Ask HN: Review my app Interactive Programming Books

roorky.com

1 point·pkc··4 comments

I tried to install your program and the installer worked fine, but I couldn't get the application to run under Snow Leopard. I can send you the log file if you would like. Also, you may want to consider packaging it as a DMG.

I think its a cool concept and would be very useful for people who are learning how to program. I remember when I was a kid and tried to learn how to program, the major obstacle was dealing with Visual C's interface.

Hi mx12, Thanks for trying out the app. It would be great if you send the log file to my mail id pk@roorky.com. Also if you can paste some of the messages from /var/log/system.log related to app it can be of great help to us. Thanks in advance.

Great app but personally I don't find it that useful. I'd rather learn in an environemt which is actually representative for real life. For instance download the sample code and actually experiment in my own environment with preferred IDE and all.

I think that partly has to do with my reluctance of constantly switching environments. (That's why I for instance use Eclipse for ... well.. yeah pretty much everything programming related)

Hi jsean,

Thanks for your feedback. iPUB also has a feature where in you can attach notes at each paragraph of the book. Also share these notes with other readers of the book. Would you think this feature is useful for you?

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