Upskill Courses
Learning and science
online coding course
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
15 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 11 critical, out of 48 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Idea: 6 for, 4 againstPricing: 3 for, 4 againstDocs: 3 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Course is well explained and useful for beginners
From 2 comments
Man, thanks. You course in insanely well explained and good!
delblues on HNThis is incredible. Thank you for your generosity and kindness in opening this up for everyone.
webwanderings on HN
Cloud9 use removes setup hassle for beginners
From 1 comment
I see you make heavy use of Cloud9, glad to see that I'm not the only one using it as a learning sandbox environment. It is truly a great platform, I use it to introduce people…
JorgeGT on HN
Objections
Free model may hurt long-term maintenance and quality
From 1 comment
Roben, I'm actually disappointed to find out that you've made this course free. It seems the folk on reddit gave you a nasty bit of pressure? Well, i don't see how you're going…
mcfrankline on HN
Ruby is an odd choice for beginners versus JavaScript or PHP
From 2 comments
Why Choose Ruby for a beginner. Why not JS and NODE EXPRESS or PHP that would have made this more simple for people who are new to programming and looking to get a job.
alexhakawy on HNjust curious why Ruby for beginners or is this a course for people with some knowledge of code? why not choose JS or PHP
alexhakawy on HN
Testimonials on the homepage questioned as fake
From 1 comment
OT: The reviews on the frontpage are fake right? I'm not bashing the course by any means, I'm just curious. I see lots of services display similar user quotes and was wondering…
atmosx on HN
Requests
Courses on problem solving before coding
From 1 comment
I'm looking for courses that seem to be the opposite of this... no language or programming at all, but instead looking at the process of breaking down problems. We've hired…
hatsix on HN
Coverage of PHP and other languages
From 1 comment
Looking same kind of tutorial for PHP . BTW may i know which tool you have used for screen recording thanks
vipinsahu on HN
Questions
Why Ruby instead of JavaScript or PHP
From 2 comments
Why Choose Ruby for a beginner. Why not JS and NODE EXPRESS or PHP that would have made this more simple for people who are new to programming and looking to get a job.
alexhakawy on HNjust curious why Ruby for beginners or is this a course for people with some knowledge of code? why not choose JS or PHP
alexhakawy on HN
Does the course cover HTML5, CSS3 and enough JavaScript to be employable
From 1 comment
Does this cover HTML5 and CS3? How much JS is taught to be able to make me employable
alexhakawy on HN
Alternatives named
Codermanual
From 2 comments
how does this compare to www.codermanual.com?
alexhakawy on HNLooks like this is from the same guy that did Codermanual. Wonder if he is actually going to be around to help for this course as he more or less abandoned the other one after a…
rsdlearning on HN
Udemy
From 1 comment
Why not just use Udemy instead of a separate site?
imranq on HN