Show HN: TryCode.io: A Simple, Interactive Coding Tutorial for Beginners

trycode.io

9 pointsrebelshrug2 comments

It's interesting how you've abstracted it out and not tied to a particular language and so it seems like the target audience is people who've never coded before. Few quick suggestions:

1. The design/fonts should adapt to the audience 2. Screen is a little too busy for a newbie 3. What's the end goal or # of lessons?

Thanks for the feedback. I agree with your suggestions.

It is meant for people who've never coded before, with the end goal of introducing programming concepts in a friendly, easy-to-understand manner. My hope is that it encourages people to explore the computer sciences in education or as a career choice.

I do plan to add more lessons that touch on other programming concepts - lists, recursion, etc... and I would also like to make the site multilingual.

I welcome anyone that is interested in contributing - the Github repo is here: https://github.com/arguello/trycode.io

And here’s my blog post on the site: http://meta.fja.io/trycode.io/

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