<div dir="ltr">Eric, <div><br></div><div>Thank you a lot for such a great overview. And yes, you are totally correct - we don't teach coding, we help people practice and become experts in coding, up to building complex AI systems. We are looking for the best ways to onboard those who came to CheckiO thinking they can learn, either by partnering with some other coding schools where we could refer our users to or building an explicit page with all the best resources to start learning. </div><div><br></div><div>It has not been announced officially yet but in January we are launching JS as the second language and we are also starting a series of global Top Python Coder competitions, with Japan kicking it off in December. </div><div><br></div><div>Would love to hear community feedback. Hope you can find value in the game.  </div><div><br></div><div>Have an amazing rest of the week </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><div style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Liza Avramenko</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">CEO, <a href="http://t.signauxdix.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XZsfmQcWW2B8g462BFXQPN3R-Ttb1cHMlf7gWVkg03?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.checkio.com%2F&si=5032721932353536&pi=84dc82c1-b4fc-4dfb-f897-ba2cb773861b" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">CheckiO</a> </div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><a href="http://t.signauxdix.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XZsfmQcWW2B8g462BFXQPN3R-Ttb1cHMlf7gWVkg03?t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPlayCheckiO&si=5032721932353536&pi=84dc82c1-b4fc-4dfb-f897-ba2cb773861b" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank"><img src="https://github.com/danleech/simpleicons/blob/master/icons/facebook/facebook-32-black.png?raw=true" alt="Inline image 7"></a><a href="http://t.signauxdix.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XZsfmQcWW2B8g462BFXQPN3R-Ttb1cHMlf7gWVkg03?t=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FPlayCheckiO&si=5032721932353536&pi=84dc82c1-b4fc-4dfb-f897-ba2cb773861b" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank"><img src="https://github.com/danleech/simpleicons/blob/master/icons/twitter/twitter-32-black.png?raw=true" alt="Inline image 6"></a><a href="http://t.signauxdix.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XZsfmQcWW2B8g462BFXQPN3R-Ttb1cHMlf7gWVkg03?t=https%3A%2F%2Fplus.google.com%2Fu%2F0%2F110405561375193834203%2Fabout&si=5032721932353536&pi=84dc82c1-b4fc-4dfb-f897-ba2cb773861b" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank"><img src="https://github.com/danleech/simpleicons/blob/master/icons/googleplus/googleplus-32-black.png?raw=true" alt="Inline image 3"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 5:40 AM, Eric Floehr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eric@intellovations.com" target="_blank">eric@intellovations.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">CheckiO is a pretty cool site that emphasizes the game and social aspects coding puzzles, and it a fun way to sharpen your Python skills. Like other sites like CodeWars, you solve posed problems in code for points.<div><br></div><div>Where it differs from sites like CodeWars is it is more explicitly set up as a game, and more likely to be interesting to school-age programmers. It also focuses completely on Python.</div><div><br></div><div>Unfortunately, I haven't found within CheckiO a good on-ramp... Like other sites, it assumes you already know how to code. With the more gamey nature of CheckiO (versus say the more StackOverflowish feel of CodeWars), I think it would be a great new way to learn Python. You *could* learn to program with the current set up, but you'd have to be quite dedicated. It presumes you already know what arrays and for loops, etc. are as best as I can tell.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, check it out... it's a fun way to hone your programming skills.</div><div><br></div><div>CheckiO was also a startup sponsor of PyOhio, and is active in the Python community.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Eric</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Liza Avramenko <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:liza@checkio.com" target="_blank">liza@checkio.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hi PyPeople, </span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I wanted to run by you <a href="http://t.signauxdix.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XZsfmQcWW2B8g462BFXQPN3R-Ttb1cHMlf7gWVkg03?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.checkio.org%2F&si=5032721932353536&pi=84dc82c1-b4fc-4dfb-f897-ba2cb773861b" target="_blank">CheckiO</a> - the game for PyCoders and an open platform for AI gaming. We see a lot of coders using it to pump up their skills by solving and seeing solutions of others, or to teach others to show that coding is fun, or to create and publish their own AI games so that all the world competes at the best algorithms for you challenges. </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Would love to hear your feedback or simply see CheckiO being helpful to you in any possible ways. </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"></div></div></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><div style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Liza Avramenko</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">CEO, <a href="http://t.signauxdix.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XZsfmQcWW2B8g462BFXQPN3R-Ttb1cHMlf7gWVkg03?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.checkio.com%2F&si=5032721932353536&pi=14f036f1-734c-4ddf-cf47-dd94c3cea872" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">CheckiO</a> </div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><a href="http://t.signauxdix.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XZsfmQcWW2B8g462BFXQPN3R-Ttb1cHMlf7gWVkg03?t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPlayCheckiO&si=5032721932353536&pi=14f036f1-734c-4ddf-cf47-dd94c3cea872" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank"><img src="https://github.com/danleech/simpleicons/blob/master/icons/facebook/facebook-32-black.png?raw=true" alt="Inline image 7"></a><a href="http://t.signauxdix.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XZsfmQcWW2B8g462BFXQPN3R-Ttb1cHMlf7gWVkg03?t=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FPlayCheckiO&si=5032721932353536&pi=14f036f1-734c-4ddf-cf47-dd94c3cea872" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank"><img src="https://github.com/danleech/simpleicons/blob/master/icons/twitter/twitter-32-black.png?raw=true" alt="Inline image 6"></a><a href="http://t.signauxd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