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Geez, way to be so cynical guys. I think it's because they have a great UI, they respond to feedback, they've worked hard at marketing it, they impressed some
by frasertimo 15y ago
Geez, way to be so cynical guys.
I think it's because they have a great UI, they respond to feedback, they've worked hard at marketing it, they impressed some VCs, and all the million other reasons that start-ups succeed. Don't complain about it, ask why.
- hazov 15y agoYou mean, skills and luck, right? For me this remembers Youtube, not the first but the most famous of them. We can build causal histories but maybe they exist just because they make sense not because they're true. EDIT: I added the second paragraph.
- nhangen 15y agoMy point is not that the product is bad, but that there are many products just as good, hitting the same demo. I'm sure the team is great and the investors are great, but let's be honest, the product is fairly light right now. The UI is nifty, but there's nothing special about it. I'm not trying to knock the guys, I'm simply trying to determine why they've become such media darlings without really having delivered anything.
- wahnfrieden 15y agoPlease share these other products with us. I genuinely want to know - out of curiosity and because Codecademy tops out too quickly as it is (I had a relative of mine try it out.)
- nhangen 15y agoHere's a quick list: http://teamtreehouse.com http://teamtreehouse.com http://tryruby.org http://tryruby.org which I believe is an extension of http://codeschool.com http://codeschool.com http://learncodethehardway.com http://learncodethehardway.com Then of course there are sites like Peepcode, Udemy, and a host of others that offer tutorials, which aren't quite the same, but stil serve the same purpose. I'm sure there are more I don't know of.
- jmtame 15y agocheck out www.trybloc.com
- tlear 15y agoBut that is not how one gets government endorsement. It happens through connections and contributions(of the $$ kind).