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Exercism.io: Crowd-sourced code reviews on daily practice problems

53 points by llambda 13y ago

agentultra 13y ago
I'm a huge fan of doing a little code kata in the morning to keep things fresh. I just use a little library of problems and often revisit old problems and find new ways to express a solution. Will you be able to revisit old problems and submit new solutions to them? I really like the idea and will try it out once the range of languages increases. I'd be interested once C, C++, Python, or Common Lisp are supported.
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rahilsondhi 13y ago
I recommend putting some sample problems on the home page to persuade people to sign up.
WiseWeasel 13y ago
Showing the problems without requiring login would really help conversion. Let people invest time and effort on their solution, then make them log in to share.
- alceta 13y ago
  I totally agree. Having glanced over the page while browsing mindlessly, I closed the tab immediately after the 'Login with GitHub' popped up. I am simply unwilling to provide my authentication details to a page without being presented with at least the basic functionality.
  - sarabellumac 13y ago
    ditto
sundeep 13y ago
I like the idea ... signed up! (as others have mentioned, showing a few samples prior to registration can't hurt)
steveklabnik 13y ago
Exorcism is being made by one of my co-workers, Katrina Owen, and eventually will probably be open-sourced. I'll make sure to pass along everyone's suggestions to her! I told her I'd add some Rust examples sometime.
jesusx 13y ago
I would mention more clearly that the "start now" button is actually "sign up with github"
ultimatedelman 13y ago
Can't get past the login. "ERROR: Something went wrong. Exiting." entered my username and API key correctly. no dice. bust. edit: system info - windows 7, ruby 1.9.3, using standard windows console.
- bigonlogn 13y ago
  This looks like a known issue. It seems this doesn't work on windows at the moment... See https://github.com/kytrinyx/exercism/issues/20 https://github.com/kytrinyx/exercism/issues/20
manuels__ 13y ago
why does it want permission to my github account at all?
- steveklabnik 13y ago
  On a social site, you'd expect to 'sign in with Twitter.' This site is about code, so you 'sign in with GitHub.'
justinlilly 13y ago
Its not clear how I review others or how (or by whom) my code will be reviewed. Good 10 minute diversion though! :)
- mfilimonov 13y ago
  You can only review others when you code gets approved by at least one admin.

53 points by llambda 13y ago

I'm a huge fan of doing a little code kata in the morning to keep things fresh. I just use a little library of problems and often revisit old problems and find new ways to express a solution. Will you be able to revisit old problems and submit new solutions to them? I really like the idea and will try it out once the range of languages increases. I'd be interested once C, C++, Python, or Common Lisp are supported.

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rahilsondhi 13y ago

I recommend putting some sample problems on the home page to persuade people to sign up.

WiseWeasel 13y ago

Showing the problems without requiring login would really help conversion. Let people invest time and effort on their solution, then make them log in to share.

alceta 13y ago
I totally agree. Having glanced over the page while browsing mindlessly, I closed the tab immediately after the 'Login with GitHub' popped up. I am simply unwilling to provide my authentication details to a page without being presented with at least the basic functionality.
- sarabellumac 13y ago
  ditto

sundeep 13y ago

I like the idea ... signed up! (as others have mentioned, showing a few samples prior to registration can't hurt)

steveklabnik 13y ago

Exorcism is being made by one of my co-workers, Katrina Owen, and eventually will probably be open-sourced. I'll make sure to pass along everyone's suggestions to her! I told her I'd add some Rust examples sometime.

jesusx 13y ago

I would mention more clearly that the "start now" button is actually "sign up with github"

ultimatedelman 13y ago

Can't get past the login. "ERROR: Something went wrong. Exiting." entered my username and API key correctly. no dice. bust. edit: system info - windows 7, ruby 1.9.3, using standard windows console.

bigonlogn 13y ago
This looks like a known issue. It seems this doesn't work on windows at the moment... See https://github.com/kytrinyx/exercism/issues/20 https://github.com/kytrinyx/exercism/issues/20

manuels__ 13y ago

why does it want permission to my github account at all?

steveklabnik 13y ago
On a social site, you'd expect to 'sign in with Twitter.' This site is about code, so you 'sign in with GitHub.'

justinlilly 13y ago

Its not clear how I review others or how (or by whom) my code will be reviewed. Good 10 minute diversion though! :)

mfilimonov 13y ago
You can only review others when you code gets approved by at least one admin.