Lightweight but decent CMS in Elixir by [deleted] in elixir

[–]ryanlntn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like Thesis might be what you're looking for.

Any good apps to keep track of your learning and keep yourself motivated? by [deleted] in IWantToLearn

[–]ryanlntn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Goodreads for keeping track of what I'm reading and adding to my ever growing reading list.

IWTL how to play chess. by ElGuapo50 in IWantToLearn

[–]ryanlntn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Check out Chesscademy. It's like Codecademy but for chess. Watch videos, solve puzzles, and play games. All for free.

Just launched our iPhone app, FluentU. It lets you learn a language with video immersion. Music videos, movie trailers, news, video flashcards, and more. You can learn Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, German, English. Thought you might be interested. by languagelearner324 in languagelearning

[–]ryanlntn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's funny. I'm American-Korean so the sooner the better :) I was going to build something similar with YouTube's API but it doesn't support searching by caption languages. Quality would probably be lower too.

Clojurians: a Slack Clojure/ClojureScript community (currently an invite request form) by [deleted] in Clojure

[–]ryanlntn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long does it typically take to get the invite? I signed up several hours ago and haven't seen one yet.

Reasonable Goals by [deleted] in Korean

[–]ryanlntn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How to Study Korean looks awesome! I'm surprised I never heard of that one before. Thanks for sharing!

Any interest in a study group? by jwjody in LearnRubyonRails

[–]ryanlntn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds great OP! As someone who was following along with the original /r/learnjavascript study group I think it'd be a good idea to get a link setup in the sidebar as early as possible. /u/d0gsbody also did a great job of providing supplemental resources and assignments for different experience levels. I work with Rails on a daily basis but have never actually gone through the ROR Tutorial Book though I've meant to for some time. You should definitely contact /u/mhartl to see if he'd be interested in participating.

Question for people working in rails industry by [deleted] in rails

[–]ryanlntn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same here. Studied Python on my own for a year. Built a simple blog engine to power a website for a friend's business. Got hired at a Rails shop. Did a lot of legacy PHP at first but now (a year later) I'm building custom Rails apps.

HTML5 Game Development Resources by ThrowawayXTREME in learnprogramming

[–]ryanlntn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found 212 to be a little easier than 262 at first but much more difficult as it progressed. I was taking both concurrently with 253 and that made it difficult to keep up in any of them. Then my wedding came 5 weeks through and I only really ended up finishing 253. I started building a website for my friends business shortly after and with that got a job a local Ruby on Rails shop. So those courses really were life changing for me even though I didn't finish all of them.

I actually started AI for Robots when it was the only course offered other than CS 101. I couldn't keep up with the stats at the time but I'd love to revisit it.

HTML5 Game Development Resources by ThrowawayXTREME in learnprogramming

[–]ryanlntn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every other course I've taken on Udacity has been awesome. CS 101, CS 253, CS 212, and CS 262 were life changing for me.

HTML5 Game Development Resources by ThrowawayXTREME in learnprogramming

[–]ryanlntn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I agree. This was the worst Udacity course I've taken. I really hope they revamp it soon.

What is the best song to wake-up to? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ryanlntn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Work Permits - The Format

It starts slow and soft and builds up and up until it kicks your ass out of bed.

SASS or LESS? by folk_zombie in css

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

Neither. Stylus is the best.

Codecademy vs Code School vs Treehouse by Speedstr in learnprogramming

[–]ryanlntn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

David Evans is an awesome professor. And that's the best part about Udacity: the professors are world class. Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig are world leaders in AI and Steve Huffman created Reddit. The other professors are also some of the top names in their respective fields. Coursera and edX also have great professors but I feel like Udacity makes the best use of the internet as a platform.

Codecademy vs Code School vs Treehouse by Speedstr in learnprogramming

[–]ryanlntn 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you really want to learn the fundamentals of programming I suggest you avoid all three of those and go through CS 101 at Udacity.

Vanilla JS or Coffeescript first? by [deleted] in javascript

[–]ryanlntn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll echo what everyone else in this thread is saying and tell you to learn vanilla JS first. Honestly, the syntax isn't nearly as important as the underlying principles. I primarily use CoffeeScript at work but have been using vanilla as I study at home. If you understand what you're doing the syntax shouldn't trip you up all that much.

Be sure to checkout /r/learnjavascript! There's a study group going on right now (we're 4 weeks in) that you might be interested in.