<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">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><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><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.signauxdix.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XZsfmQcWW2B8g462BFXQPN3R-Ttb1cHMlf7gWVkg03?t=https%3A%2F%2Fplus.google.com%2Fu%2F0%2F110405561375193834203%2Fabout&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/googleplus/googleplus-32-black.png?raw=true" alt="Inline image 3"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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