Gophercises
Learning and science
programming course
SHOW HN2017
328points
88comments
#62of 2,242 in 2017
Top 3%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
14 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 8 critical, out of 47 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 5 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 5 againstDesign: 5 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Exercises are non-trivial and useful for learning Go
From 3 comments
This is fantastic. The exercises are non-trivial enough to be useful. One minor suggestion: if you can have the favicon set to your gopher, it can be great. Mine is a potentially…
ratbr on HNThank you a ton for this one! I find Golang amazing and have done all the tutorials and can kinda use it but I've never build anything real in it, mostly because of lack of…
thecupisblue on HNLooks great! I've been running through exercises on exercism.io, but this looks like a good next step in my Gopher journey.
jetblackio on HN
Clean, attractive site and clear teaching
From 3 comments
thanks for the response, i got a link using a different email address, my Hotmail one just wont get anything back, i watched the first vid(the quizz program) and liked the way…
samueldavid on HNI've signed up and will give this a shot. I followed the Tour of Go and was wondering where to head next. I haven't watched the videos yet but the site looks really simple and…
tomclive on HNOh thanks - I missed that link at the bottom. The tutorials look interesting too!
zapperdapper on HN
Free content is generous
From 2 comments
Probably using this FREE course as an upsell to his paid course. Still. Kudos to the creator. FREE is free. Thank you.
afghanPower on HNthis looks really nice, i have been looking for something newbie friendly to learn go
samueldavid on HN
Objections
Requires account signup before viewing content
From 1 comment
You lost me at "you need to create an account". Creating an account is a big step for me, I don't open accounts on a whim. I need to be committed to something to be willing to…
fefe23 on HN
Videos fail to play due to privacy or tracking blocking
From 3 comments
I'm getting ``` "Sorry ``` Because of its privacy settings, this video cannot be played here." in both Chrome and Firefox. What's up with that?
aoeuasdf1 on HNI'm getting "Sorry, Because of it's privacy settings, this video cannot be played here" for every video.
chetanahuja on HNI turned off NoScript, and uBlock doesn't show any blocked requests (the only privacy add-ons I have.) Still no video. The player loads and shows an image, the video bar shows…
bhrgunatha on HN
Welcome emails landing in spam or not arriving at Hotmail/Outlook
From 2 comments
Thanks! EDIT: It looks like most things are fixed, but any outlook/hotmail emails aren't going out. Sorry everyone! I'm trying to deal w/ the issue but it looks like it has to do…
joncalhoun on HNtried to register but not getting any emails back
samueldavid on HN
Requests
Image processing exercises
From 2 comments
Image Processing and Analysis. Goroutines, as well as the image package, are well suited to parallel operations on bitmap data right out of the bag. From simple texture synthesis…
indescions_2017 on HN+1 Image Processing + Video stream frame processing
Xeoncross on HN
Text transcripts for videos
From 2 comments
This looks interesting - but is it usable without the videos? I much prefer text - to the point that simple transcripts might be preferable to videos for me. So if the essential…
e12e on HNYou can try to code each exercises on your own just by reading the GitHub repos. Eg https://github.com/gophercises/quiz If you want to see my solution and how I coded it then you…
joncalhoun on HN
Websockets or realtime exercise
From 2 comments
A WebSockets / realtime / push/pull exercise would be a good addition.
sebastian on HNA realtime chat without auth but with private messages or multiple rooms. Basically the user will pick a nickname, click next and then be able to chat on a general or create/join…
sebastian on HN
Exercises that do not rely on visuals for blind coders
From 1 comment
> Image Processing and Analysis. I know from reading many programming books and blog posts over the years that this is a popular topic. However, if you go down this route, please…
jscholes on HN
Questions
Is the course usable without the videos?
From 1 comment
This looks interesting - but is it usable without the videos? I much prefer text - to the point that simple transcripts might be preferable to videos for me. So if the essential…
e12e on HN
Which learning path suits Python developers?
From 1 comment
Signed up for the coding excercises!Awesome site!What path would you recommend to someone who is coming from a bit of Python background. I see a lot of blurb about how Golang is…
ultrasounder on HN
Why is an account required?
From 1 comment
You lost me at "you need to create an account". Creating an account is a big step for me, I don't open accounts on a whim. I need to be committed to something to be willing to…
fefe23 on HN
Alternatives named
Exercism.io
From 1 comment
Looks great! I've been running through exercises on exercism.io, but this looks like a good next step in my Gopher journey.
jetblackio on HN
Go Tour, Go by Example and GOPL
From 1 comment
To answer your first question with regard to resources and getting into it first; you can start with the Go tour, and then move on to other resources. Absolutely install go and…
dpflan on HN
Javascript30
From 1 comment
Try Javascript 30 by Wes Bos. https://javascript30.com/ He's a good educator and this is a fun series of exercises to practise your JS.
tomclive on HN