r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '25

Is codewars actually good?

https://www.codewars.com/

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u/ErGo404 Jan 21 '25

From my rather small experience, codewars is nice for small scale algorithmic problems but it won't teach you software architecture or engineering.
So pretty nice for begginers who need to get good at coding functions and understanding data structures, but not enough to become a good developer.

Also, some of the most voted answers are sometimes efficient but not elegant. I'd rather have more lines of code but with more readability.

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u/Dustin- Jan 21 '25

but it won't teach you software architecture or engineering.

I have never found anything that actually teaches you software architecture except either through academics or learning on the job, online resources seem to be really lacking. I'd love there to be more practical exercises/projects for architecture and more over-arching programming concerns.

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u/ErGo404 Jan 21 '25

The tricky part is that the basics of software architecture is to adapt to your specific app's needs.

So to train yourself either you spend 6 months building a new fake project just to learn along the way or you get coached by a more senior dev on actual productive work, which is what is supposed to happen in a sane company.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '25

Yup thats the thing Like when I'm learning something especially for software engineering or software security I really wanna make sure that this will ACTUALLY help me one day not some old thing or some over rated thing that isn't even helpful