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I don't understand why we cant skip around the lessons in the python tutorial. I don't need to start at lesson 1; i want to skip around to different lessons.

lutusp 14y ago
> I don't need to start at lesson 1; i want to skip around to different lessons. There's a good reason for this, which I will explain with an analogy: Lesson 1: Write the Great American Novel. Lesson 2: Learn how to write engaging, readable short stories. Lesson 3: Learn how to write internally consistent essays. Lesson 4: Learn how to write coherent paragraphs. Lesson 5: Learn how to structure grammatically correct sentences. Lesson 6 Learn how to use and spell common English words. Lesson 7: Learn how to enter text on a keyboard. Get it? Lessons have a natural order, and each lesson requires what was learned beforehand.
- intellegacy 14y ago
  I get it. It's just that I'm not a beginning programmer. I mean, unless the site is only for novices with zero programming skill, you're requiring all intermediate programmers to relearn stuff they've already mastered. Also, I wanted to browse around the lessons in order to evaluate the quality of the site so that I could decide whether to recommend the site to non-programmer friends.
  - lutusp 14y ago
    > It's just that I'm not a beginning programmer. That should have been the first thing you said. :) But such tutorials are obviously for rank beginners, experienced programmers don't use these kinds of sites. Unless it's a dramatic jump, like from COBOL to Haskell, to learn a new language they go straight to the language's documentation: Python 2: http://docs.python.org/ http://docs.python.org/ Python 3: http://docs.python.org/py3k/ http://docs.python.org/py3k/
    - AurSaraf 14y ago
      I'm mentoring a few people learning Python, and I wanted to quickly evaluate LearnStreet and decide whether to recommend it. With Codecademy I could do that, here I cannot. So Codecademy it is. Skipping is a really important feature for those who you hope would promote your service for you :-)
      - aprasad 14y ago
        We will be adding this very soon.

lutusp 14y ago

> I don't need to start at lesson 1; i want to skip around to different lessons. There's a good reason for this, which I will explain with an analogy: Lesson 1: Write the Great American Novel. Lesson 2: Learn how to write engaging, readable short stories. Lesson 3: Learn how to write internally consistent essays. Lesson 4: Learn how to write coherent paragraphs. Lesson 5: Learn how to structure grammatically correct sentences. Lesson 6 Learn how to use and spell common English words. Lesson 7: Learn how to enter text on a keyboard. Get it? Lessons have a natural order, and each lesson requires what was learned beforehand.

intellegacy 14y ago
I get it. It's just that I'm not a beginning programmer. I mean, unless the site is only for novices with zero programming skill, you're requiring all intermediate programmers to relearn stuff they've already mastered. Also, I wanted to browse around the lessons in order to evaluate the quality of the site so that I could decide whether to recommend the site to non-programmer friends.
- lutusp 14y ago
  > It's just that I'm not a beginning programmer. That should have been the first thing you said. :) But such tutorials are obviously for rank beginners, experienced programmers don't use these kinds of sites. Unless it's a dramatic jump, like from COBOL to Haskell, to learn a new language they go straight to the language's documentation: Python 2: http://docs.python.org/ http://docs.python.org/ Python 3: http://docs.python.org/py3k/ http://docs.python.org/py3k/
  - AurSaraf 14y ago
    I'm mentoring a few people learning Python, and I wanted to quickly evaluate LearnStreet and decide whether to recommend it. With Codecademy I could do that, here I cannot. So Codecademy it is. Skipping is a really important feature for those who you hope would promote your service for you :-)
    - aprasad 14y ago
      We will be adding this very soon.