absolutely right. My own first exposure to this type of learning resource was Ruby Koans. I believe Rustlings (which was my direct inspiration) also credits RK. I'll update the README with the grandparent attribution. :-)