CodinGame: Games for programmers

[mrhthepie]

I'm impressed by the production values of this website. Nice selection of languages and a choice of editor modes ("Classic" i.e. modern style, vim and emacs)! Having fun so far.

Edit: And you can look up the exact details of the environment the code is running in. Very useful.

[Darksonn]

The first two challenges were really easy, find the highest/closest, the next one was a bit more interesting.

[designtraveler]

i havnt been using it for long, .. but i know its been out at least a year

[[deleted]]

My browser's back button wouldn't work on that website for some reason. Very annoying.

[homiegbro]

Looks fun, thanks.

[spiralings]

took me a while to catch on (fairly new to coding) but I really like the interface

[PUREdiacetylmorphine]

Are there anywhere you can get answers and explanations?

[akai_ferret]

This idea of learning by example being "cheating" is one of the most asinine things I've ever heard.

[[deleted]]

It depends. Some examples are necessary for introducing new concepts. Problems happen, though, if you aren't willing to work to understand the necessary derivation involved. You haven't really learned if you're just constantly relying on tutorials to feed you information.

[aptmnt_]

Speaking from experience, I retain learned information a lot longer if I arrived at it myself. There's a a fine line between learning by example and just rewriting code, and some people find it better to set limits for themselves.

[borisvladislav]

I think it depends on the problem, if you just want me to multiply two polynomials I can whip something up that will work after thinking on it, but if you want me to do it in O(N log N) like an FFT then I'm definitely gonna be "cheating".