Exercism.io: Crowd-sourced code reviews on daily practice problems

WiseWeasel · on July 22, 2013

Showing the problems without requiring login would really help conversion. Let people invest time and effort on their solution, then make them log in to share.

alceta · on July 22, 2013

I totally agree. Having glanced over the page while browsing mindlessly, I closed the tab immediately after the 'Login with GitHub' popped up. I am simply unwilling to provide my authentication details to a page without being presented with at least the basic functionality.

agentultra · on July 22, 2013

I'm a huge fan of doing a little code kata in the morning to keep things fresh. I just use a little library of problems and often revisit old problems and find new ways to express a solution. Will you be able to revisit old problems and submit new solutions to them?

I really like the idea and will try it out once the range of languages increases. I'd be interested once C, C++, Python, or Common Lisp are supported.

rahilsondhi · on July 22, 2013

I recommend putting some sample problems on the home page to persuade people to sign up.

jesusx · on July 22, 2013

I would mention more clearly that the "start now" button is actually "sign up with github"

steveklabnik · on July 22, 2013

Exorcism is being made by one of my co-workers, Katrina Owen, and eventually will probably be open-sourced. I'll make sure to pass along everyone's suggestions to her!

I told her I'd add some Rust examples sometime.

ultimatedelman · on July 22, 2013

Can't get past the login.

"ERROR: Something went wrong. Exiting."

entered my username and API key correctly. no dice. bust.

edit: system info - windows 7, ruby 1.9.3, using standard windows console.

bigonlogn · on July 22, 2013

This looks like a known issue. It seems this doesn't work on windows at the moment... See https://github.com/kytrinyx/exercism/issues/20

abrahms · on July 22, 2013

Its not clear how I review others or how (or by whom) my code will be reviewed. Good 10 minute diversion though! :)

mfilimonov · on July 22, 2013

You can only review others when you code gets approved by at least one admin.

sundeep · on July 22, 2013

I like the idea ... signed up!

(as others have mentioned, showing a few samples prior to registration can't hurt)

manuels__ · on July 22, 2013

why does it want permission to my github account at all?

steveklabnik · on July 22, 2013

On a social site, you'd expect to 'sign in with Twitter.' This site is about code, so you 'sign in with GitHub.'