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Ask HN: CodePupil

2 points by paul9290 14y ago

CodePupil teaches you how to code thru unique visual exercises & games. We recently launched and would enjoy hearing your feedback! Right now the learning is on rails but here are links to various exercises.. Intro to HTML/CSS exercise... http://codepupil.com/ex.html Intro to CSS property Background-Color & how it affects HTML http://codepupil.com/ex2.html HTML/CSS 101 video & typing exercise... http://codepupil.com/ex4.html One of our games - Code Stitch.... http://codepupil.com/game7.html

equilibrium 14y ago
doesn't support Firefox 12.0
- paul9290 14y ago
  Thank you! Today for Mac users we support Chrome and Safari. We are working on fixing the Firefox MAC (works fine in FF on a PC) issue & then later down the road get it working in IE.
citricsquid 14y ago
It doesn't feel like I'm learning, it feels like a typical high school quiz. You present information (without ever ensuring I've learned it) and then check if I've "learned" it with a simple input that requires no thought. Compare it to the codecademy courses, they introduce you to concepts, explain them and then ask you to perform a task based on what you've learned, whereas with yours it shows a bunch of information and doesn't ever explain what it is or why/how it works. For example the first 2 exercises (labelled #1 and #2) ask me to modify CSS properties, but then on the 3rd you start teaching how to write HTML and CSS. Surely the 3rd should come first, because without understanding what css is how does changing values help teach me anything? The interface isn't too bad though, so it's a reasonable start, good luck :)
- paul9290 14y ago
  Awesome thank you for the feedback - very helpful! We are definitely looking to change things up - the flow, focus more on our video/typing exercises and or create more games to see what works best!
itiztv 14y ago
looks more like a flashcard or quiz site to me. I was there for no more than 2 minutes, pretty cursory but didn't get the urge i'll get on codeacademy for eg

Ask HN: CodePupil

2 points by paul9290 14y ago

equilibrium 14y ago

doesn't support Firefox 12.0

paul9290 14y ago
Thank you! Today for Mac users we support Chrome and Safari. We are working on fixing the Firefox MAC (works fine in FF on a PC) issue & then later down the road get it working in IE.

citricsquid 14y ago

It doesn't feel like I'm learning, it feels like a typical high school quiz. You present information (without ever ensuring I've learned it) and then check if I've "learned" it with a simple input that requires no thought. Compare it to the codecademy courses, they introduce you to concepts, explain them and then ask you to perform a task based on what you've learned, whereas with yours it shows a bunch of information and doesn't ever explain what it is or why/how it works. For example the first 2 exercises (labelled #1 and #2) ask me to modify CSS properties, but then on the 3rd you start teaching how to write HTML and CSS. Surely the 3rd should come first, because without understanding what css is how does changing values help teach me anything? The interface isn't too bad though, so it's a reasonable start, good luck :)

paul9290 14y ago
Awesome thank you for the feedback - very helpful! We are definitely looking to change things up - the flow, focus more on our video/typing exercises and or create more games to see what works best!

itiztv 14y ago

looks more like a flashcard or quiz site to me. I was there for no more than 2 minutes, pretty cursory but didn't get the urge i'll get on codeacademy for eg