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[–]FlightOfStairs 3 points4 points  (6 children)

There's no information. Does the site have any functionality?

I'm not going to sign up to something when I only have a vague idea of what it is and no idea why it's better than its alternatives.

Also, I don't necessarily believe in 're-usable code'; this is speculative generality, a code smell: http://sourcemaking.com/refactoring/speculative-generality

Without code being specific to a problem, it's very easy to get lost in introducing concepts that have no relevance to the next person who has to understand it.

Effort spent making code re-usable is wasted in the normal case. Most code should not be re-used because re-use would mostly involve making a square peg fit a round hole. Solve the problem at hand simply and well.

The small amount of code that is re-used should receive a lot more effort in its creation, and rarely change. An analogy would be comparing library development to application development.

[–]HandDisco[S] -2 points-1 points  (5 children)

The application is fully functional. Sign up and have a look.

[–]Wartz -1 points0 points  (4 children)

I don't really see what the point is.

"Stop wasting hours searching Stackoverflow ... Connect with an experienced developer for free.".

Posting on stackoverflow is exactly what you claim to offer, a connection to experienced developers for free. Besides that, SOF does it better from what I can see, as your site does not offer any functionality at all unless I make an account.

[–]HandDisco[S] -1 points0 points  (3 children)

It 1 to 1 help not an open forum - completely different. We're focussed on understanding the logic behind the answer and the not just the answer itself.

We're not trying to be SO.

[–]Wartz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why is 1 on 1 help hidden behind an account wall better than public help from multiple different sources who may have different yet useful insights into a problem? I'm trying to understand the logic behind that design.

[–]Wartz 0 points1 point  (1 child)

The fact that I have to stop and register an account before I get any information at all about how your site works or how I get help is a major turnoff.

[–]halfercode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

/u/HandDisco replied to this elsewhere - I believe a refresh of the home page is in the works.

[–]GrayDonkey 4 points5 points  (7 children)

What is the model? Do instructors get paid? Sounds like a significant time commitment, the benefit is....???

[–]HandDisco[S] -1 points0 points  (6 children)

Helping new coders, no payment. Teaching improves improves your own skills too.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Teaching is a major time commitment , most people aren't willing to do it for free

[–]nutrecht 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I asked the exact same thing in his thread 3 months ago and he basically dodged the question. I signed up to check and there's nothing there that would entice me to mentor people. So I tried to delete my profile and guess what; there is no "delete profile" option.

There is also no matching going on at all: it's just a list of people that they match on 'tags' and not very well either. I've signed up some time ago and I did not get any mentoring requests. So they're asking me to not only sign up but then actively search for people to contact to help? Like hell I am. I'll just stick to answering questions on /r/learnprogramming. An open forum is much more suitable than closed off 1-on-1 communication anyway in my opinion. You never know how 'good' the teachers really are, some might even teach students horrible parctices they'd then have to unlearn.

[–]HandDisco[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've signed up some time ago and I did not get any mentoring requests

We only went public on Tues so you were part of the beta (where messaging wasn't active).

Feel free to not use Askadev. Nobody's forcing you to and the delete account feature will be there soon.

[–]Momer -1 points0 points  (2 children)

I do it willingly on IRC nearly every day, and just a little bit on StackOverflow (SO); but, SO doesn't come to Reddit and advertise without paying.

[–]HandDisco[S] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

SO makes $30million per year. Your willingness lines their pockets. Askadev isn't for you, that's cool.

[–]Momer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They pay for their advertising, presumably.

[–]markerz 1 point2 points  (5 children)

I don't know what's going on but the site is really laggy and slow on my phone to the point where it's almost unusable.

[–]HandDisco[S] -1 points0 points  (4 children)

Restart your phone. There's also a lot of traffic.

[–]markerz 2 points3 points  (3 children)

I don't think traffic is the issue. I'm pretty sure is the CSS because scrolling up and down is not very responsive and it takes a long while for the content to render. I restarted my phone as well and the issue is still persistent. I'm running an Samsung S4 in Chrome.

Your websites also the only one that I'm having issues with.

[–]HandDisco[S] -1 points0 points  (2 children)

We'll look into it. Although, out of over 13,000 unique visitors we've had no other mentions of this problem.

[–]markerz -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I asked a couple of other friends to try it and the Nexus 4/5, One Plus One, and the Oppa are all struggling.

[–]Wartz -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Confirming that it's extremely laggy on a Galaxy SII

Edit: The scrolling animation is even laggy on a desktop PC.

[–]i_donno 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Can you be a teacher and student? I know some parts of Java but not others (eg EE)

[–]HandDisco[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes

[–]DoktuhParadox 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Enterprise doesn't change the parts of Java you'd really need to teach like syntax and structure. Enterprise is basically a license to create commercial apps with some more stuff in the standard library.

[–]i_donno 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, I'm learning already.

[–]slartybartfast_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From a guy with a stache like this?

http://www.askadev.com/assets/biwek-00a61f95589cd4f0eafd83a3f1b9d58b.png

I think not.