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inxt-generation
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Have you seen this?

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Have any of you ever heard of Codecademy? It's a free, online course that teaches you how to code, from start to finish. Currently they only support Javascript, but they are working on python, ruby, HTML, and some other languages too. I've been doing it since they started, and even though it's Javascript, I've learnt some things that can be applied to RobotC!!! They release new lessons once a week on monday. Even though it usually doesn't relate to LEGO, I find it fun and interesting. And it's given me a few ideas :twisted:

Edit: For those of you who have used it, what do you think of it?
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I've done it a little, but within the first 6 sections, I found at least 3 mistakes. Also, they automatically type two of some things, e.g. when you go to type >"<, it types >""< and puts the cursor in the middle. This applies to >(< and >{<, and I find it extremely annoying.

Despite these issues, it seems like a very good program.
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inxt-generation
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mattallen37 wrote:I've done it a little, but within the first 6 sections, I found at least 3 mistakes. Also, they automatically type two of some things, e.g. when you go to type >"<, it types >""< and puts the cursor in the middle. This applies to >(< and >{<, and I find it extremely annoying.

Despite these issues, it seems like a very good program.
Yeah, it definitely could be improved, but they do usually fix bugs pretty quick. I think I read in one of the "Q&A" sections that they will be adding an option to turn the auto-complete on or off.
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