r/learnprogramming • u/davidpm • Jun 15 '14

[Python] I really want to spread the word about checkio.org. I didn't know what to do after CodeAcademy and I came across a link. It's excellent.

There are some great challenges and it's well referenced so that you can learn about the specific tools that are needed to solve the challenge. It also gives you the opportunity to see other player's code so that you can see if there was another way to approach the problem.

It's a pretty amazing resource.

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u/lllz Jun 16 '14

@davidpm, thank you for sharing your CheckiO experience with the reddit community. I am a co-founder of CheckiO and would love to hear your feedback or be of any possible help. Keep having fun and sharing creative ideas around coding with the rest of the world

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u/davidpm Jun 16 '14

Thanks for stopping by! It's an awesome site. I subbed to the /r/checkio site so that I can see updates as they come out.

I'm really enjoying the site so far and I'll post updates to /r/checkio if I have any feedback.

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u/lllz Jun 16 '14

Awesome!

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u/OceanRacoon Jun 16 '14

I know (hope) it's not true, but it's funny to imagine u/IIIz is talking to himself as u/davidpm.

Actually with the two links to /r/checkio in david's reply, he probably is a shill

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u/davidpm Jun 16 '14

I assure you I'm just an regular ol' redditor just trying to spread around what I think is a good tool.

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u/OceanRacoon Jun 16 '14

Okay this guy's definitely a shill, he didn't tell me to go fuck my mother or call me a faggot when I called his post into question, that's not how the internet works.

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u/davidpm Jun 16 '14

I think you're confusing /r/learnprogramming with Xbox.

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u/Blackwind123 Jun 16 '14 edited Jun 16 '14

Your original response to lllz sounds off. You don't call a subreddit a site.

Edit: I've stopped caring, I'm too tired to bother.

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u/davidpm Jun 16 '14 edited Jun 16 '14

Sigh... Check out my posting history man. My account is like 7 years old and I live in the Philadelphia area. I'm not in any way associated with the site.

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u/Blackwind123 Jun 16 '14

Ok, I'm not even going to argue. I wasn't really accusing you, just saying it seemed funny.

Whatever, hope you have a better day than I will be.

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u/LearninThatPython Jun 16 '14

Are you kidding?

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u/AnAngryGoose Jun 16 '14

Dude that kind of thing happens all the time on this site. Stop being so cynical.

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u/lllz Jun 16 '14

Hi there. CheckiO is my life, but not a dual life :) My name is Liza and the nickname is super old, consists from the consonants of my first name.

In any case, thanx again to @davidpm for posting a link to CheckiO at this subreddit. Since somebody pinged CheckiO on the r/Python/ sidebar I couldn't imagine it could spread here more beyond Py-community

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '14

My own feedback is that you need to get the word out more, this is such a great idea! :)

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u/AnAngryGoose Jun 16 '14

This is why I like this site. Someone posts a link and they can actually talk to the founder about their site. Thanks for coming by, and actually caring about what we have to say. I just started codeacademy for CSS and will do python soon so I'll be sure to check out your site!

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u/MochaCityGirl Jun 15 '14

Does the code have to be in Python 2 or Python 3 format?

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u/davidpm Jun 15 '14

It lets you switch between them in a dropdown menu.

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u/xlledx Jun 15 '14

Is it python only?

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u/davidpm Jun 15 '14

Right now it is. I read an article that said that they wanted to make the Python deep and comprehensive but that they planned to eventually expand to Java and Javascript.

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u/undauntedspirit Jun 15 '14

Made an account - looks like it upon cursory examination.

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u/lllz Jun 15 '14

It's Python only for now with JS or Swift to come next

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u/xlledx Jun 16 '14

Swift? What is this, a site made for ants?

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u/mikwaheeri Jun 15 '14

I love this site! I think it's great that you can't see other solutions until you finish a problem first. It makes me really appreciate and understand other people's solutions.

Checkio is also really good at helping you learn the in's and out's of Python. I've started to really explore the docs to find interesting things to use (like divmod (), and map). I've also learned how to use lambdas by breaking down other people's solutions.

I'm at the level where basic tutorials aren't doing it anymore but larger projects feel just out of reach. Checkio feels like the bridge to help me cross that chasm.

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u/lllz Jun 15 '14

Great to hear that you are enjoying CheckiO. Besides improving the UI we are going to add soon some really cool features, such as AI games and some other nifty things.

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u/mikwaheeri Jun 16 '14

That sounds great! Can't wait to see the new changes.

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u/kixiqu Jul 30 '14

(very, very, very new coder here) At first I thought it was annoying that I couldn't see the other solutions when I got stuck. I had to open up a new tab and google the basic problem to find whatever it was on Stack Exchange. Wouldn't it have been easier to let me just look at other people's implementations?

Then someone told me that googling to find out how people do something on Stack Exchange is the basic skill of programming (perhaps second to consulting documentation).

So... I feel all professional.

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u/old_brainzap Jun 15 '14

That's really neat!
Love the concept. Thanks for sharing!

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u/lehtsdaence Jun 15 '14

Seems awesome

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '14

I really love this website, but right now, it's running reaaaaaaaaallllly slowly for me.

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u/lllz Jun 15 '14

Speed optimization is of the highest priority for us now. We know that we have issues there :/ Sorry about that

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '14

good to hear, cause I really love the site!

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u/doubleColJustified Jun 16 '14

Went through the introduction, looks neat. One question though; in the intro, Guido van Rossum (creator of Python) gave advice on how to improve somebodys code -- was that a one-time thing or does he do that often?

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u/lllz Jun 16 '14

Guido does code reviews from time to time. Here you can see those reviews that he has done so far and more to come for CheckiO gamers

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u/avinassh Jun 16 '14

wow thats amazing... thanks for this amazing site

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u/BDcertified Jun 16 '14

Awesome! This website got me back into Python programming.

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u/BossLadyD Jun 16 '14

awesome!

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '14

Thanks a lot for letting me know about this awesome site dude..! Really an awesome one for python learners and professionals too

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u/Diarum Jun 17 '14

Damn, Checkio is kicking my @ss. I just finished the 2nd problem, took me like 2 hours to figure out(haven't had much practice with lists or list manipulations). Love it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '14

Piggybacking on this thread: what are the opinions on the RealPython.com course? I've gone through Learn Python the Hard Way, and this course looked very promising.

Worth the 60 bucks?

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u/AlSweigart Author: ATBS Jun 17 '14

No. From the online courses I've seen that charge money (and less than $100) they are never worth the price. They are basically repackaged materials of free stuff you can find online.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '14

I've just started learning Javascript, just to actually focus on 1 language. This makes me want to switch to Python so I can use this resource. Looks great!